fix: epm domain config file can be a symlink #1780

Job	Run time
Run benchmarks	1m 30s
Run checks (ubuntu)	49s
Check relative links in website	9s
Run checks (macos)	26s
Run tests (emulated riscv64)	1m 13s
Run checks (windows)	3m 46s
Run tests (emulated s390x)	1m 16s
Run tests (ubuntu, 1.23.x)	1m 36s
Run tests (macos, 1.23.x)	1m 42s
Run tests (windows, 1.23.x)	4m 34s
Run tests (ubuntu, 1.22.x)	32s
Upload test coverage (linux)	18s
Upload test coverage (macos)	18s
Upload test coverage (windows)	18s
	18m 27s

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