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Doc: Keystore must be accessible to logstash user (#12864)

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Backports  #12775
Updates docs to propagate change to other branches. The original was a direct commit to the 7.10 branch.
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NOTE: Referencing keystore data from {logstash-ref}/logstash-centralized-pipeline-management.html[centralized pipeline management] NOTE: Referencing keystore data from {logstash-ref}/logstash-centralized-pipeline-management.html[centralized pipeline management]
requires each Logstash deployment to have a local copy of the keystore. requires each Logstash deployment to have a local copy of the keystore.
NOTE: The {ls} keystore needs to be protected, but the {ls} user must
have access to the file. While most things in {ls} can be protected with
`chown -R root:root <foo>`, the keystore itself must be accessible from the
{ls} user. Use `chown logstash:root <keystore> && chmod 0600
<keystore>`.
When Logstash parses the settings (`logstash.yml`) or configuration When Logstash parses the settings (`logstash.yml`) or configuration
(`/etc/logstash/conf.d/*.conf`), it resolves keys from the keystore before (`/etc/logstash/conf.d/*.conf`), it resolves keys from the keystore before
resolving environment variables. resolving environment variables.