Adds an API server to enable advanced ilab features from the UI

Signed-off-by: Brent Salisbury <[email protected]>

Author: nerdalert

api-server/.gitignore

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+# Binaries for programs and plugins
+*.exe
+*.exe~
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.dylib
+
+# Test binary, built with `go test -c`
+*.test
+
+# Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
+*.out
+
+# Dependency directories (remove the comment below to include it)
+# vendor/
+
+# Go workspace file
+go.work
+go.work.sum
+
+# env file
+.env
+
+# app specific
+logs/
+jobs.json

api-server/Containerfile

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+# Stage 1: Build the Go application
+FROM golang:1.23.5-alpine AS builder
+
+# build-base needed for CGO
+RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache git bash build-base
+
+# Set envs
+ENV GO111MODULE=on \
+    CGO_ENABLED=1 \
+    GOOS=linux \
+    GOARCH=amd64
+
+# Create app directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy go.mod and go.sum files
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+
+RUN go mod download
+
+# Copy the source code
+COPY . .
+
+# Build the Go binary
+RUN go build -o ilab-api-router
+
+# Stage 2: Create the runtime image
+FROM alpine:latest
+
+# runtime dependencies
+RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache bash git podman
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the built binary from the builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /app/ilab-api-router .
+
+RUN chmod +x ilab-api-router
+
+RUN mkdir -p /var/home/cloud-user/.local/share/instructlab/taxonomy/ \
+    && mkdir -p /var/home/cloud-user/.cache/instructlab/models/ \
+    && mkdir -p /var/home/cloud-user/.local/share/instructlab/datasets/ \
+    && mkdir -p /var/home/cloud-user/.local/share/instructlab/checkpoints/hf_format/ \
+    && mkdir -p /var/home/cloud-user/.local/share/instructlab/taxonomy/
+
+# Define default command with parameters (can be overridden at runtime)
+ENTRYPOINT ["./ilab-api-router"]
+CMD ["--taxonomy-path", "/var/home/cloud-user/.local/share/instructlab/taxonomy/", "--rhelai", "--vllm", "--debug"]