diff --git a/doc/install-guide-rst/source/dashboard-install.rst b/doc/install-guide-rst/source/dashboard-install.rst
index f381b9e056..a9959d5ee9 100644
--- a/doc/install-guide-rst/source/dashboard-install.rst
+++ b/doc/install-guide-rst/source/dashboard-install.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,164 @@
 Install and configure
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. TODO
+This section describes how to install and configure the dashboard
+on the controller node.
+
+The dashboard relies on functional core services including
+Identity, Image service, Compute, and either Networking (neutron)
+or legacy networking (nova-network). Environments with
+stand-alone services such as Object Storage cannot use the
+dashboard. For more information, see the
+`developer documentation <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/
+horizon/topics/deployment.html>`__.
+
+This section assumes proper installation, configuration, and
+operation of the Identity service using the Apache HTTP server and
+Memcached as described in keystone-install.
+
+.. TODO: add link to keystone-install after creation.
+
+To install the dashboard components
+-----------------------------------
+
+.. only:: obs
+
+   * Install the packages::
+
+       # zypper install openstack-dashboard apache2-mod_wsgi \
+         memcached python-python-memcached
+
+.. only:: rdo
+
+   * Install the packages::
+
+       # yum install openstack-dashboard httpd mod_wsgi \
+         memcached python-memcached
+
+.. only:: ubuntu
+
+   * Install the packages::
+
+       # apt-get install openstack-dashboard
+
+.. only:: ubuntu
+
+   .. note::
+
+      Ubuntu installs the ``openstack-dashboard-ubuntu-theme``
+      package as a dependency. Some users reported issues with
+      this theme in previous releases. If you encounter issues,
+      remove this package to restore the original OpenStack theme.
+
+To configure the dashboard
+--------------------------
+
+.. only:: obs
+
+   * Configure the web server::
+
+       # cp /etc/apache2/conf.d/openstack-dashboard.conf.sample \
+         /etc/apache2/conf.d/openstack-dashboard.conf
+       # a2enmod rewrite;a2enmod ssl;a2enmod wsgi
+
+.. only:: obs
+
+   * Edit the
+     :file:`/srv/www/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py`
+     file and complete the following actions:
+
+.. only:: rdo
+
+   * Edit the
+     :file:`/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings.py`
+     file and complete the following actions:
+
+.. only:: ubuntu
+
+   * Edit the :file:`/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings`
+     file and complete the following actions:
+
+* Configure the dashboard to use OpenStack services on the
+  ``controller`` node::
+
+    OPENSTACK_HOST = "controller"
+
+* Allow all hosts to access the dashboard::
+
+    ALLOWED_HOSTS = '*'
+
+* Configure the ``memcached`` session storage service::
+
+    CACHES = {
+        'default': {
+             'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
+             'LOCATION': '127.0.0.1:11211',
+        }
+    }
+
+.. note::
+
+   Comment out any other session storage configuration.
+
+.. only:: obs
+
+   .. note::
+
+      By default, SLES and openSUSE use a SQL database for session
+      storage. For simplicity, we recommend changing the configuration
+      to use ``memcached`` for session storage.
+
+* Configure ``user`` as the default role for
+  users that you create via the dashboard::
+
+    OPENSTACK_KEYSTONE_DEFAULT_ROLE = "user"
+
+* Optionally, configure the time zone::
+
+    TIME_ZONE = "TIME_ZONE"
+
+  Replace ``TIME_ZONE`` with an appropriate time zone identifier.
+  For more information, see the `list of time zones
+  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones>`__.
+
+To finalize installation
+------------------------
+
+.. only:: rdo
+
+   On RHEL and CentOS, configure SELinux to permit the web server
+   to connect to OpenStack services::
+
+     # setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on
+
+.. only:: rdo
+
+   Due to a packaging bug, the dashboard CSS fails to load properly.
+   Run the following command to resolve this issue::
+
+     # chown -R apache:apache /usr/share/openstack-dashboard/static
+
+   For more information, see the `bug report
+   <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150678>`__.
+
+.. only:: ubuntu
+
+   Reload the web server configuration::
+
+     # service apache2 reload
+
+.. only:: obs
+
+   Start the web server and session storage service and configure
+   them to start when the system boots::
+
+     # systemctl enable apache2.service memcached.service
+     # systemctl start apache2.service memcached.service
+
+.. only:: rdo
+
+   Start the web server and session storage service and configure
+   them to start when the system boots::
+
+     # systemctl enable httpd.service memcached.service
+     # systemctl start httpd.service memcached.service
diff --git a/doc/install-guide-rst/source/dashboard-verify.rst b/doc/install-guide-rst/source/dashboard-verify.rst
index 486fe83257..e1fa7dc9d0 100644
--- a/doc/install-guide-rst/source/dashboard-verify.rst
+++ b/doc/install-guide-rst/source/dashboard-verify.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
 Verify operation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. TODO
+This section describes how to verify operation of the dashboard.
+
+.. only:: obs
+
+   Access the dashboard using a web browser:
+   ``http://controller``.
+
+.. only:: rdo
+
+   Access the dashboard using a web browser:
+   ``http://controller/dashboard``.
+
+.. only:: ubuntu
+
+   Access the dashboard using a web browser:
+   ``http://controller/horizon``.
+
+Authenticate using ``admin`` or ``demo`` user credentials.