[Stack Monitoring] add monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.serviceAccountToken to docs (#128488) (#128746)

* monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.serviceAccountToken to docs

* update description

* update

* update to make clearer

* Update docs/settings/monitoring-settings.asciidoc

Co-authored-by: Joe Portner <5295965+jportner@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update docs/settings/monitoring-settings.asciidoc

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@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ cluster.
`monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.username`::
Specifies the username used by {kib} monitoring to establish a persistent connection
in {kib} to the {es} monitoring cluster and to verify licensing status on the {es}
monitoring cluster.
in {kib} to the {es} monitoring cluster and to verify licensing status on the {es}
monitoring cluster when using `monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.hosts`.
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Every other request performed by *{stack-monitor-app}* to the monitoring {es}
All other requests performed by *{stack-monitor-app}* to the monitoring {es}
cluster uses the authenticated user's credentials, which must be the same on
both the {es} monitoring cluster and the {es} production cluster.
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@ -69,14 +69,17 @@ If not set, {kib} uses the value of the <<elasticsearch-user-passwd, `elasticsea
`monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.password`::
Specifies the password used by {kib} monitoring to establish a persistent connection
in {kib} to the {es} monitoring cluster and to verify licensing status on the {es}
monitoring cluster.
monitoring cluster when using `monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.hosts`.
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Every other request performed by *{stack-monitor-app}* to the monitoring {es}
cluster uses the authenticated user's credentials, which must be the same on
All other requests performed by *{stack-monitor-app}* to the monitoring {es}
cluster use the authenticated user's credentials, which must be the same on
both the {es} monitoring cluster and the {es} production cluster.
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If not set, {kib} uses the value of the <<elasticsearch-user-passwd, `elasticsearch.password`>> setting.
`monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.serviceAccountToken`::
Specifies a {ref}/security-api-create-service-token.html[service account token] for the {es} cluster where your monitoring data is stored when using `monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.hosts`. This setting is an alternative to using `monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.username` and `monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.password`.
`monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.pingTimeout`::
Specifies the time in milliseconds to wait for {es} to respond to internal
health checks. By default, it matches the <<elasticsearch-pingTimeout, `elasticsearch.pingTimeout`>> setting,