DOCS-672: Add UID auth example to Docker Compose gateway deployment

[harrison-akeyless]

Summary

• add Universal Identity to supported authentication methods for Docker Compose gateway deployment
• add a Universal Identity authentication subsection with gateway.env example values for ADMIN_UID_TOKEN, UID_ROTATE_INTERVAL, and ALLOWED_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS

Validation

• pre-commit run --files "docs/Akeyless Gateway/deploy-gateway/gateway-deploy-docker-compose.md"

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Updated Docker Compose deployment guide to support Universal Identity as a Gateway authentication method.
  • Added Universal Identity Authentication configuration section with instructions for setting ADMIN_UID_TOKEN, optional UID_ROTATE_INTERVAL, and ALLOWED_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS environment variables.

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• docs/Akeyless Gateway/deploy-gateway/gateway-deploy-docker-compose.md

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This PR updates the Docker Compose deployment documentation to introduce Universal Identity as a supported Gateway authentication method. The changes add Universal Identity to the list of supported authentication mechanisms and include a new configuration section explaining the required ADMIN_UID_TOKEN variable, optional UID_ROTATE_INTERVAL, and ALLOWED_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS settings in gateway.env.

Changes

Universal Identity Gateway Documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Universal Identity authentication documentation docs/Akeyless Gateway/deploy-gateway/gateway-deploy-docker-compose.md	Added Universal Identity to the supported authentication methods list and inserted a new dedicated section with configuration instructions for ADMIN_UID_TOKEN, UID_ROTATE_INTERVAL, and ALLOWED_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS in gateway.env.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• akeylesslabs/technical-documentation#246: Updates documentation for Universal Identity and token/UID rotation guidance across different doc files.

Poem

🐰 A gateway now speaks the Universal tongue,
With tokens and rotations, fresh configuration sung,
From method list to secrets set just right,
Identity flows secure through Docker's night!

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately summarizes the main change: adding UID (Universal Identity) authentication example documentation to Docker Compose gateway deployment.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch v1.0_DOCS-672_uid-auth-docker-compose

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