Rind is a self-contained, pluggable, extensible system runtime orchestrator with payload-aware, branchable state-and-signal flow trees, transport/IPC-driven control, integrated networking orchestration, layered user/permission management, and persistent runtime state.

Init (or Main)

As soon as Rind starts up, the Boot process runs through a few integral stages.

  • Plugin Discovery
  • Orchestrator Mapping
  • Unit Collection (with Extensions)

Env vars

Rind is configured via env vars.

  • RIND_UNITS_PATH: "/etc/units"
  • RIND_STATE_PATH: "/var/lib/system-state"