Clarify version check of OS OpenSSL vs GitLab OpenSSL
What does this MR do?
A customer was concerned about that GitLab did not properly upgrade OpenSSL to version 3 during the 17.7 upgrade.
They were running openssl version and surprised that this did not report OpenSSL3.
They confirmed that the version is correct when running /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/openssl version
The documentation does state that GitLab uses its own embedded version and not the version of OpenSSL version installed in the OS. This MR aims to clarify that in the context of the OpenSSL3 upgrade.
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Validate potential values for new configuration settings. Formats such as integer 10, duration10s, URIscheme://user:passwd@host:portmay require quotation or other special handling when rendered in a template and written to a configuration file.
Edited by Len MacRae