# Access external API endpoint with Kong Ingress controller

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/access-external-api-endpoint-with-kong-ingress-controller/5981>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [April 9, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/access-external-api-endpoint-with-kong-ingress-controller/5981 "2020-04-09T03:45:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![danuka92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@danuka92](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/danuka92)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/access-external-api-endpoint-with-kong-ingress-controller/5981/1 "2020-04-09T03:45:26Z")

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Hi All,

Can we access an external API endpoint outside the Kubernetes cluster using Ingress resource? If so, how to configure it?

I can across documentation on Forward Proxy Advanced plugin, but couldn’t find any docs on it’s availability for production in db-less mode.

> **[Forward Proxy Advanced - Plugin | Kong Docs](https://docs.konghq.com/hub/kong-inc/forward-proxy/)**
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> Documentation for Kong, the Cloud Connectivity Company for APIs and Microservices.

Please note that my environment is a Kong Ingress controller in db-less mode.

Thanks!  
Best Regards,  
Danuka

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**Author:** ![hbagdi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/hbagdi/32/562_2.png) [@hbagdi](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/hbagdi)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/access-external-api-endpoint-with-kong-ingress-controller/5981/2 "2020-04-09T20:49:38Z")

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You can use ExternalName Service in k8s to achieve this.

See this guide: [https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/blob/master/docs/guides/using-external-service.md](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/blob/master/docs/guides/using-external-service.md)