Config file format

Consul
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is there a way to set config file format to hcl or json. other than the file extension ?

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Hi @lounanealerts,

You can use the -config-format string to do this. Here’s a description of the parameter from the output of consul agent -help.

$ consul agent -help
...
  -config-format=<string>
     Config files are in this format irrespective of their extension.
     Must be 'hcl' or 'json'
...

Here’s an example of how you can use this command.

$ consul agent -config-file=config.txt -config-format=hcl