# Ruby Client for Google Cloud Memorystore for Redis API ([Alpha](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-ruby#versioning))

[Google Cloud Memorystore for Redis API][Product Documentation]:
The Google Cloud Memorystore for Redis API is used for creating and managing
Redis instances on the Google Cloud Platform.
- [Client Library Documentation][]
- [Product Documentation][]

## Quick Start
In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following
steps:

1. [Select or create a Cloud Platform project.](https://console.cloud.google.com/project)
2. [Enable billing for your project.](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/modify-project#enable_billing_for_a_project)
3. [Enable the Google Cloud Memorystore for Redis API.](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/redis)
4. [Setup Authentication.](https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-ruby/#/docs/google-cloud/master/guides/authentication)

### Installation
```
$ gem install google-cloud-redis
```

### Next Steps
- Read the [Client Library Documentation][] for Google Cloud Memorystore for Redis API
  to see other available methods on the client.
- Read the [Google Cloud Memorystore for Redis API Product documentation][Product Documentation]
  to learn more about the product and see How-to Guides.
- View this [repository's main README](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-ruby/blob/master/README.md)
  to see the full list of Cloud APIs that we cover.

[Client Library Documentation]: https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-ruby/#/docs/google-cloud-redis/latest/google/cloud/redis/v1beta1
[Product Documentation]: https://cloud.google.com/redis
