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+       # Copyright 2017 Intel Research and Development Ireland Limited
+       # *************************************************************
+       # This file is part of OSM Monitoring module
+       # All Rights Reserved to Intel Corporation
+       #
+       # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
+       # may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may
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+       #
+       #         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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+       # implied. See the License for the specific language governing
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+       #
+       # For those usages not covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0 please
+       # contact: helena.mcgough@intel.com or adrian.hoban@intel.com
+
+OSM MON module
+**************
+This is a guide for using the OSM MON module source code to create a container
+for monitoring. It will allow the use of the three plugins available to the
+module; CloudWatch, OpenStack and vROPs.
+
+
+At the moment this process requires a number of steps, but in the future the
+process will become automated as it will become part of the osm installation
+script which is contained within the devops repo.
+: `</devops/installers/install_mon.sh>`
+
+
+For information on how to use this module refer to this usage guide:
+: `</MON/doc/MON_usage_guide.rst>`
+
+
+You can find the source code for MON by following the link below:
+https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/MON.git;a=tree
+
+
+Requirements
+------------
+* lxc setup
+* OSM deployment
+
+
+Creating a MON Container
+------------------------
+To create a MON container and utilize the supported functionality, clone the
+MON repo and then run the provided script for container creation and
+installation:
+
+    ::
+
+        git clone https://osm.etsi.org/gerrit/osm/MON.git
+        cd MON/scripts
+        . install_mon.sh
+
+This script will create a MON container, install all of the required packages,
+as well as initializing the Apache Kafka and the vROPs web service.
+
+
+Plugin Utilization
+------------------
+There are three plugins supported by this monitoring module; CloudWatch,
+OpenStack and vROPs.
+
+vROPs plugin
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The vROPs plugin will automatically be installed after you have run the above
+installation script.
+
+OpenStack Plugin
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+There are two OpenStack services supported within this module monitoring and
+alarming, which are supported by the Gnocchi and Aodh plugins respectively.
+
+For more information on what metrics and alarms that these plugins support
+please refer to the following documentation:
+: `</MON/doc/OpenStack/>`.
+
+These documents will also describe what alarming and monitoring functionality
+the plugins support.
+
+* To run the Gnocchi plugin run the following command:
+
+      ::
+
+          lxc exec MON - python /root/MON/plugins/OpenStack/Gnocchi/plugin_instance.py
+
+* To run the Aodh plugin run the following command:
+
+      ::
+
+          lxc exec MON - python /root/MON/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/plugin_instance.py
+
+CloudWatch
+~~~~~~~~~~
+The MON container supports a CloudWatch plugin as well.
+
+
+Verification
+------------
+* To confirm that you have created your MON container, run the following command
+  and confirm that your container is in a RUNNING state:
+
+    ::
+
+        lxc list | grep MON
+
+* Confirm that the kafka service is installed and running within the container:
+
+    ::
+
+        lxc exec MON -- service kafka status