How Lightrun Works

All Lightrun Actions can be added from any supported Lightrun client, which include:

• Plugins for all major JetBrains IDEs, including IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and WebStorm
• Visual Studio Code Extension
• VS Code for the Web Extension
• A fully-featured CLI

The Lightrun SDK™ instruments Lightrun Actions inside running applications, periodically connecting to the Lightrun Management Server in order to request commands.

Every Lightrun SDK™ comes pre-packaged with the Lightrun Sandbox™, which ensures the stability, integrity, and performance of your live application are maintained.

The Lightrun Management Server is the intermediary between the Lightrun SDK™ and the Lightrun clients. It is in charge of coordinating Lightrun Actions, as well as privacy and security controls, including PII redaction, blocklisting, RBAC, and a system-wide audit trail.

Note: The Lightrun Management Server never processes, stores or sends your source code to any third party.

Lightrun comes in four deployment flavors:

• Multi-Tenant SaaS Deployment: Use a management server hosted on shared infrastructure
• Single-Tenant SaaS Deployment: Use a Lightrun-hosted, private management server
• Private Deployment In The Cloud: Use a privately exposed (not accessible from the public internet) management server, on a dedicated AWS account
• Fully Air-Gapped, On-Premise Deployment: Use a self-hosted management server, without exposing any data to the outside world