# Declarative config in kubernetes

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/declarative-config-in-kubernetes/3184>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** kubernetes\
**Created:** [April 3, 2019, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/declarative-config-in-kubernetes/3184 "2019-04-03T08:39:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![niklasye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/niklasye/32/857_2.png) [@niklasye](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/niklasye)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/declarative-config-in-kubernetes/3184/1 "2019-04-03T08:39:26Z")

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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?

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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 3, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/declarative-config-in-kubernetes/3184/2 "2019-04-03T21:19:26Z")

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> 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).