# Kong as side car

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-as-side-car/6257>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [May 10, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-as-side-car/6257 "2020-05-10T23:15:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-as-side-car/6257/1 "2020-05-10T23:15:50Z")

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Is it possible to use the latest kong as side car to the application ?  
any possible documentation to use in kubernetes environment

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**Author:** ![jeremyjpj0916](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/jeremyjpj0916/32/1388_2.png) [@jeremyjpj0916](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/jeremyjpj0916)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-as-side-car/6257/2 "2020-05-12T05:38:06Z")

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Certainly, just run Kong localhost on the pod and invoke your API localhost:port/path . I don’t know if they have docs specifically for running Kong as an API’s sidecar but if you understand the concept then getting Kong running within your container is step 1.