installing the RHEL-AI api-server via script

api-server/README.md

@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ go run main.go --taxonomy-path ~/.local/share/instructlab/taxonomy/ --rhelai --c
 The `--rhelai` flag indicates that the ilab binary is available in the system's $PATH and does not require a virtual environment.
 When using `--rhelai`, the `--base-dir` flag is not required since it will be in a known location at least for meow.
 
+#### RHELAI API server easy-install
+
+It is recommended that you make a temporary directory for yourself to facilitate the install: `mkdir -p ~/temp-apiserver-install && cd ~/temp-apiserver-install`.
+
+We have provided some scripts that should facilitate installation of the API server on RHEL-AI. First, we will download and run a script to install `glibc-devel` as a dependency and reboot the system.
+
+```bash
+bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/instructlab/ui/refs/heads/main/api-server/rhelai-install/install-glibc-devel.sh)"
+```
+
+After the reboot has finished we can download the other two install scripts and run the `rhelai-install.sh` as the entrypoint. Make sure to return to your directory before you start:
+
+```bash
+cd ~/temp-apiserver-install
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/instructlab/ui/refs/heads/main/api-server/rhelai-install/install-go.sh
+bash -c  "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/instructlab/ui/refs/heads/main/api-server/rhelai-install/rhelai-install.sh)"
+```
+
+After this, we can cleanup our temp directory as it is no longer required: `rm -rf ~/temp-apiserver-install`.
+
 ### Example command with paths
 
 Here's an example command for running the server on a macOS machine with Metal support:

api-server/rhelai-install/install-glibc-devel.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 2; sh-indentation: 2; -*-
+
+# Dependency installations for RHELAI APIserver install
+
+set -x
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+echo "Installing \`glibc-devel\` as a dependency of \`cgo\`." 
+sudo rpm-ostree install glibc-devel
+echo "export CGO_ENABLED=1" >> ~/.bashrc
+
+echo "The system needs to be rebooted for \`glibc-devel\` to be installed. Re-booting."
+sudo systemctl reboot

api-server/rhelai-install/install-go.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 2; sh-indentation: 2; -*-
+
+# Dependency installations for RHELAI APIserver install
+
+GO_VERSION="1.23.5"
+GO_ARCHIVE="go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+GO_URL="https://go.dev/dl/${GO_ARCHIVE}"
+INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.go"
+PATH_EXPORT="export PATH=\$PATH:${INSTALL_DIR}/bin"
+
+for cmd in curl tar; do
+    if ! command -v "$cmd" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "Error: '$cmd' is not installed. Please install it and retry."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "Downloading Go ${GO_VERSION}..."
+curl -LO "$GO_URL"
+
+mkdir -p "$INSTALL_DIR"
+
+tar --strip-components=1 -C "$INSTALL_DIR" -xzf "$GO_ARCHIVE"
+
+rm "$GO_ARCHIVE"
+
+# Export PATH in current shell
+export PATH="$PATH:${INSTALL_DIR}/bin"
+echo "Go bin directory added to PATH for the current session."
+
+# Add PATH export to ~/.bashrc if not already present
+grep -qxF "$PATH_EXPORT" "$HOME/.bashrc" || echo "$PATH_EXPORT" >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
+echo "Go bin directory added to PATH in ~/.bashrc."
+
+# Verify
+go version

api-server/rhelai-install/rhelai-install.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 2; sh-indentation: 2; -*-
+
+# Install script for the API server
+## dependencies: go, git
+
+set -x
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+### installations
+
+if [ -z "$(command -v git)" ]; then
+    echo "please make sure \`git\` is installed."
+    exit 1 
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$(command -v go)" ]; then
+    echo "\`go\` is not installed, installing."
+    ./install-go.sh
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$TAXONOMY_PATH" ]; then
+    echo "Var \$TAXONOMY_PATH was not set, using default path: $HOME/.local/share/instructlab/taxonomy."
+    export TAXONOMY_PATH="$HOME/.local/share/instructlab/taxonomy"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$TAXONOMY_PATH" ]; then
+    echo "\$TAXONOMY_PATH was set as $TAXONOMY_PATH, but path does not exist."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+### script
+
+if [ -d "/tmp/ui" ]; then
+    rm -rf /tmp/ui
+fi
+
+git clone https://github.com/instructlab/ui.git /tmp/ui
+cd /tmp/ui/api-server
+go mod download
+go build -o ilab-api-router
+
+CUDA_FLAG=""
+
+if [ "$(command -v nvcc)" ] && [ -n "$(nvcc --version)" ]; then
+    CUDA_FLAG="--cuda"
+fi
+
+./ilab-api-router  --taxonomy-path "$TAXONOMY_PATH" $CUDA_FLAG --rhelai --vllm