if metric.Description.Type == histogramMetric {
		if metric.Histogram == nil {
			return
		}
		for k, v := range metric.Histogram {
			pmetric, err := prometheus.NewConstMetric(
				prometheus.NewDesc(
					prometheus.BuildFQName(string(metric.Description.Namespace),
						string(metric.Description.Subsystem),

	prometheus.MustRegister(minioVersionInfo)
}

// newMinioCollector describes the collector
// and returns reference of minioCollector
// It creates the Prometheus Description which is used
// to define metric and  help string
func newMinioCollector() *minioCollector {
	return &minioCollector{
		desc: prometheus.NewDesc("minio_stats", "Statistics exposed by MinIO server", nil, nil),
	}
}

The command will generate the `scrape_configs` section of the prometheus.yml as follows:

##### Cluster

          "format": "time_series",
          "instant": true,
          "interval": "",
          "intervalFactor": 1,
          "legendFormat": "{{instance}}",
          "metric": "process_start_time_seconds",
          "refId": "A",
          "step": 60
        }
      ],
      "title": "Uptime",
      "type": "stat"
    },
    {
      "datasource": {

	startTime := time.Now()
	return func() {
		duration := time.Since(startTime)

		atomic.AddUint64(&o.operations[s], 1)
		o.latency[s].add(duration)
	}
}

// incTime will increment time on metric s with a specific duration.
func (o *osMetrics) incTime(s osMetric, d time.Duration) {
	atomic.AddUint64(&o.operations[s], 1)
	o.latency[s].add(d)
}

			t = &m
		}

		mx[Total] = *t
		metric := SRMetric{
			ReplicatedSize:  v.ReplicatedSize,
			ReplicatedCount: v.ReplicatedCount,
			DeploymentID:    dID,
			Failed:          v.Failed.toMetric(),
			XferStats:       mx,
		}
		epHealth, ok := epMap[v.Endpoint]
		if ok {
			metric.Endpoint = epHealth.Endpoint
			metric.TotalDowntime = epHealth.offlineDuration
			metric.LastOnline = epHealth.lastOnline

	// IsLocal returns true if the KMS is a local implementation
	IsLocal() bool

	// List returns an array of local KMS Names
	List() []kes.KeyInfo

	// Metrics returns a KMS metric snapshot.
	Metrics(ctx context.Context) (kes.Metric, error)

	// CreateKey creates a new key at the KMS with the given key ID.
	CreateKey(ctx context.Context, keyID string) error

	// GenerateKey generates a new data encryption key using the

func (kms secretKey) List() []kes.KeyInfo {
	kmsSecret := []kes.KeyInfo{
		{
			Name: kms.keyID,
		},
	}
	return kmsSecret
}

func (secretKey) Metrics(ctx context.Context) (kes.Metric, error) {
	return kes.Metric{}, Error{
		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusNotImplemented,
		APICode:        "KMS.NotImplemented",
		Err:            errors.New("metrics are not supported"),
	}
}

// Code generated by "stringer -type=scannerMetric -trimprefix=scannerMetric data-scanner-metric.go"; DO NOT EDIT.

package cmd

import "strconv"

func _() {
	// An "invalid array index" compiler error signifies that the constant values have changed.
	// Re-run the stringer command to generate them again.
	var x [1]struct{}
	_ = x[scannerMetricReadMetadata-0]
	_ = x[scannerMetricCheckMissing-1]
	_ = x[scannerMetricSaveUsage-2]

		arg += "/"
	}
	return strings.HasPrefix(descendant, arg)
}

// MetricType - represents the type of a metric.
type MetricType int

const (
	// CounterMT - represents a counter metric.
	CounterMT MetricType = iota
	// GaugeMT - represents a gauge metric.
	GaugeMT
	// HistogramMT - represents a histogram metric.
	HistogramMT
)

func (mt MetricType) String() string {
	switch mt {
	case CounterMT: