doc: quick-start: rework flag description (#1496)

Add a link to the manual install procedure, use a
quote to make the manual install path more visible
and mention the --default-access-key option.

Closes: #1446

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Reviewed-on: https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage/pulls/1496
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Agathe Porte
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@@ -133,12 +133,17 @@ Use the following command to launch the Garage server:
garage server --single-node --default-bucket
```
The `--single-node` flag instructs Garage to automatically configure a single-node cluster without data replication.
The `--default-bucket` flag instructs Garage to create a default access key and a default bucket using the environment variables we defined above.
Both flags are optional and can be omitted, in which case you will have to follow manual configuration steps described below.
- the `--single-node` flag instructs Garage to automatically configure a
single-node cluster without data replication;
- the `--default-bucket` flag instructs Garage to create a default access key
and a default bucket using the environment variables we defined above (it
implies `--default-access-key`).
**For older versions of Garage (before v2.3.0):** automatic configuration using `--single-node` and `--default-bucket` is not available,
you must follow the manual configuration steps.
> You can refer to the [manual configuration
> steps](#manual-configuration) if:
>
> - you decide to no use these optional flags;
> - you are running an **older version of Garage (before v2.3.0)**.
Alternatively, if you cannot or do not wish to run the Garage binary directly,
you may use Docker to run Garage in a container using the following command:
@@ -292,7 +297,7 @@ An exhaustive list is maintained in the ["Integrations" > "Browsing tools" secti
## Manual configuration
## Manual configuration {#manual-configuration}
This section provides instructions that are equivalent to using the
`--single-node` and `--default-bucket` flags for automatic configuration. If