Merge pull request #500 from nebari-dev/google-cloud-python

Remove `gcloud` instructions in how to deploy to GCP page

docs/docs/how-tos/nebari-gcp.md

@@ -11,15 +11,19 @@ will walk you through the following steps:
 
 - [Introduction](#introduction)
 - [Sign up for Google Cloud Platform](#sign-up-for-google-cloud-platform)
-- [Set up the `gcloud` CLI](#set-up-the-gcloud-cli)
 - [Authentication](#authentication)
+- [Required GCP APIs](#required-gcp-apis)
 - [Initializing Nebari](#initializing-nebari)
 - [Deploying Nebari](#deploying-nebari)
 - [Destroying Nebari](#destroying-nebari)
 
-For those already familiar with Google Cloud Platform and `gcloud`, feel free to skip this first step and jump straight to the [Nebari authentication](#authentication) section of
+For those already familiar with Google Cloud Platform, feel free to skip this first step and jump straight to the [Nebari authentication](#authentication) section of
 this guide.
 
+:::warning important
+Before version 2024.9.1, Nebari relied on users having `gcloud`, Google Cloud's CLI, installed locally on the machine they were deploying Nebari from. If you want to install an older version, make sure to [install it](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install).
+:::
+
 ## Sign up for Google Cloud Platform
 
 This documentation assumes that you are already familiar with Google Cloud Platform accounts, and that you have prior knowledge regarding GCP billing and cost usage for Kubernetes related
@@ -46,12 +50,6 @@ A Nebari deployment on GCP will **NOT** fall into `free tier` usage. Therefore,
 administrator for more information. If you provision resources outside the free tier, you may be charged. We're not responsible for any charges you may incur if this happens.
 :::
 
-## Set up the `gcloud` CLI
-
-As Nebari executes some preliminary steps to check Kubernetes compatibility within the GCP infrastructure, it needs to use the
-[`gcloud` command line interface (CLI)](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud) to interact with the Google Cloud Platform. You will have to
-[install the `gcloud` CLI on your system](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install) before you can use Nebari.
-
 The remaining steps will assume that you are logged in to a GCP account that has admin privileges for the newly created project.
 
 ## Authentication
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ startup file (for example, for example in the `~/.bashrc` or `~/.profile` for th
 
 :::note
 The steps in the following sections assume you have (i) completed the [Install Nebari][nebari-install] section, (ii) confirmed that Nebari is successfully
-installed in your environment, (iii) opted for **GCP** as your cloud provider which includes installing and initializing `gcloud`, and (iv) already configured the Nebari
+installed in your environment, (iii) opted for **GCP** as your cloud provider, and (iv) already configured the Nebari
 environment variables. If you had any issues during the installation, please visit the "Get started" section of our [troubleshooting page][nebari-troubleshooting] for further
 guidance.
 :::