# Kong with Multiple ports enable for our kubernetes knative API Services **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 29, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-with-multiple-ports-enable-for-our-kubernetes-knative-api-services/13706 "2025-08-29T13:30:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rajesh35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Rajesh35](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Rajesh35)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-with-multiple-ports-enable-for-our-kubernetes-knative-api-services/13706/1 "2025-08-29T13:30:51Z")
Hi Team , We have already have a Kong Deployed in our AKS Cluster , we need the kong to expose in 8081 port also along with the default ports its running . Please find the attached Deployment manifest file and the services which we are using , NOTE: We are using a private azure network for landing the AKS cluster and to deploy the kong deployment . apiVersion: apps/v1 kind: Deployment metadata: annotations: meta.helm.sh/release-name: dev-kong meta.helm.sh/release-namespace: kong-java-dev creationTimestamp: “2025-03-18T13:26:40Z” generation: 5 labels: helm.sh/chart: kong-2.17.0-rc.4 name: dev-kong-kong namespace: kong-java-dev resourceVersion: “790871396” uid: 4387c3f6-bb66-4b89-94ed-4bdbd3de975e spec: progressDeadlineSeconds: 600 replicas: 1 revisionHistoryLimit: 10 selector: matchLabels: strategy: rollingUpdate: maxSurge: 25% maxUnavailable: 25% type: RollingUpdate template: metadata: annotations: creationTimestamp: null labels: app: dev-kong-kong helm.sh/chart: kong-2.17.0-rc.4 version: “3.1” spec: automountServiceAccountToken: false containers: - env: - name: POD\_NAME valueFrom: fieldRef: apiVersion: v1 fieldPath: metadata.name - name: POD\_NAMESPACE valueFrom: fieldRef: apiVersion: v1 fieldPath: metadata.namespace - name: CONTROLLER\_ADMISSION\_WEBHOOK\_LISTEN value: 0.0.0.0:8080 - name: CONTROLLER\_ELECTION\_ID value: kong-ingress-controller-leader-zip-java-dev - name: CONTROLLER\_INGRESS\_CLASS value: zip-java-dev - name: CONTROLLER\_KONG\_ADMIN\_TLS\_SKIP\_VERIFY value: “true” - name: CONTROLLER\_KONG\_ADMIN\_URL value: [https://localhost:8444](https://localhost:8444) - name: CONTROLLER\_PUBLISH\_SERVICE value: kong-java-dev/dev-kong-kong-proxy - name: KONG\_HEADERS value: “off” image: kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller:2.8 imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent livenessProbe: failureThreshold: 3 httpGet: path: /healthz port: 10254 scheme: HTTP initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 10 successThreshold: 1 timeoutSeconds: 5 name: ingress-controller ports: - containerPort: 8080 name: webhook protocol: TCP - containerPort: 10255 name: cmetrics protocol: TCP readinessProbe: failureThreshold: 3 httpGet: path: /readyz port: 10254 scheme: HTTP initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 10 successThreshold: 1 timeoutSeconds: 5 resources: {} securityContext: {} terminationMessagePath: /dev/termination-log terminationMessagePolicy: File volumeMounts: - mountPath: /admission-webhook name: webhook-cert readOnly: true - mountPath: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount name: dev-kong-kong-token readOnly: true - env: - name: KONG\_ADMIN\_ACCESS\_LOG value: /dev/stdout - name: KONG\_ADMIN\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_ADMIN\_GUI\_ACCESS\_LOG value: /dev/stdout - name: KONG\_ADMIN\_GUI\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_ADMIN\_LISTEN value: 127.0.0.1:8444 ssl - name: KONG\_CLUSTER\_LISTEN value: “off” - name: KONG\_DATABASE value: “off” - name: KONG\_KIC value: “on” - name: KONG\_LOG\_LEVEL value: debug - name: KONG\_LUA\_PACKAGE\_PATH value: /opt/?.lua;/opt/?