website/docs: add a new page to help people get started after install is complete (#19217)

* new first steps docs

* moved email config up to match Docker

* first draft

* moved sections and retitled some

* more content, tweaks

* dewis edits

* added Dewi ideas, more content, tweaks

* more content, green tips, other fixes

* Optimised images with calibre/image-actions

* Optimised images with calibre/image-actions

* Optimised images with calibre/image-actions

* conflicts?

* dominic's eedits, more content

* another fine Dominic edit

* more dewi and dominic edits, links

* a bunch of things

Signed-off-by: Jens Langhammer <jens@goauthentik.io>

* tweaks

* thanks Teffen

* new styles, more content

* few more dominic edits, tweaks

* formatting fights on tips

* fix some alignments

Signed-off-by: Jens Langhammer <jens@goauthentik.io>

* changes from Jens

* work on bindings docs that was needed for the first steps docs

* links, more tweaks

* more edits, more TODOs done

* add mermaid diagram, more links, more content

* fix sidebar, tweaks

* tweak

* more link fixing

* fix heading size

* more dewi and dominic edits

* more dewi and dominic edits

* teffen enhancements yay and more bindings rearchitecting

* added note about stage bindings being the only type of binding that you can bind to yeehaw

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Signed-off-by: Tana M Berry <tanamarieberry@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Langhammer <jens@goauthentik.io>
Co-authored-by: authentik-automation[bot] <135050075+authentik-automation[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Dewi Roberts <dewi@goauthentik.io>
Co-authored-by: Jens Langhammer <jens@goauthentik.io>
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The following topics are for the basic management of users: how to create, modif
> If you want to automate user creation, you can do that either by [invitations](./invitations.md), [`user_write` stage](../../add-secure-apps/flows-stages/stages/user_write.md), or [using the API](/api/reference/core-users-create).
1. In the Admin interface of your authentik instance, select **Directory** > **Users** in the left side menu.
2. Select the folder where you want to create a user.
2. In the **User folders** area, select the folder where you want to create a user.
3. Click **Create** (for a default user).
4. Fill in the required fields:
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ On the flipside, to grant permissions on a user object to a role, review ["Manag
Users also inherit roles from the groups they belong to. The **Roles** tab has two sub-tabs: **Assigned Roles** shows roles directly assigned to the user, while **All Roles** shows all roles including those inherited from groups. Inherited roles are marked with an "Inherited" label.
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## Bind a user to an application
These bindings control which users can access an application, and whether or not the application is visible in the user's **My applications** page. If no bindings for an application are defined, this means that all users and groups can access the application.
For instructions refer to [Manage applications](../../add-secure-apps/applications/manage_apps.mdx#bind-a-user-or-group-to-an-application).
## User credentials recovery
If a user has lost their credentials and needs to recover their account, there are two available options: