# Operations

Ready to operate an externally accessible FoundationDB cluster? You’ll find what you need to know here.

- Building a Cluster walks you through installation of an externally accessible cluster on one or more machines. Using FoundationDB in this way is not supported on macOS.
- Configuration contains reference information for configuring a new cluster. You should read this document before setting up a cluster for performance testing or production use.
- Administration covers administration of an existing externally accessible cluster.
- Command Line Interface covers use of the `fdbcli` tool.
- Machine-Readable Status describes the JSON encoding of a cluster’s status information.
- Transport Layer Security describes the Transport Layer Security (TLS) capabilities of FoundationDB, which enable security and authentication through a public/private key infrastructure.
- Backup, Restore, and Replication for Disaster Recovery covers the FoundationDB backup tool, which provides an additional level of protection by supporting recovery from disasters or unintentional modification of the database.
- Platform Issues describes issues on particular platforms that affect the operation of FoundationDB.