/init.lua;; - name: KONG\_NGINX\_WORKER\_PROCESSES value: “2” - name: KONG\_PLUGINS value: bundled,oidc - name: KONG\_PORTAL\_API\_ACCESS\_LOG value: /dev/stdout - name: KONG\_PORTAL\_API\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_PORT\_MAPS value: 80:8000, 443:8443 - name: KONG\_PREFIX value: /kong\_prefix/ - name: KONG\_PROXY\_ACCESS\_LOG value: /dev/stdout - name: KONG\_PROXY\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_PROXY\_LISTEN value: 0.0.0.0:8000, 0.0.0.0:8443 http2 ssl - name: KONG\_PROXY\_STREAM\_ACCESS\_LOG value: /dev/stdout basic - name: KONG\_PROXY\_STREAM\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_ROUTER\_FLAVOR value: traditional - name: KONG\_STATUS\_ACCESS\_LOG value: “off” - name: KONG\_STATUS\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_STATUS\_LISTEN value: 0.0.0.0:8100 - name: KONG\_STREAM\_LISTEN value: “off” - name: KONG\_NGINX\_DAEMON value: “off” - name: KONG\_HEADERS value: “off” image: [niowzipacr.azurecr.io/kong-nio:work-in-progress-mvp-2](http://niowzipacr.azurecr.io/kong-nio:work-in-progress-mvp-2) \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent lifecycle: preStop: exec: command: - kong - quit - –wait=15 livenessProbe: failureThreshold: 3 httpGet: path: /status port: status scheme: HTTP initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 10 successThreshold: 1 timeoutSeconds: 5 name: proxy ports: - containerPort: 8000 name: proxy protocol: TCP - containerPort: 8443 name: proxy-tls protocol: TCP - containerPort: 8100 name: status protocol: TCP readinessProbe: failureThreshold: 3 httpGet: path: /status port: status scheme: HTTP initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 10 successThreshold: 1 timeoutSeconds: 5 resources: {} securityContext: {} terminationMessagePath: /dev/termination-log terminationMessagePolicy: File volumeMounts: - mountPath: /kong\_prefix/ name: dev-kong-kong-prefix-dir - mountPath: /tmp name: dev-kong-kong-tmp dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst imagePullSecrets: - name: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* initContainers: - command: - rm - -vrf - $KONG\_PREFIX/pids env: - name: KONG\_ADMIN\_ACCESS\_LOG value: /dev/stdout - name: KONG\_ADMIN\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_ADMIN\_GUI\_ACCESS\_LOG value: /dev/stdout - name: KONG\_ADMIN\_GUI\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_ADMIN\_LISTEN value: 127.0.0.1:8444 ssl - name: KONG\_CLUSTER\_LISTEN value: “off” - name: KONG\_DATABASE value: “off” - name: KONG\_KIC value: “on” - name: KONG\_LOG\_LEVEL value: debug - name: KONG\_LUA\_PACKAGE\_PATH value: /opt/?.lua;/opt/?/init.lua;; - name: KONG\_NGINX\_WORKER\_PROCESSES value: “2” - name: KONG\_PLUGINS value: bundled,oidc - name: KONG\_PORTAL\_API\_ACCESS\_LOG value: /dev/stdout - name: KONG\_PORTAL\_API\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_PORT\_MAPS value: 80:8000, 443:8443 - name: KONG\_PREFIX value: /kong\_prefix/ - name: KONG\_PROXY\_ACCESS\_LOG value: /dev/stdout - name: KONG\_PROXY\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_PROXY\_LISTEN value: 0.0.0.0:8000, 0.0.0.0:8443 http2 ssl - name: KONG\_PROXY\_STREAM\_ACCESS\_LOG value: /dev/stdout basic - name: KONG\_PROXY\_STREAM\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_ROUTER\_FLAVOR value: traditional - name: KONG\_STATUS\_ACCESS\_LOG value: “off” - name: KONG\_STATUS\_ERROR\_LOG value: /dev/stderr - name: KONG\_STATUS\_LISTEN value: 0.0.0.0:8100 - name: KONG\_STREAM\_LISTEN value: “off” image: [niowzipacr.azurecr.io/kong-nio:work-in-progress-mvp-21b146fe56ca759f72d2644b66f043cca139fa85](http://niowzipacr.azurecr.io/kong-nio:work-in-progress-mvp-21b146fe56ca759f72d2644b66f043cca139fa85) imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent name: clear-stale-pid resources: {} securityContext: {} terminationMessagePath: /dev/termination-log terminationMessagePolicy: File volumeMounts: - mountPath: /kong\_prefix/ name: dev-kong-kong-prefix-dir - mountPath: /tmp name: dev-kong-kong-tmp restartPolicy: Always schedulerName: default-scheduler securityContext: {} serviceAccount: dev-kong-kong serviceAccountName: dev-kong-kong terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30 volumes: - emptyDir: sizeLimit: 256Mi name: dev-kong-kong-prefix-dir - emptyDir: sizeLimit: 1Gi name: dev-kong-kong-tmp - name: webhook-cert secret: defaultMode: 420 secretName: dev-kong-kong-validation-webhook-keypair - name: dev-kong-kong-token projected: defaultMode: 420 sources: - serviceAccountToken: expirationSeconds: 3607 path: token - configMap: items: - key: ca.crt path: ca.crt name: kube-root-ca.crt - downwardAPI: items: - fieldRef: apiVersion: v1 fieldPath: metadata.namespace path: namespace apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: annotations: meta.helm.sh/release-name: dev-kong meta.helm.sh/release-namespace: kong-java-dev finalizers enable-metrics: “true” helm.sh/chart: kong-2.17.0-rc.4 name: dev-kong-kong-proxy namespace: kong-java-dev resourceVersion: “298859219” uid: 066850bf-a8ec-422d-befa-fbcb482bb985 spec: allocateLoadBalancerNodePorts: true clusterIP: 10.0.81.197 clusterIPs: - 10.0.81.197 externalTrafficPolicy: Cluster internalTrafficPolicy: Cluster ipFamilies: - IPv4 ipFamilyPolicy: SingleStack ports: - name: kong-proxy nodePort: 32632 port: 80 protocol: TCP targetPort: 8000 - name: kong-proxy-tls nodePort: 31157 port: 443 protocol: TCP targetPort: 8443 selector: sessionAffinity: None type: LoadBalancer status: loadBalancer: ingress: - ip: _.__._ \* ---
**Author:** ![Rajesh35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Rajesh35](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Rajesh35)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-with-multiple-ports-enable-for-our-kubernetes-knative-api-services/13706/2 "2025-09-01T13:28:42Z")
Hi Team , Can you please share any response from any one . Since we are facing this issue for some recent times and we are unable to resolve this issue . Regards, Rajesh M ---
**Author:** ![Rajesh35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Rajesh35](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Rajesh35)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-with-multiple-ports-enable-for-our-kubernetes-knative-api-services/13706/3 "2025-09-03T04:22:50Z")
Is there any one who come accross the above mentioned requirement ! Can some one comment if any one have any idea on the above requirement please ---
**Author:** ![Rajesh35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Rajesh35](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Rajesh35)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-with-multiple-ports-enable-for-our-kubernetes-knative-api-services/13706/4 "2025-09-08T04:08:54Z")
Hi #kong-gateway Can some one support us on the above mentioned request please ! Regards, Rajesh M ---
**Author:** ![Rajesh35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Rajesh35](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Rajesh35)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-with-multiple-ports-enable-for-our-kubernetes-knative-api-services/13706/5 "2025-09-25T11:15:34Z")
Did any one came across this issues ? **Problem Statement:** We need Kong to expose **an additional port (8081)** alongside its default ports to support our **Knative-based API services**. However, we’re unsure how to configure Kong to listen on multiple ports within the same deployment. **Setup Details:** - Kong is deployed via a Kubernetes manifest in our AKS cluster. - We are using **Knative APIs** that require routing through Kong on **port 8081**. - The cluster is hosted in a **private Azure network**. - We’ve attached our **Kong Deployment and Service YAMLs** for reference. #kubernetes #kong-gateway#Questions #Feature Requests & Feedback