Geo Admin Dashboard: Explain replication slots and replication slot WAL and link to help pages from UI

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Why are we doing this work

During the Geo dashboard UX research interviews, most experienced users were not familiar with the terms Replication slot WAL and Replication slots.

We should do the following:

  • Document these terms and how they matter for Geo.
  • Link to documentation pages from the UI.

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Screenshots

Current Proposed
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Implementation plan

  1. Update Geo Docs with a section explaining what replication slots are, what they do, and what the Replication slot WAL is.
  2. Add <help-icon> and <gl-popover> next to Replication slots in the UI with a brief description and a link to the docs added in step 1.
<div>
  <span>{{ replicationSlots.title }}</span>
  <help-icon id="replicationSlotsInfo" />
  <gl-popover
    target="replicationSlotsInfo"
    placement="top"
    triggers="hover focus"
  >
    <p class="gl-text-base">
      {{ $options.i18n.replicationSlotsHelpText }}
    </p>
    <gl-link :href="$options.REPLICATION_SLOTS_HELP_LINK" target="_blank">{{
      $options.i18n.learnMore
    }}</gl-link>
  </gl-popover>
</div>
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