+
+### Prerequisites
+
+To deploy RIC, you need to have a cluster that runs kubernetes (version > v.1.16.0) and helm (version v2.14.3).
+Tools to install a K8S environment in an openstack cloud can be found in ./tools/k8s.
+Please refer to the README.md file for more details
+
+### To deploy RIC Platform
+Choose a deployment recipe (e.g, ./RECIPE_EXAMPLE/PLATFORM/amber_example_recipe.yaml)
+Make a copy of the recipe and edit the key:value pairs in it according to your needs
+Make sure that you have the correct docker image registry, name, and tag spcified for all the components.
+Set the values of extsvcaux/ricip and extsvcaux/auxip to be the external IP addresses of VM hosting RIC cluster and VM hosting AUX cluster, respectively.
+Then run the following to deploy:
+```sh
+$ . ./deploy-ric-platform -f <PATH_TO_YOUR_MODIFIED_RECIPE>
+```
+Run the following to undeploy:
+```sh
+$ . ./undeploy-ric-platform
+```
+
+### To deploy RIC Auxiliary functions
+Choose a deployment recipe (e.g, ./RECIPE_EXAMPLE/AUX/amber_example_recipe.yaml)
+Make a copy of the recipe and edit the key:value pairs in it according to your needs
+Set the values of extsvcaux/ricip and extsvcaux/auxip to be the external IP addresses of VM hosting RIC cluster and VM hosting AUX cluster, respectively.
+```sh
+$ . ./deploy-ric-aux -f <PATH_TO_YOUR_MODIFIED_RECIPE>
+```
+Run the following to undeploy: