# What does Managed mean?
We offer a managed Kubernetes service.
What does Managed mean at NMS:
1\. **We install the cluster**
- [here](https://docs.nws.netways.de/books/kubernetes/chapter/getting-started) you can find more info about starting your cluster
2\. **We operate and monitor your cluster**
- If a master or worker changes to "not ready", we will be alerted and fix the problem
- We monitor the K8s system namespace in Prometheus and make sure that e.g. the load balancers are working or the PVCs are mapped correctly
- More information about monitoring can be found [here](https://docs.nws.netways.de/books/kubernetes/page/monitoring)
3\. **We offer updates**
- The updates are divided into operating system updates and K8s version updates
- For the K8s version updates we test the new version in advance and make sure that the normal standard installation still works with the new version
- You can find more information about the updates [here](https://docs.nws.netways.de/books/kubernetes/page/upgrades)
4. **We offer Backups**
- Etcd Backup
- PVC Backup
- [here](https://docs.nws.netways.de/books/kubernetes/page/backup) you will find more information about backups