self-hosting guide (#121)

* docs: first steps of the self-hosting guide * feature: add setup configurator for the self-hosted guide * docs: add setup.env comments * docs: simplify installation steps - support ./configure.sh * docs: fix file references * docs: fix minor docs issues * docs: remove unused title
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 ### Self-hosting
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+Wiretrustee is an open-source platform that can be self-hosted on your servers.
+
+It relies on components developed by Wiretrustee Authors [Management Service](https://github.com/wiretrustee/wiretrustee/tree/main/management), [Management UI Dashboard](https://github.com/wiretrustee/wiretrustee-dashboard), [Signal Service](https://github.com/wiretrustee/wiretrustee/tree/main/signal), 
+a 3rd party open-source STUN/TURN service [Coturn](https://github.com/coturn/coturn) and a 3rd party service [Auth0](https://auth0.com/).
+
+All the components can be self-hosted except for the Auth0 service.
+We chose Auth0 to "outsource" the user management part of the platform because we believe that implementing a proper user auth requires significant amount of time to make it right. 
+We focused on connectivity instead.
+
+If you would like to learn more about the architecture please refer to the [Wiretrustee Architecture section](architecture.md).
+
+### Requirements
+
+- Virtual machine offered by any cloud provider (e.g., AWS, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Google Cloud, Azure ...). 
+- Any Linux OS.
+- Docker Compose installed (see [Install Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/)).
+- Domain name pointing to the public IP address of your server.
+- Open ports ```443, 33071, 33073, 3468``` (Dashboard, Management HTTP API, Management gRpc API, Coturn STUN/TURN respectively)   on your server.
+- Maybe a cup of coffee or tea :)
+
+### Step-by-step guide
+
+For this tutorial we will be using domain ```test.wiretrustee.com``` which points to our Ubuntu 20.04 machine hosted at Hetzner.
+
+1. Create Auth0 account at [auth0.com](https://auth0.com/).
+2. Login to your server, clone Wiretrustee repository:
+   
+   ```bash 
+   git clone https://github.com/wiretrustee/wiretrustee.git wiretrustee/
+   ```
+   
+   and switch to the ```wiretrustee/infrastructure_files/``` folder that contains docker compose file:
+   
+   ```bash 
+   cd wiretrustee/infrastructure_files/
+   ```
+3. Prepare configuration files.
+   
+   To simplify the setup we have prepared a script to substitute required properties in the [docker-compose.yml.tmpl](../infrastructure_files/docker-compose.yml.tmpl) and [management.json.tmpl](../infrastructure_files/management.json.tmpl) files.
+   
+   The [setup.env](../infrastructure_files/setup.env) file contains the following properties that have to be filled:
+   
+   ```bash
+   # e.g. app.mydomain.com
+   WIRETRUSTEE_DOMAIN=""
+   # e.g. dev-24vkclam.us.auth0.com
+   WIRETRUSTEE_AUTH0_DOMAIN=""
+   # e.g. 61u3JMXRO0oOevc7gCkZLCwePQvT4lL0
+   WIRETRUSTEE_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID=""
+   # e.g. https://app.mydomain.com/
+   WIRETRUSTEE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE=""
+   # e.g. hello@mydomain.com
+   WIRETRUSTEE_LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=""
+   ```
+   
+   Please follow the steps to get the values.
+
+4. Configure ```WIRETRUSTEE_AUTH0_DOMAIN``` ```WIRETRUSTEE_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID``` ```WIRETRUSTEE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE``` properties.          
+   
+   * To obtain these, please use [Auth0 React SDK Guide](https://auth0.com/docs/quickstart/spa/react/01-login#configure-auth0) up until "Install the Auth0 React SDK".
+   
+      :grey_exclamation: Use ```https://YOUR DOMAIN``` as ````Allowed Callback URLs````, ```Allowed Logout URLs```, ```Allowed Web Origins``` and ```Allowed Origins (CORS)```
+   * set the variables in the ```setup.env```
+5. Configure ```WIRETRUSTEE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE``` property. 
+   
+   * Check [Auth0 Golang API Guide](https://auth0.com/docs/quickstart/backend/golang) to obtain AuthAudience.
+   * set the property in the ```setup.env``` file.
+6. Configure ```WIRETRUSTEE_LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL``` property.
+   
+   This can be any email address. [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/) will create an account while creating a new domain.    
+
+7. Make sure all the properties set in the ```setup.env``` file and run: 
+   
+    ```bash
+    ./configure.sh
+    ```
+   
+   This will export all the properties as environment variables and generate ```docker-compose.yml``` and ```management.json``` files substituting required variables.
+
+8. Run docker compose:
+
+   ```bash
+   docker-compose up -d
+   ```
+9. Optionally check the logs by running: 
+        
+    ```bash
+    docker-compose logs signal
+    docker-compose logs management
+    docker-compose logs coturn
+    docker-compose logs dashboard
+    ```