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Add links to instance fingerprints

Andreas Deicha requested to merge siemens/gitlab:doc/find-ssh-fingerprint into master

What does this MR do and why?

As already described here, in some forums and also by internal staff, it is not always easy to find the SSH fingerprints of your own instance. Currently you can find them in https://my.instance.com/docs/general/settings/#ssh-host-keys-fingerprints which links to https://my.instance.com/help/instance_configuration#ssh-host-keys-fingerprints (replacing my.instance.com with the actuall GitLab instance URL). This MR fixes this problem by adding additional links at the SSH configuration page and in ssh.md. This should help users find these fingerprints faster.

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SSH configuration page before: before

SSH configuration page after: after

ssh.md before: sshmd_before

ssh.md after: sshmd_after

How to set up and validate locally

  1. Go to https://my.instance.com/-/profile/keys replacing my.instance.com with your actuall GitLab instance URL
  2. Go to https://my.instance.com/help/user/ssh.md#verify-that-you-can-connect replacing my.instance.com with your actuall GitLab instance URL

MR acceptance checklist

This checklist encourages us to confirm any changes have been analyzed to reduce risks in quality, performance, reliability, security, and maintainability.

Edited by Andreas Deicha

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