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page_title: "Configuration Entry Kind: Service Defaults"
sidebar_current: "docs-agent-cfg_entries-service_defaults"
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The service-defaults config entry kind controls default global values for a service, such as its protocol.
---
# Service Defaults
The `service-defaults` config entry kind controls default global values for a
service, such as its protocol.
## Sample Config Entries
Set the default protocol for a service to HTTP:
```hcl
Kind = "service-defaults"
Name = "web"
Protocol = "http"
```
## Available Fields
- `Kind` - Must be set to `service-defaults`
- `Name` `(string: <required>)` - Set to the name of the service being configured.
- `Protocol` `(string: "tcp")` - Sets the protocol of the service. This is used
by Connect proxies for things like observability features and to unlock usage
of the [`service-splitter`
<sup>(beta)</sup>](/docs/agent/config-entries/service-splitter.html) and
[`service-router`
<sup>(beta)</sup>](/docs/agent/config-entries/service-router.html) config
entries for a service.
- `MeshGateway` <sup>(beta)</sup> `(MeshGatewayConfig: <optional>)` - Controls the default
[mesh gateway configuration](/docs/connect/mesh_gateway.html#connect-proxy-configuration)
for this service.
- `Mode` `(string: "")` - One of `none`, `local`, or `remote`.
## ACLs
Configuration entries may be protected by
[ACLs](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/security-networking/production-acls).
Reading a `service-defaults` config entry requires `service:read` on itself.
Creating, updating, or deleting a `service-defaults` config entry requires
`service:write` on itself.