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Chapter 1. Overview

The Ruby software development kit is a Ruby gem that allows you to interact with the Red Hat Virtualization Manager in Ruby projects. By downloading these classes and adding them to your project, you can access a range of functionality for high-level automation of administrative tasks.

1.1. Prerequisites
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To install the Ruby software development kit, you must have:

  • A system with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 installed. Both the Server and Workstation variants are supported.
  • A subscription to Red Hat Virtualization entitlements.

1.2. Installing the Ruby Software Development Kit
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  1. Enable the required repositories: 

    # subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rpms
# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rhv-4.1-rpms
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  2. Install the Ruby Software Development Kit: 

    # yum install rubygem-ovirt-engine-sdk4
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You can also install the Ruby Software Development Kit using gem: 

# gem install ovirt-engine-sdk
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1.3. Dependencies
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The Ruby Software Development Kit has the following dependencies, which you must install manually if you are using gem:

  • libxml2 for parsing and rendering XML
  • libcurl for HTTP transfers
  • C compiler
  • Required header and library files
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You do not need to install the dependency files if you installed the RPM.

Install the dependency files: 

# yum install gcc libcurl-devel libxml2-devel ruby-devel
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If you are using Fedora or CentOS, use dnf: 

# dnf install gcc libcurl-devel libxml2-devel ruby-devel
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If you are using Debian or Ubuntu, use apt-get: 

# apt-get install gcc libxml2-dev libcurl-dev ruby-dev
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