#726 - Getting Started UI instructions added to docs (#739)

* added ui instructions for cluster list to access-clusters

* re-org access-clusters so that 'Cluster List' becomes a searchable heading

* rewording

* added instructions and links for Global Settings

* added global config + retitle/rephrase

retitle to disambiguate global settings from global config

listed some relevant global config items that need more info

* correction: updated access-clusters page in /docs, not /versioned_docs

* added Nodes UI instructions

* download kubeconfig UI instructions added/modified

one file contained correct instructions but they were somewhat convoluted, as you can download the file from a page mentioned earlier in the suggested instructions and the button thery describe is an icon, not labeled with any text

* restoring formatting

* updated pathway for image list downloads

* finding rancher-images.txt

* added instructions for Apps Marketplace

* link pointing to v1 monitoring

* link pointing to v1 dashboards

* added links for v1 notifiers, logging tools

* global dns entries, global dns providers, catalog links added

* Rancher portal > Rancher UI

* updated access-clusters page

* rm note & add third way to access cluster dashboard

* heading levels

* addressed comments in global-configuration

* addressed comments for nodes-and-node-pools

* addressed comment on authorized-cluster-endpoint

* rm'd create apps steps

* updated kubeconfig download instructions

* adjusting headers

* updated images list instructions as version # is now an About link

* restored intro to monitoring-and-alerting

* KubeConfig > kubeconfig (except for naming the UI label)

* left navigation sidebar > left navigation

* Update docs/how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/authorized-cluster-endpoint.md

Co-authored-by: Billy Tat <btat@suse.com>

* applied changes to v2.7 docs

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Co-authored-by: Billy Tat <btat@suse.com>
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@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ description: Prometheus lets you view metrics from your different Rancher and Ku
<link rel="canonical" href="https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/pages-for-subheaders/monitoring-and-alerting"/>
</head>
Using the `rancher-monitoring` application, you can quickly deploy leading open-source monitoring and alerting solutions onto your cluster.
The `rancher-monitoring` application can quickly deploy leading open-source monitoring and alerting solutions onto your cluster.
Introduced in Rancher v2.5, the application is powered by [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), [Grafana](https://grafana.com/grafana/), [Alertmanager](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/alertmanager/), the [Prometheus Operator](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator), and the [Prometheus adapter.](https://github.com/DirectXMan12/k8s-prometheus-adapter)
For information on V1 monitoring and alerting, available in Rancher v2.2 up to v2.4, please see the Rancher v2.0—v2.4 docs on [cluster monitoring](../../versioned_docs/version-2.0-2.4/pages-for-subheaders/cluster-monitoring.md), [alerting](../../versioned_docs/v2.0-v2.4/pages-for-subheaders/cluster-alerts.md), [notifiers](../../versioned_docs/v2.0-v2.4/explanations/integrations-in-rancher/notifiers) and other [tools](../../versioned_docs/v2.0-v2.4/pages-for-subheaders/project-tools.md).
Using the `rancher-monitoring` application, you can quickly deploy leading open-source monitoring and alerting solutions onto your cluster.
### Features
@@ -16,8 +21,6 @@ Prometheus lets you view metrics from your Rancher and Kubernetes objects. Using
By viewing data that Prometheus scrapes from your cluster control plane, nodes, and deployments, you can stay on top of everything happening in your cluster. You can then use these analytics to better run your organization: stop system emergencies before they start, develop maintenance strategies, or restore crashed servers.
The `rancher-monitoring` operator, introduced in Rancher v2.5, is powered by [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), [Grafana](https://grafana.com/grafana/), [Alertmanager](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/alertmanager/), the [Prometheus Operator](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator), and the [Prometheus adapter.](https://github.com/DirectXMan12/k8s-prometheus-adapter)
The monitoring application:
- Monitors the state and processes of your cluster nodes, Kubernetes components, and software deployments.