# 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