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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Service Definition"
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sidebar_current: "docs-agent-services"
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One of the main goals of service discovery is to provide a catalog of available services. To that end, the agent provides a simple service definition format to declare the availability of a service and to potentially associate it with a health check. A health check is considered to be application level if it associated with a service. A service is defined in a configuration file or added at runtime over the HTTP interface.
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# Services
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One of the main goals of service discovery is to provide a catalog of available
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services. To that end, the agent provides a simple service definition format
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to declare the availability of a service and to potentially associate it with
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a health check. A health check is considered to be application level if it
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associated with a service. A service is defined in a configuration file
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or added at runtime over the HTTP interface.
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## Service Definition
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A service definition that is a script looks like:
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```javascript
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{
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"service": {
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"name": "redis",
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"tags": ["master"],
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"address": "127.0.0.1",
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"port": 8000,
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"checks": [
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{
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"script": "/usr/local/bin/check_redis.py",
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"interval": "10s"
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}
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]
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}
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}
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```
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A service definition must include a `name` and may optionally provide
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an `id`, `tags`, `address`, `port`, and `check`. The `id` is set to the `name` if not
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provided. It is required that all services have a unique ID per node, so if names
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might conflict then unique IDs should be provided.
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The `tags` property is a list of values that are opaque to Consul but can be used to
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distinguish between "master" or "slave" nodes, different versions, or any other service
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level labels.
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The `address` field can be used to specify a service-specific IP address. By
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default, the IP address of the agent is used, and this does not need to be provided.
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The `port` field can be used as well to make a service-oriented architecture
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simpler to configure; this way, the address and port of a service can
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be discovered.
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Services may also contain a `token` field to provide an ACL token. This token is
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used for any interaction with the catalog for the service, including
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[anti-entropy syncs](/docs/internals/anti-entropy.html) and deregistration.
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A service can have an associated health check. This is a powerful feature as
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it allows a web balancer to gracefully remove failing nodes, a database
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to replace a failed slave, etc. The health check is strongly integrated in
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the DNS interface as well. If a service is failing its health check or a
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node has any failing system-level check, the DNS interface will omit that
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node from any service query.
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The check must be of the script, HTTP, or TTL type. If it is a script type, `script`
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and `interval` must be provided. If it is a HTTP type, `http` and
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`interval` must be provided. If it is a TTL type, then only `ttl` must be
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provided. The check name is automatically generated as
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`service:<service-id>`. If there are multiple service checks registered, the
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ID will be generated as `service:<service-id>:<num>` where `<num>` is an
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incrementing number starting from `1`.
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Note: there is more information about [checks here](/docs/agent/checks.html).
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To configure a service, either provide it as a `-config-file` option to the
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agent or place it inside the `-config-dir` of the agent. The file must
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end in the ".json" extension to be loaded by Consul. Check definitions can
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also be updated by sending a `SIGHUP` to the agent. Alternatively, the
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service can be registered dynamically using the [HTTP API](/docs/agent/http.html).
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## Multiple Service Definitions
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Multiple services definitions can be provided at once using the `services`
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(plural) key in your configuration file.
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```javascript
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{
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"services": [
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{
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"id": "red0",
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"name": "redis",
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"tags": [
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"master"
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],
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"address": "127.0.0.1",
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"port": 6000,
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"checks": [
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{
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"script": "/bin/check_redis -p 6000",
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"interval": "5s",
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"ttl": "20s"
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}
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "red1",
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"name": "redis",
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"tags": [
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"delayed",
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"slave"
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],
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"address": "127.0.0.1",
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"port": 7000,
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"checks": [
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{
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"script": "/bin/check_redis -p 7000",
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"interval": "30s",
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"ttl": "60s"
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}
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]
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},
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...
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]
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}
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```
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## Service and Tag Names with DNS
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Consul exposes service definitions and tags over the [DNS](/docs/agent/dns.html)
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interface. DNS queries have a strict set of allowed characters and a
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well-defined format that Consul cannot override. While it is possible to
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register services or tags with names that don't match the conventions, those
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services and tags will not be discoverable via the DNS interface. It is
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recommended to always use DNS-compliant service and tag names.
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DNS-compliant service and tag names may contain any alpha-numeric characters, as
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well as dashes. Dots are not supported because Consul internally uses them to
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delimit service tags.
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