Document using Google Cloud Shell (#1699)

README.md

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 ## Deploy the Algo Server
 
-The easiest way to get an Algo server running is to run it on your local system and let it set up a _new_ virtual machine in the cloud for you.
+The easiest way to get an Algo server running is to run it on your local system or from [Google Cloud Shell](docs/deploy-from-cloudshell.md) and let it set up a _new_ virtual machine in the cloud for you.
 
 1. **Setup an account on a cloud hosting provider.** Algo supports [DigitalOcean](https://m.do.co/c/4d7f4ff9cfe4) (most user friendly), [Amazon Lightsail](https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/), [Amazon EC2](https://aws.amazon.com/), [Vultr](https://www.vultr.com/), [Microsoft Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/), [Google Compute Engine](https://cloud.google.com/compute/), [Scaleway](https://www.scaleway.com/), [DreamCompute](https://www.dreamhost.com/cloud/computing/) or other OpenStack-based cloud hosting, [Exoscale](https://www.exoscale.com) or other CloudStack-based cloud hosting,  or [Hetzner Cloud](https://www.hetzner.com/).
 

docs/deploy-from-cloudshell.md

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+# Deploy from Google Cloud Shell
+
+If you want to try Algo but don't wish to install the software on your own system you can use the **free** [Google Cloud Shell](https://cloud.google.com/shell/) to deploy a VPN to any supported cloud provider. Note that you cannot choose `Install to existing Ubuntu server` to turn Google Cloud Shell into your VPN server.
+
+1. See the [Cloud Shell documentation](https://cloud.google.com/shell/docs/) to start an instance of Cloud Shell in your browser.
+
+2. Follow the [Algo installation instructions](https://github.com/trailofbits/algo#deploy-the-algo-server) as shown but skip step **3. Install Algo's core dependencies** as they are already installed. Run Algo to deploy to a supported cloud provider.
+
+3. Once Algo has completed, retrieve a copy of the configuration files that were created to your local system. While still in the Algo directory, run:
+    ```
+    zip -r configs configs
+    dl configs.zip
+    ```
+
+4. Unzip `configs.zip` on your local system and use the files to configure your VPN clients.

docs/index.md

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   - Deploy from [Ansible](deploy-from-ansible.md) non-interactively
   - Deploy onto a [cloud server at time of creation with shell script or cloud-init](deploy-from-script-or-cloud-init-to-localhost.md)
   - Deploy from [macOS](deploy-from-macos.md)
+  - Deploy from [Google Cloud Shell](deploy-from-cloudshell.md)
 * Client setup
   - Setup [Android](client-android.md) clients
   - Setup [Generic/Linux](client-linux.md) clients with Ansible