# Install and configure

This section describes how to install and configure the Infrastructure Optimization service, code-named watcher, on the controller node.

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

Note that installation and configuration vary by distribution.

- Install and configure for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS
  - Prerequisites
  - Install and configure components
  - Finalize installation
- Install and configure for Ubuntu
  - Prerequisites
  - Install and configure components
  - Finalize installation

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