A team registers services using configuration files in Consul's configuration directory. After adding a new service definition file, what must they do for the Consul agent to recognize and register the new service?

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B. Reload the Consul agent by sending a SIGHUP signal or running `consul reload`. New service definition files added to the configuration directory require the agent to be reloaded (via SIGHUP or `consul reload`) because the agent reads configuration files at startup and on reload, not continuously. A full restart is more disruptive but also works; however, `consul reload` is the recommended, non-disruptive approach. Option c works for individual registrations via the API/CLI but does not apply to config-directory files.

A team registers services using configuration files in Consul's configuration directory. After adding a new service definition file, what must they do for the Consul agent to recognize and register the new service?

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