Declarative config in kubernetes

Is it by design that while using the declarative config(without a database) that the ingress controller will not be able to use ingress-rules in kubernetes?

I wish Kong could be used more like the regular nginx ingress controller, where ingress rules are taken into consideration but without a database.

Is that possible to setup or was it just not designed to work like that?

Is that possible to setup or was it just not designed to work like that?

Glad you ask this.
Running Kong without a database has become possible only recently with the release of Kong 1.1.

We are currently working towards making Kong Ingress Controller work without a database and expect this support to land very soon (most probably, in our next release, later this month).