Only load the config once on intelmqctl init

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   (PR#2408 and PR#2414 by Jan Kaliszewski).
 - `intelmq.lib.upgrades`: Replace deprecated instances of `url2fqdn` experts by the new `url` expert in runtime configuration (PR#2432 by Sebastian Wagner).
 - `intelmq.lib.bot`: Ensure closing log files on reloading (PR#2435 by Kamil Mankowski).
+- Only load the config once when starting intelmqctl (which makes IntelMQ API calls take less time) (PR#2444 by DigitalTrustCenter).
 
 ### Development
 - Makefile: Add codespell and test commands (PR#2425 by Sebastian Wagner).

intelmq/bin/intelmqctl.py

@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ def __init__(self, interactive: bool = False, returntype: ReturnType = ReturnTyp
         self._parameters.logging_handler = 'file'
         self._parameters.logging_path = DEFAULT_LOGGING_PATH
 
+        try:
+            self._runtime_configuration = utils.load_configuration(RUNTIME_CONF_FILE)
+        except ValueError as exc:  # pragma: no cover
+            self.abort(f'Error loading {RUNTIME_CONF_FILE!r}: {exc}')
+
         # Try to get logging_level from defaults configuration, else use default (defined above)
         defaults_loading_exc = None
         try:
@@ -203,11 +208,6 @@ def __init__(self, interactive: bool = False, returntype: ReturnType = ReturnTyp
     intelmqctl debug --get-environment-variables
 '''
 
-        try:
-            self._runtime_configuration = utils.load_configuration(RUNTIME_CONF_FILE)
-        except ValueError as exc:  # pragma: no cover
-            self.abort(f'Error loading {RUNTIME_CONF_FILE!r}: {exc}')
-
         self._processmanagertype = getattr(self._parameters, 'process_manager', 'intelmq')
         if self._processmanagertype not in process_managers():
             self.abort('Invalid process manager given: %r, should be one of %r.' '' % (self._processmanagertype, list(process_managers().keys())))
@@ -384,7 +384,8 @@ def __init__(self, interactive: bool = False, returntype: ReturnType = ReturnTyp
             )
 
     def load_defaults_configuration(self, silent=False):
-        for option, value in utils.get_global_settings().items():
+        global_settings = self._runtime_configuration.get('global', {})
+        for option, value in global_settings.items():
             setattr(self._parameters, option, value)
 
         # copied from intelmq.lib.bot, should be refactored to e.g. intelmq.lib.config