diff --git a/doc/source/install/common_configure.rst b/doc/source/install/common_configure.rst
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+2. Edit the ``/etc/cinder_tempest_plugin/cinder_tempest_plugin.conf`` file and complete the following
+   actions:
+
+   * In the ``[database]`` section, configure database access:
+
+     .. code-block:: ini
+
+        [database]
+        ...
+        connection = mysql+pymysql://cinder_tempest_plugin:CINDER_TEMPEST_PLUGIN_DBPASS@controller/cinder_tempest_plugin
diff --git a/doc/source/install/common_prerequisites.rst b/doc/source/install/common_prerequisites.rst
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+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+Before you install and configure the volume service,
+you must create a database, service credentials, and API endpoints.
+
+#. To create the database, complete these steps:
+
+   * Use the database access client to connect to the database
+     server as the ``root`` user:
+
+     .. code-block:: console
+
+        $ mysql -u root -p
+
+   * Create the ``cinder_tempest_plugin`` database:
+
+     .. code-block:: none
+
+        CREATE DATABASE cinder_tempest_plugin;
+
+   * Grant proper access to the ``cinder_tempest_plugin`` database:
+
+     .. code-block:: none
+
+        GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cinder_tempest_plugin.* TO 'cinder_tempest_plugin'@'localhost' \
+          IDENTIFIED BY 'CINDER_TEMPEST_PLUGIN_DBPASS';
+        GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cinder_tempest_plugin.* TO 'cinder_tempest_plugin'@'%' \
+          IDENTIFIED BY 'CINDER_TEMPEST_PLUGIN_DBPASS';
+
+     Replace ``CINDER_TEMPEST_PLUGIN_DBPASS`` with a suitable password.
+
+   * Exit the database access client.
+
+     .. code-block:: none
+
+        exit;
+
+#. Source the ``admin`` credentials to gain access to
+   admin-only CLI commands:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      $ . admin-openrc
+
+#. To create the service credentials, complete these steps:
+
+   * Create the ``cinder_tempest_plugin`` user:
+
+     .. code-block:: console
+
+        $ openstack user create --domain default --password-prompt cinder_tempest_plugin
+
+   * Add the ``admin`` role to the ``cinder_tempest_plugin`` user:
+
+     .. code-block:: console
+
+        $ openstack role add --project service --user cinder_tempest_plugin admin
+
+   * Create the cinder_tempest_plugin service entities:
+
+     .. code-block:: console
+
+        $ openstack service create --name cinder_tempest_plugin --description "volume" volume
+
+#. Create the volume service API endpoints:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      $ openstack endpoint create --region RegionOne \
+        volume public http://controller:XXXX/vY/%\(tenant_id\)s
+      $ openstack endpoint create --region RegionOne \
+        volume internal http://controller:XXXX/vY/%\(tenant_id\)s
+      $ openstack endpoint create --region RegionOne \
+        volume admin http://controller:XXXX/vY/%\(tenant_id\)s
diff --git a/doc/source/install/get_started.rst b/doc/source/install/get_started.rst
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+=======================
+volume service overview
+=======================
+The volume service provides...
+
+The volume service consists of the following components:
+
+``cinder_tempest_plugin-api`` service
+  Accepts and responds to end user compute API calls...
diff --git a/doc/source/install/index.rst b/doc/source/install/index.rst
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+=================================
+volume service installation guide
+=================================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   get_started.rst
+   install.rst
+   verify.rst
+   next-steps.rst
+
+The volume service (cinder_tempest_plugin) provides...
+
+This chapter assumes a working setup of OpenStack following the
+`OpenStack Installation Tutorial
+<https://docs.openstack.org/project-install-guide/ocata/>`_.
diff --git a/doc/source/install/install-obs.rst b/doc/source/install/install-obs.rst
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+.. _install-obs:
+
+
+Install and configure for openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This section describes how to install and configure the volume service
+for openSUSE Leap 42.1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1.
+
+.. include:: common_prerequisites.rst
+
+Install and configure components
+--------------------------------
+
+#. Install the packages:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      # zypper --quiet --non-interactive install
+
+.. include:: common_configure.rst
+
+
+Finalize installation
+---------------------
+
+Start the volume services and configure them to start when
+the system boots:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   # systemctl enable openstack-cinder_tempest_plugin-api.service
+
+   # systemctl start openstack-cinder_tempest_plugin-api.service
diff --git a/doc/source/install/install-rdo.rst b/doc/source/install/install-rdo.rst
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+.. _install-rdo:
+
+Install and configure for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+This section describes how to install and configure the volume service
+for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS 7.
+
+.. include:: common_prerequisites.rst
+
+Install and configure components
+--------------------------------
+
+#. Install the packages:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      # yum install
+
+.. include:: common_configure.rst
+
+Finalize installation
+---------------------
+
+Start the volume services and configure them to start when
+the system boots:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   # systemctl enable openstack-cinder_tempest_plugin-api.service
+
+   # systemctl start openstack-cinder_tempest_plugin-api.service
diff --git a/doc/source/install/install-ubuntu.rst b/doc/source/install/install-ubuntu.rst
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+.. _install-ubuntu:
+
+Install and configure for Ubuntu
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This section describes how to install and configure the volume
+service for Ubuntu 14.04 (LTS).
+
+.. include:: common_prerequisites.rst
+
+Install and configure components
+--------------------------------
+
+#. Install the packages:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      # apt-get update
+
+      # apt-get install
+
+.. include:: common_configure.rst
+
+Finalize installation
+---------------------
+
+Restart the volume services:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   # service openstack-cinder_tempest_plugin-api restart
diff --git a/doc/source/install/install.rst b/doc/source/install/install.rst
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+.. _install:
+
+Install and configure
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This section describes how to install and configure the
+volume service, code-named cinder_tempest_plugin, on the controller node.
+
+This section assumes that you already have a working OpenStack
+environment with at least the following components installed:
+.. (add the appropriate services here and further notes)
+
+Note that installation and configuration vary by distribution.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   install-obs.rst
+   install-rdo.rst
+   install-ubuntu.rst
diff --git a/doc/source/install/next-steps.rst b/doc/source/install/next-steps.rst
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+.. _next-steps:
+
+Next steps
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Your OpenStack environment now includes the cinder_tempest_plugin service.
+
+To add additional services, see
+https://docs.openstack.org/project-install-guide/ocata/.
diff --git a/doc/source/install/verify.rst b/doc/source/install/verify.rst
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+.. _verify:
+
+Verify operation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Verify operation of the volume service.
+
+.. note::
+
+   Perform these commands on the controller node.
+
+#. Source the ``admin`` project credentials to gain access to
+   admin-only CLI commands:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      $ . admin-openrc
+
+#. List service components to verify successful launch and registration
+   of each process:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      $ openstack volume service list