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    new compose.
 
 
+## Installation
+
+The plugins need to be installed on the machines running the corresponding
+services. Installation via RPMs is recommended. The RPMs for the latest git
+commit of the source can be easily created via meson:
+
+```
+meson . build
+ninja -C build rpms
+```
+
+The RPMs should then be in `build/rpmbuild`. The hub and builder plugin
+also need to be explicitly enabled in the respective configuration files.
+The *hub* plugin configuration file at `/etc/koji-hub/hub.conf`. The
+plugin is enabled by adding `osbuild` to the `Plugins` directive. The
+*builder*: configuration file at `/etc/kojid/kojid.conf`. Here `osbuild`
+needs to be added to the `plugin` directive.
+For an example, see the test container configuration files
+[`hub.conf`](test/container/hub/hub.conf`) for the hub and
+[`kojid.conf`](`container/builder/kojid.conf`) for the builder.
+
+Additionally, an osbuild-composer instance, at least version 21, with the
+koji API enabled needs to be running and reachable via TCP from the host
+running the koji builder.
+
+
 ## Configuration
 
 The builder plugin needs to be configured via a `builder.conf` file that