# Kubernetes Ingress

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**IMPORTANT**

🚧 Make sure Bindplane Server is configured with a secure password before exposing it.
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### Basic Example

Bindplane can be exposed by Kubernetes ingress.

This example will expose Bindplane on the host `bindplane.local`using the `nginx` ingress class.

```yaml
ingress:
  enable: true
  host: bindplane.local
  class: nginx
```

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**NOTE**

It is recommended that TLS be configured when exposing Bindplane with ingress.
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### TLS Example

This example will expose Bindplane on the host `bindplane.mycorp.net`using the `nginx` ingress class. It will also set the [Cert Manager Annotation](https://cert-manager.io/docs/usage/ingress/)`cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer`, which will trigger Cert Manager to retrieve a TLS certificate and store it in the secret named `bindplane-nginx-tls`.

```yaml
ingress:
  enable: true
  host: bindplane.mycorp.net
  class: nginx
  tls:
    enable: true
    secret: bindplane-nginx-tls
  annotations:
    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: 'letsencrypt-prod'
```


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