feat: improve the image management experience with template builder - #27018

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Adds a `container_image` variable to the Docker and Kubernetes base
templates so admins can override the default container image via the
Template Builder wizard. The field appears as a freeform text input with
`codercom/enterprise-base:ubuntu` as the default placeholder.

The templates reference the variable via `{{ .Variables.container_image
}}`, the same pattern kubernetes already uses for `namespace` and
`use_kubeconfig`. No special-case logic in the compose pipeline; the
variable flows through `mergeBaseVariables` like any other base
variable.

No frontend, API, or SDK changes are needed. The existing
`variableToField()` in `BaseTemplateParametersStep.tsx` automatically
renders non-sensitive string variables as text fields, and Docker now
shows the base parameters step (previously skipped because it had no
variables).

> [!NOTE]
> This PR was authored by Coder Agents on behalf of @jeremyruppel.

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<details>
<summary>Implementation plan</summary>

## Approach

Use the variable the same way the kubernetes template already uses
`namespace` and `use_kubeconfig`: declare it in `base.json`, and
reference it in the `.tf.tmpl` via `{{ .Variables.container_image }}`.
The variable flows through `mergeBaseVariables` which HCL-quotes string
values, so the template just emits the value directly (no manual
quoting). No special handling in `compose.go` or `renderBase()`.

### Why this works

`mergeBaseVariables` converts string variable defaults and
caller-supplied values into HCL-quoted strings (e.g.
`"codercom/enterprise-base:ubuntu"`). The kubernetes template already
relies on this for `namespace`:

```hcl
namespace = {{ .Variables.namespace }}
```

The same pattern works for `container_image`:

```hcl
image = {{ .Variables.container_image }}
```

No variable has special meaning. No Go-side override logic.

### RFC context: ImageOptions

The RFC describes `ImageOptions` as a curated list that renders into a
`coder_parameter` dropdown for developers at workspace creation time.
This task is complementary: it makes the static image configurable by
the admin at template creation time. When `ImageOptions` is eventually
wired up, the admin's chosen image would become the `default` of that
`coder_parameter` dropdown.

</details>