# Does kong support server backup feature like nginx?

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/does-kong-support-server-backup-feature-like-nginx/463>\
**Category:** Feature Requests & Feedback\
**Created:** [January 28, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/does-kong-support-server-backup-feature-like-nginx/463 "2018-01-28T03:19:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![jinwik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/jinwik/32/258_2.png) [@jinwik](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/jinwik)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/does-kong-support-server-backup-feature-like-nginx/463/1 "2018-01-28T03:19:31Z")

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nginx use backup directive

upstream backend {  
server [backend1.example.com](http://backend1.example.com) weight=5;  
server [backup1.example.com](http://backup1.example.com) **backup** ;  
}

thx.

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**Author:** ![thibaultcha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/thibaultcha/32/340_2.png) [@thibaultcha](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/thibaultcha)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/does-kong-support-server-backup-feature-like-nginx/463/2 "2018-01-31T18:13:54Z")

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Hi,

Sorry, Kong does not support the equivalent of NGINX’s upstreams `backup` yet. All servers will be considered part of the load balancing pool (regardless of the load balancing algorithm). It would be neat to support this, thank you for the suggestion!