There are a number of reasons for this change:
- Modules allow a single instance of the exporter to be configured with numerous
different tls configs. Previously you had to run a different exporter for each
combination.
- Adding new and more complicated options to the exporter should be easier with
modules than if I was to go down the route of accepting configuration directly through url params
- I prefer defining a specific prober (https,tcp) over using the URL to guess
what the user wants
There are some advantages to using a http client over tcp. For instance,
using http allows you to take advatange of a http proxy, which may be necessary
in some environments.
This commit puts the http client back, alongside tcp, and decides which one to use
based on the target address.
Rob BestandGitHub
Tomas Dabasinskas