Discover AutoSD

Automotive Stream Distribution (AutoSD) is the upstream binary distribution that serves as the public, in-development preview of Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System (RHIVOS). Built on CentOS Stream with automotive-specific optimizations, AutoSD enables mixed-criticality workloads for modern Software-Defined Vehicles.

This section helps you understand what AutoSD is, what problems it solves, and whether it is the right platform for your project.

What you’ll find here

About the Automotive SIG

Learn about the CentOS Automotive Special Interest Group that develops and maintains AutoSD, how to participate, and how to contribute.

Product overview

Understand the Automotive Image Builder tool, manifests, and sample images that make up the AutoSD build system.

Features and concepts

Explore the key technologies behind AutoSD, from mixed-criticality architecture and real-time performance to container-native workflows and immutable OS updates.

Technology deep-dive

Go deeper on individual technologies including OSTree, BlueChi, SELinux, secure boot, and Linux resource management for safety-critical partitions.

Hardware enablement

Learn how silicon manufacturers can integrate their hardware with AutoSD and the Red Hat ecosystem through experimental and production certification tracks.

Ready to start building?

If you already understand the concepts and want to get hands-on, jump to Get started.

Important

AutoSD is the public preview of the Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System (RHIVOS) product and contains all of the technology and tools necessary to run a mixed-criticality workload on that safety certified product. The documentation on this page presents the technology underlying and available in the product, but all safety requirements and documents are not covered here and are available only to RHIVOS customers. These safety documents impose some limitations and additional activities necessary for safety workloads.