edwardsbandCarlo bb1d09fc90 Add GCS IAM authentication for S3-compatible storage (#40303) (#40374)
Closes #40303


### Summary
Adds support for Google Application Default Credentials (ADC) bearer
token authentication when using GCS's S3-compatible endpoint. This
allows Fleet deployments on GCP to use workload identity instead of
static HMAC keys.
 Changes
- Add `s3_software_installers_gcs_iam_auth` config option for software
installer storage
- Add `s3_carves_gcs_iam_auth` config option for file carving storage  
- Implement OAuth2 bearer token auth in S3 client via middleware
(removes AWS SigV4 signing)
- Add validation to ensure GCS IAM auth requires endpoint URL containing
`storage.googleapis.com`
- Add Helm chart values and deployment env vars for both options
- Add documentation for new configuration options
- Add tests for GCS IAM auth validation and integration

### Usage
Enable GCS IAM auth by setting the endpoint URL to Google's
S3-compatible endpoint and enabling the IAM auth flag:

```yaml
s3:
  software_installers_endpoint_url: https://storage.googleapis.com
  software_installers_gcs_iam_auth: true
  software_installers_bucket: my-bucket
  software_installers_force_s3_path_style: true
```
Or via environment variables:
```
FLEET_S3_SOFTWARE_INSTALLERS_ENDPOINT_URL=https://storage.googleapis.com
FLEET_S3_SOFTWARE_INSTALLERS_GCS_IAM_AUTH=true
FLEET_S3_SOFTWARE_INSTALLERS_BUCKET=my-bucket
FLEET_S3_SOFTWARE_INSTALLERS_FORCE_S3_PATH_STYLE=true
```

### Testing
- Unit tests validate configuration requirements (GCS endpoint, no HMAC
keys, no STS role)
- Integration test verifies bearer token is correctly injected into
requests
**Related issue:** Resolves #

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## Testing

- [X] Added/updated automated tests

- [TODO] QA'd all new/changed functionality manually

## New Fleet configuration settings

- [X] Setting(s) is/are explicitly excluded from GitOps

> [!NOTE] 
These are infrastructure-level server settings (env vars/config file),
not app-level settings managed via GitOps YAML.

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Added Google Cloud Storage (GCS) IAM authentication support for file
carving and software installer storage using Google Application Default
Credentials

* **Configuration**
* New authentication configuration option available for both carving and
software installer S3 storage in Helm deployments and configuration
files

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