# Install and configure controller node

This section describes how to install and configure the Shared File Systems service, code-named manila, on the controller node. This service requires at least one additional share node that manages file storage back ends.

This section assumes that you already have a working OpenStack environment with at least the following components installed: Compute, Image Service, Identity.

Note that installation and configuration vary by distribution.

- Install and configure controller node on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS
- Install and configure controller node on Ubuntu
- Install and configure controller node on Debian

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