Eclipse BlueChi (https://github.com/eclipse-bluechi/bluechi) - formerly known as Hirte - is a multi-node systemd service controller facilitating deterministic state transitions for systems with limited resources. Its significant focus is on the ability to run in the highly regulated, safety-critical automotive industry.

This talk shows how Eclipse BlueChi extends systemd for managing and monitoring services across multiple nodes by explaining its overall architecture and the exposed API. In addition, it illustrates Eclipse BlueChi’s approach to resolving inter-node dependencies between services as well as basic performance metrics like CPU and Memory utilization. This presentation also dives into the seamless integration with Podman, forming a resource-friendly and deterministic container orchestration tool. This is considered a key enabler for the so-called Software Defined Vehicle (SDV).