KOS provides end-to-end security by verifying all signed, immutable KABs at boot and update time, while using chained manifests to safely extend device software without breaking system integrity or rollback guarantees.
KOS enables safe, deterministic device updates and management at scale with assembly-based installs, coordinated OTA and local updates, full-state rollback, and platform services that simplify agent integration.
Learn about device and chained manifests, which enable users to manage software releases and allow per-device customization without needing a custom manifest for each device.
Learn about the concepts of artifacts and instances, and how KOS Studio manages these components through Stores.
Learn about KOS as an application-based platform where all developer functionalities are delivered as applications.
Learn about the KOS security model, focusing on authority, mode, and their implications for device locking and software trust.
Learn about KOS hardware integration via representing external devices as logical boards, which are linked to physical hardware via a Link object.
Learn about the networking architecture of KOS supporting multi-node and various network layers.
KOS uses handle paths to manage long-lived control objects. Learn how KOS employs Handle and HandleAware interfaces to create human-readable identities from paths, automatically chaining objects together.
KOS provides a dependency injection framework that automatically connects components. The BeanContext allows developers to use any Java beans for dependency injection and supports scoped injection with parent and child contexts