Feature Request

Opening a feature request kicks off a discussion.

Proposal:

Add a bind interface/IP address to the http_response plugin to force the request to egress via a specific interface

[[inputs.http_response]]
  address = "http://google.com"
  bind = "eth0"

Current behavior:

The request uses the default net.Dialer which selects an interface for the request.

Desired behavior:

To be able to specify an interface or IP address as the address to bind the http.Client to.

Use case:

For hosts that have VPN tunnels for a specific interface's traffic it is useful to check that you can send a request via this interface