watcher/install-guide/source/get_started.rst
aditi a62acbf2ab Watcher official install-guide
Currently watcher project does not have an official
install guide at [1]

This patch adds watcher install guide for rdo and debian.

install-guide is written following the document [2].

[1] https://docs.openstack.org/project-install-guide/ocata/
[2] https://docs.openstack.org/contributor-guide/project-install-guide.html

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Infrastructure Optimization service overview
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The Infrastructure Optimization service provides flexible and scalable
optimization service for multi-tenant OpenStack based clouds.
The Infrastructure Optimization service consists of the following components:
``watcher`` command-line client
A CLI to communicate with ``watcher-api`` to optimize the cloud.
``watcher-api`` service
An OpenStack-native REST API that accepts and responds to end-user calls
by processing them and forwarding to appropriate underlying watcher
services via AMQP.
``watcher-decision-engine`` service
It runs audit and return an action plan to achieve optimization goal
specified by the end-user in audit.
``watcher-applier`` service
It executes action plan built by watcher-decision-engine. It interacts with
other OpenStack components like nova to execute the given action
plan.
``watcher-dashboard``
Watcher UI implemented as a plugin for the OpenStack Dashboard.