Adjust instructions to setup a PG service

[gacarrillor]

Creating, setting up and even testing a PG service file might be overwhelming for end users, specially for Windows ones.

We've created a plugin to ease PG service file creation and editing. By using it, users avoid creating new files on their own and dealing with environment variables. See https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-pg-service-parser-plugin/

I'd suggest to replace the current documentation on creating and setting up a PG service file (from https://docs.qfield.org/how-to/pg-service/) by some step-by-step instructions using the plugin.

To match almost the whole QField/QFieldCloud workflow described in the aforementioned link, we can adapt/extend the plugin in two ways :

• Add a Connect tab so that it's easy to create and test a QGIS connection via a just-created service. (Work already started, see PR)
• Add a button to copy the service definition, which would be handy since users will have to paste it to QFieldCloud's secrets interface.

I'd be happy to both extend the plugin and update QField documentation, just let me know when to start.

[gacarrillor]

Ping @m-kuhn
:)

[m-kuhn]

I do like the idea 👍

[suricactus]

Note we can open an endpoint on QFieldCloud so one can directly push the credentials there.

[gacarrillor]

Note we can open an endpoint on QFieldCloud so one can directly push the credentials there.

Do you mean, like:

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You have 2 options:

• Click on copy to get the PG_service configuration and paste it into QFieldCloud's secrets interface.
• Tell QFieldSync where is your pg_service.conf file, select the service, and click on the (new) button Send credentials to QFieldCloud?

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