nic-6443 commented on issue #6301: URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix/issues/6301#issuecomment-1040086133
> > I found that I couldn't use the `counter` type when coding, because the metrics are directly obtain from nginx, there is no accumulation process, and the Prometheus counter type has no `set` method, it can only accumulate the count. For this reason, I just introduced a new metric `http_requests_total`, which is of type guage. > > Can we just record the value and next time after we get the new value, let's accumulate the counter with the increments. I feel that this is complicated and unnecessary, because metric type is only as a hint, and does not affect the subsequent data storage and processing, even if we use the `guage` type, can still use functions such as `rate` to handle, like the metric of the counter type. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
