# liken > `liken` is a small operating system that boots a machine directly > into Kubernetes. This site is its manual. Every page of this site is also served as Markdown: append index.md to the page's URL. /llms-full.txt holds the whole manual in one file. The repository at https://github.com/liken-sh/liken is the deep documentation. ## Concepts - [How liken works](https://liken.sh/docs/concepts/how-liken-works/index.md) - [The hardware operators](https://liken.sh/docs/concepts/hardware-operators/index.md) ## Guides - [Install a cluster](https://liken.sh/docs/guides/install/index.md) - [Adopt an existing k3s cluster](https://liken.sh/docs/guides/adopt/index.md) - [Add machines](https://liken.sh/docs/guides/add-nodes/index.md) - [Upgrade the fleet](https://liken.sh/docs/guides/upgrade/index.md) - [Roll back](https://liken.sh/docs/guides/rollback/index.md) - [Run the fleet from git](https://liken.sh/docs/guides/gitops/index.md) - [Give a workload a device](https://liken.sh/docs/guides/devices/index.md) - [Troubleshoot](https://liken.sh/docs/guides/troubleshoot/index.md) ## Reference - [Cluster](https://liken.sh/docs/reference/cluster/index.md) - [Machine](https://liken.sh/docs/reference/machine/index.md) - [The release channel](https://liken.sh/docs/reference/release-channel/index.md) - [Devices](https://liken.sh/docs/reference/devices/index.md) - [Kernel settings](https://liken.sh/docs/reference/sysctls/index.md) - [Resource limits](https://liken.sh/docs/reference/rlimits/index.md) - [The liken command](https://liken.sh/docs/reference/cli/index.md)