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readme: add notes about plugin manager (#476)
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The note provides a brief explanation to the existence of plugin
manager and link to its source.
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dorileo authored Dec 9, 2024
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* **google-metadata-script-runner** binary to run user-provided scripts at VM
startup and shutdown.

Note: Starting in December 2024 guest agent installs a secondary systemd unit
named google-guest-agent-manager, this unit manages on demand plugins lifecycle,
such plugin architecture will support expansion of the guest agent in the future.
In the upcoming releases both google-guest-agent and google-guest-agent-manager
will be consolidated in a single unit. The source code for plugin manager can
be found [here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-guest-agent).

## Features

The guest agent functionality can be separated into various areas of
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executables, as well as service files for all.

Refer [this](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-guest-agent) repo for further details on
Google Guest Agent Manager.
Google Guest Agent Manager.

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