use counters for things that count up over time

diff --git a/pdns/ixfrdist-stats.cc b/pdns/ixfrdist-stats.cc
index 7f3ab5feb7a2359e59ed9ea32e6b8c7334a182e6..7d3bdfb0b5dd74cb94ce56482263c2d1840aa60f 100644 (file)
--- a/pdns/ixfrdist-stats.cc
+++ b/pdns/ixfrdist-stats.cc
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ std::string ixfrdistStats::getStats() {
   const std::string prefix = "ixfrdist_";
 
   stats<<"# HELP "<<prefix<<"uptime_seconds The uptime of the process (in seconds)"<<std::endl;
-  stats<<"# TYPE "<<prefix<<"uptime_seconds gauge"<<std::endl;
+  stats<<"# TYPE "<<prefix<<"uptime_seconds counter"<<std::endl;
   stats<<prefix<<"uptime_seconds "<<time(nullptr) - progStats.startTime<<std::endl;
 
   stats<<"# HELP "<<prefix<<"sys_msec Number of msec spent in system time"<<std::endl;
-  stats<<"# TYPE "<<prefix<<"sys_msec gauge"<<std::endl;
+  stats<<"# TYPE "<<prefix<<"sys_msec counter"<<std::endl;
   stats<<prefix<<"sys_msec "<<getCPUTimeSystem("")<<std::endl;
 
   stats<<"# HELP "<<prefix<<"user_msec Number of msec spent in user time"<<std::endl;
-  stats<<"# TYPE "<<prefix<<"user_msec gauge"<<std::endl;
+  stats<<"# TYPE "<<prefix<<"user_msec counter"<<std::endl;
   stats<<prefix<<"user_msec "<<getCPUTimeUser("")<<std::endl;
 
   stats<<"# HELP "<<prefix<<"fd_usage Number of open file descriptors"<<std::endl;