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# Custom Service

When adding sources such as [Syslog](/integrations/sources/syslog.md), [TCP](/integrations/sources/tcp.md), [UDP](/integrations/sources/udp.md), you must create a custom [Kubernetes Service](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/) to route the traffic.

### **Bindplane Node**

This example shows how to expose TCP port `5140`, routing to the Bindplane Node agent.

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: bindplane-node-agent-syslog
  namespace: bindplane-agent
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/component: gateway
    app.kubernetes.io/name: bindplane-agent
spec:
  ports:
    - appProtocol: tcp
      name: syslog-tcp
      port: 5140
      protocol: TCP
      targetPort: 5140
  selector:
    app.kubernetes.io/component: node
    app.kubernetes.io/name: bindplane-agent
  type: ClusterIP
```

### **Bindplane Gateway**

This example shows how to expose TCP port `5140`, routing to the Bindplane Gateway agent.

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: bindplane-gateway-agent-syslog
  namespace: bindplane-agent
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/component: gateway
    app.kubernetes.io/name: bindplane-agent
spec:
  ports:
    - appProtocol: tcp
      name: syslog-tcp
      port: 5140
      protocol: TCP
      targetPort: 5140
  selector:
    app.kubernetes.io/component: gateway
    app.kubernetes.io/name: bindplane-agent
  type: ClusterIP
```

### Ingress

If you want to route traffic external to your cluster, you can use an Ingress resource to route traffic to the custom service.

You can read more about Ingress [here](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/).


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