# Introduction

> Lunary Cloud is managed hosting for open-source business applications, on Canadian infrastructure.

Lunary Cloud runs open-source business applications — CRMs, automation platforms, document tools — as managed services. You pick the application; we provision it, keep it updated, back it up, monitor it, and respond when something breaks.

## What "managed" means here

Every service you run with us is:

- **Its own instance** on Canadian infrastructure. Your data stays in Canada.
- **Observed, not assumed.** An agent on the VM reports health to our control plane. The dashboard and the API show the same state our operators see.
- **Operable by you.** Backups, syncs, and restarts are actions in the dashboard and calls in the API, not support tickets.
- **Portable.** Your data lives in standard open-source applications. Exports and migration help are part of the service.

## Terms used in these docs

| Term | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| **Instance** | One running service — for example, your n8n or NocoBase. |
| **Plug** | An operation available on an instance: a backup, a data sync, a restart. |
| **Run** | One execution of a plug, with step-by-step logs and any files it produced. |
| **Artifact** | A file a run produced (a database dump, an export), downloadable on demand. |
| **Routine** | A named, saved operation on an instance, optionally on a schedule. |

## Where to go next

- [Quickstart](/getting-started/quickstart) — from first contact to a running service.
- [API reference](/api) — every endpoint, generated from the API's OpenAPI specification.
- [MCP server](/api/mcp) — connect an AI agent to your services.