DOC-774 | New license management using credentials to activate deployments or generate license keys

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Description

Open tasks and questions:

• Are there any new metrics or changes not yet mentioned, e.g. regarding the shorter expiration of licenses, like the web UI?
• Do we already support a custom registry to pull the Data Platform images from instead of using a zipped platform package?
• For Starter deployments, should we recommend not using -e ARANGO_LICENSE_KEY unless for e.g. air-gapped environments and link to the license management page for how to activate a deployment using the Platform CLI tool?
• Do we issue licenses that are valid for more than 2 weeks for customers with air-gapped environments?

Upstream PRs

• 3.10:
• 3.11:
• 3.12:
• 4.0:

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Note

Documents new deployment ID endpoint, overhauls Enterprise license management (credentials-based activation/key generation), updates references/release notes, and adds a Data Platform installation guide with streamlined platform docs.

• HTTP API (3.12 & 4.0):
  • Add GET /_admin/deployment/id endpoint docs with OpenAPI, examples, and permissions.
• License Management:
  • Rewrite to credentials-based flow: add sections to activate deployments and generate license keys; rename to “Apply a license key”.
  • Update @arangodb/db-object references to “Apply a license key”.
  • Release notes: note deployment-bound licenses, new endpoint, and short-lived activations/keys.
• Release Notes (3.12):
  • API Changes/Incompat/In What’s New: add “Deployment ID” and license management changes across 3.12 docs.
• Arango Data Platform Docs:
  • Add new installation.md (on-prem setup via Kubernetes, Operator, CLI, license secret, package install).
  • Streamline _index.md (deployment options, aliases) and trim get-started.md to a stub; adjust release notes links/wording.

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