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+import Service, { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
+import { runInDebug } from '@ember/debug';
+
+/**
+ * A service to encapsulate all logic that handles dealing with setting up consul
+ * core correctly when started via HCP.
+ */
+export default class HCPService extends Service {
+  @service('env') env;
+  @service('repository/token') tokenRepo;
+  @service('settings') settings;
+
+  async updateTokenIfNecessary(secret) {
+    if (secret) {
+      const existing = await this.settings.findBySlug('token');
+
+      if (secret && secret !== existing.SecretID) {
+        try {
+          const token = await this.tokenRepo.self({
+            secret: secret,
+            dc: this.env.var('CONSUL_DATACENTER_LOCAL'),
+          });
+          await this.settings.persist({
+            token: {
+              AccessorID: token.AccessorID,
+              SecretID: token.SecretID,
+              Namespace: token.Namespace,
+              Partition: token.Partition,
+            },
+          });
+        } catch (e) {
+          runInDebug((_) => console.error(e));
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}