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Very few infrastructures are entirely self-contained. Most rely on a multitude Very few infrastructures are entirely self-contained. Most rely on a multitude
of external service providers. Consul supports this by allowing for the definition of external service providers. Consul supports this by allowing for the definition
of external services, services that are not provided by a local node. of external services, services that are not provided by a local node. There's also a
companion project called [Consul ESM](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-esm) which
is a daemon that functions as an external service monitor that can help run health
checks for external services.
Most services are registered in Consul through the use of a Most services are registered in Consul through the use of a
[service definition](/docs/agent/services.html). However, this approach registers [service definition](/docs/agent/services.html). However, this approach registers