HTTP Availability and Port about ubbagent

[jvolkman]

Thanks for the suggestion. It's possible to have the agent auto-report at predefined intervals (i.e., to report only usage time), at which point the HTTP interface isn't strictly necessary. Although even in this case, we still recommend monitoring its /status endpoint.

I'd rather not prescribe a default port. What about another option: require the port parameter, and allow it to optionally be set to "disabled" to explicitly disable the HTTP interface.

[moxious]

I think most of the time what the port is won't matter if this is in the sidecar, I can't imagine it conflicting with much else. It's not really something I'd even have much opinion about, which is why I was thinking it makes sense to have a default.

Admittedly this is preference; it's nice to have tools that do something sensible in the default without much configuration, but that allow control on the elements you care enough to change. I like to avoid making decisions that don't much matter to my development process, and delegate those to the original author, I have enough decisions to make. :)

All of that being said, it's kind of a minor point, hardly a dealbreaker as long as it's clear either way.