Synx BIOS

Synx BIOS is the command-line interface to the Real Time Web network stack. It is designed for developers, administrators, scripts and AI agents that need to create, configure and operate Real Time Web domains and services programmatically rather than through a graphical interface. Synx BIOS provides commands for working directly with domains, Morphic Services, links, Ghosts, data channels, ownership and other runtime properties of the network.

While Synx DNS provides a graphical interface for designing and managing your RTW environment, Synx BIOS provides direct command-line access to the same underlying network architecture, together with additional runtime operations. This makes Synx BIOS particularly useful for automation. Commands can be executed manually, incorporated into scripts, or invoked by authorized AI agents. Synx BIOS is available through your private Morph Space environment.

The Real Time Web is a distributed peer-to-peer network in which different participants can have different rights at different layers of the network. Owning a data source, for example, does not necessarily give you permission to modify the Morphic Service that transforms that data. Likewise, a service provider may control the service logic without owning the data flowing through it.

Synx BIOS provides a common operational interface to these different network layers. The commands available to a participant depend on their authenticated identity, ownership and access rights. A user can therefore interact with the same network while only being permitted to modify the parts they are authorized to control. This creates an important separation between network administration, service control, data ownership and endpoint ownership. Synx BIOS provides commands that operate at these different levels of the architecture. And because RTW is a live network, many BIOS commands take effect immediately at runtime. In simple terms, Synx DNS lets you design the network visually. Synx BIOS lets you operate it programmatically.

Almost everything you can configure through Synx DNS can also be managed from the command line using Synx BIOS. Depending on your access rights, you can create and modify root domains and subdomains, Morphic Services, Ghosts and network resources, service links and linking paths, data channels, ownership and access rights, and runtime network configurations. Synx BIOS also exposes more advanced operations intended for developers, automation and autonomous systems.

Kernelize an endpoint

Kernelization allows a service to provide an endpoint with a code stub that can execute locally before the endpoint begins processing its data. This is particularly interesting for devices that initially contain little application logic. A generic IoT device, for example, could connect to an RTW service and receive the logic required for its particular context. The same type of hardware could therefore potentially assume different roles depending on which service it joins. Instead of manufacturing every device around a fixed application, connect the resource first, then provide the intelligence it needs.

Merge data channels

Synx BIOS can also manage the merging of multiple channels. An active endpoint may be given access to additional data channels from other services without necessarily terminating its existing connection. This allows the data available to an endpoint to evolve dynamically while the system is running. A primary service can therefore combine several sources into a richer contextual channel for its connected clients.

Manage ownership and access

Authorized users can grant access to data, transfer ownership of domains, services or Ghosts, and manage how resources participate in the network. Because ownership exists at different architectural layers, control can be delegated without necessarily transferring control of the entire system.

Control live connections

Synx BIOS can perform runtime operations on active network relationships, including terminating connections when the authorized service owner or administrator needs to do so. This makes BIOS more than a deployment tool. It is an operational interface to a living network. Synx BIOS is continuously evolving as new RTW capabilities are introduced.

Synx BIOS operates against the configuration and control layers of the Real Time Web. Many commands can therefore change the behavior of the network while services and resources are actively connected. For example, an authorized user may add a new link, change a linking path or introduce a transformation without necessarily terminating the existing endpoint connection. This is one of the important characteristics of Morphic Services: the network can evolve while it is running.

However, runtime control also introduces responsibility. If a change preserves the data model expected by connected clients, the transformation can occur without disrupting their processing. If the service owner changes the underlying schema or semantic meaning of the data, connected endpoints may begin receiving information they were not designed to understand. Synx BIOS will not necessarily prevent an authorized owner from making such a change. That is intentional. BIOS provides control of the network. It does not replace good application design. For this reason, developers and service owners should treat production runtime changes with the same care they would apply to modifying any live infrastructure. Applications, safety mechanisms and higher-level services should be built on top of the networking layer according to the requirements of each implementation.

Synx BIOS is available through your Morph Space account. From there, you can install the command-line tools, connect to your RTW environment and begin creating domains, Morphic Services, Ghosts and links. Developer documentation and examples are available to help you create your first service and learn the BIOS command structure. The Synx BIOS source code is also available through GitHub, allowing developers to study the implementation, contribute to it, or build their own interfaces and tools for interacting with the Real Time Web.

This is an important principle of RTW. You don't have to use our interface to participate in the network. Synx BIOS is our implementation of a command-line interface to the Real Time Web. Developers are free to experiment with alternative implementations and create entirely new ways for humans, applications and AI agents to interact with the network. Install the tools. Create a service. Connect a resource. Start experimenting with the Real Time Web.