+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+.. Copyright (c) 2021 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
+
+
+Installation Guide
+==================
+
+.. contents::
+ :depth: 3
+ :local:
+
+Abstract
+--------
+
+This document describes how to install the reference RICDMS.
+
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+This document provides guidelines on how to install and configure the RICDMS in various environments/operating modes.
+The audience of this document is assumed to have good knowledge in RIC Platform and Kubernetes.
+
+Software Installation and Deployment
+------------------------------------
+The build process assumes a Linux environment with go >= 1.20 and has been tested on Ubuntu. For building docker images,
+the Docker environment must be present in the system.
+
+
+Build Process
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Deployment
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Testing
+--------
+
+Unit tests TBD