Consul 1.15 Health Checking Practice Question

Which configuration file format is preferred by Consul for defining service health checks?

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JSON

Consul supports both JSON and HCL, but JSON is the most common format for service definitions.

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JSON
Why this is correct
JSON is a native configuration format for Consul.
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XML
Why it's wrong here
Not supported.
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INI
Why it's wrong here
Not supported.
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YAML
Why it's wrong here
Not natively supported by the agent config loader.

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