HTTPS probe

[VoxValue]

Hi
There is an HTTP probe, what runs correctly and only for HTTP 'action'.
But, how to monitor HTTPS server (not the express part), on the same basics as HTTP probe ? I didn't anything about that in the documentation, the past issues or in the code.

[sjanuary]

It would be good to do this at some point. As suggested, it will require a new probe to be implemented. Tagged as enhancement.

[anthonywebb]

I am in need of tracking https-outbound calls that our server is making using the 'request' npm lib. Currently it appears that the 'http-outbound' probe is catching the http stuff. But not the https stuff. Is this a pretty straight forward addition? Just wondering why it was excluded to begin with, it seems like http probes would catch both?

[sjanuary]

It wasn't explicitly excluded, but appmetrics probes match the module name exactly and https is implemented as a separate module in Node, so the http probe only catches calls made via the http module. It will be fairly simple to implement the https probe, it just hasn't been done yet.

[anthonywebb]

Anyone else need this as much as me? Most apps these days make http requests to https addresses. Would be a nice addition.

[tobespc]

@anthonywebb Yep, this is something we intend to do. Its on our radar and we hope to get to this very soon. We also welcome contributors to this project :-)