docs: highlight how the configuration is distributed

I think this is a common error to only restart the service with the
changed configuration.
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Vincent Bernat
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# Configuration
The orchestrator service is configured through YAML files (shipped in the
`config/` directory) and includes the configuration of the other services. Other
services are expected to query the orchestrator through HTTP on start to
retrieve their configuration.
`config/` directory) and includes the configuration of the other services.
> [!TIP]
> Other services query the orchestrator through HTTP on start to retrieve their
> configuration. This means that if you change the configuration for one
> service, you always need to restart the orchestrator first, then the service
> whose configuration has changed.
The default configuration can be obtained with `docker compose exec
akvorado-orchestrator akvorado orchestrator --dump --check /dev/null`. Note that