⭐ support ephemeral vs normal runtimes #2050
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Ephemeral runtimes are used as throw-away runtimes, that come with their own plugin runner (and execution space). These runtimes can be thrown away after they are used, while other runtimes and plugins remain shared. This is particularly useful when scanning targets with the discover mode, where potentially many runtimes/plugins need to be instantiated on the fly and are only required for the lifetime of the scan. Signed-off-by: Dominik Richter <[email protected]>
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We were already instantiating new runtimes for every asset that was discovered. However, until the introduction of ephemeral runtimes, these had the disadvantage that any runtime that was shut down would also shut down the plug instance, which is shared. In this new paradigm, we introduce explicitly ephemeral runtimes, which are not shared. They have their own plugin instance that can safely be shut down without impacting other providers. For more details see: mondoohq/cnquery#2050 Signed-off-by: Dominik Richter <[email protected]>
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Ephemeral runtimes are used as throw-away runtimes, that come with their own plugin runner (and execution space). These runtimes can be thrown away after they are used, while other runtimes and plugins remain shared.
This is particularly useful when scanning targets with the discover mode, where potentially many runtimes/plugins need to be instantiated on the fly and are only required for the lifetime of the scan.
Ephemeral providers:
Fixes #2049