Setup AI Services

AI Services Installation Guide

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring AI Services on a RHEL environment. Ensure all prerequisites are met before starting.

Instructions

  1. Pull in AI Services binary

    Download the latest AI Services binary from the releases page. Use the following curl command to download it (replace <version> with the desired release tag):

    curl -LO https://github.com/IBM/project-ai-services/releases/download/<version>/ai-services
    chmod +x ai-services
    mv ai-services /usr/local/bin/
  2. Run the binary to get started

    $ ai-services --help
    A CLI tool for managing AI Services infrastructure.
    
    Usage:
      ai-services [command]
    
    Available Commands:
      application Deploy and monitor the applications
      bootstrap   Initializes AI Services infrastructure
      completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
      help        Help about any command
      version     Prints CLI version with more info
    
    Flags:
      -h, --help      help for ai-services
      -v, --version   version for ai-services
    
    Use "ai-services [command] --help" for more information about a command.
     

Bootstrap the environment

First-time setup on an LPAR requires bootstrapping the environment before you proceed to create an application.

ai-services bootstrap

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