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docs: adds more targeted guidance for GCP workload identity (#24620)

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* docs: adds more targeted guidance for GCP workload identity

* hopefully fix markdown
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@@ -453,14 +453,16 @@ Cloud][cloud-creds]. In addition to specifying `credentials` directly via Vault
configuration, you can also get configuration from the following values **on the
Vault server**:
1. The environment variables `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS`. This is specified
1. The `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` environment variable. This is specified
as the **path** to a Google Cloud credentials file, typically for a service
account. If this environment variable is present, the resulting credentials are
used. If the credentials are invalid, an error is returned.
1. Default instance credentials. When no environment variable is present, the
default service account credentials are used. This is useful when running Vault
on [Google Compute Engine][gce] or [Google Kubernetes Engine][gke]
1. The identity of a Google Cloud [workload][workloads-ids]. When Vault server is running
on a Google workload like [Google Compute Engine][gce] or [Google Kubernetes Engine][gke],
identity associated with the workload is automatically used. To configure Google Compute
Engine with an identity, see [attached service accounts][attached-service-accounts]. To
configure Google Kubernetes Engine with an identity, see [GKE workload identity][gke-workload-ids].
For more information on service accounts, please see the [Google Cloud Service
Accounts documentation][service-accounts].
@@ -692,6 +694,9 @@ for more details.
[resource-name-relative]: https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/resource_names#relative_resource_name
[quotas]: https://cloud.google.com/compute/quotas
[service-accounts]: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/access/service-accounts
[workloads-ids]: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/workload-identities
[attached-service-accounts]: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/workload-identities#attached-service-accounts
[gke-workload-ids]: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/workload-identities#kubernetes-workload-identity
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