Docs: Revoke access to App Plugins (#52542)

* Docs: Revoke access to App Plugins

* Describe role and permission

* Adding a 'Managing app plugins access' section to plugin management
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Use app plugins when you want to create an custom out-of-the-box monitoring experience.
### Managing app plugins access
With [RBAC]({{< relref "../roles-and-permissions/access-control/#about-rbac" >}}), it is now possible to customize access to app plugins.
By default, Viewers, Editors and Admins have access to all App Plugins that their organization role allows them to access, thanks to the `fixed:plugins.app:reader` role.
> **Note:** Revoking this RBAC role from some users, will prevent them from accessing app plugins. But granting this RBAC role to users will only allow them to see app plugins their organization role allows them to see.
To prevent users from seeing an app plugin, refer to [this permissions scenarios]({{< relref "../roles-and-permissions/access-control/plan-rbac-rollout-strategy#prevent-viewers-from-accessing-an-app-plugin" >}}).
## Plugin catalog
The Plugin catalog allows you to browse and manage plugins from within Grafana. Only Grafana server administrators and organization administrators can access and use the plugin catalog. The following access rules apply depending on the user role: