# Kong.yml using DB-less mode and Ingress Controller **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** kong-gateway\ **Created:** [September 18, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-yml-using-db-less-mode-and-ingress-controller/7172 "2020-09-18T16:23:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndreSpinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@AndreSpinelli](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/AndreSpinelli)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-yml-using-db-less-mode-and-ingress-controller/7172/1 "2020-09-18T16:23:06Z")
Hello! I’m setting up a installation of Kong Gateway in my test environment using an Ingress Controller and db-less mode. According to the values.yaml documentation, if I use db-less mode and not an Ingress controller I cannot set the kong.yml on the dblessConfig. > My question is where do I need to configure to start my application with my kong.yml that I have? Thank you! Andre ---
**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:** [September 21, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-yml-using-db-less-mode-and-ingress-controller/7172/2 "2020-09-21T20:24:37Z")
> [@AndreSpinelli](#): > > My question is where do I need to configure to start my application with my kong.yml that I have? If you would like to use Kong in DB-less mode without the ingress controller, then you can specify the content of kong.yml (your configuration) under `dblessConfig` property`. There are two ways to do it, either use a config map or simply specify the configuration inline under the `config` key. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![AndreSpinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@AndreSpinelli](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/AndreSpinelli)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-yml-using-db-less-mode-and-ingress-controller/7172/3 "2020-09-22T15:29:32Z")
Hi @hbagdi! Thanks for the answer! According to what you explained: > If you would like to use Kong in DB-less mode **without** the ingress controller… My point is: Is there a way to configure Kong DB-less mode **with** the ingress controller? Thank you! Andre ---
**Author:** ![AndreSpinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@AndreSpinelli](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/AndreSpinelli)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-yml-using-db-less-mode-and-ingress-controller/7172/4 "2020-09-22T16:24:14Z")
@hbagdi using this configuration I got it to do my tests! Thank you for the help! Andre ---
**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:** [September 22, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-yml-using-db-less-mode-and-ingress-controller/7172/5 "2020-09-22T18:24:44Z")
> [@AndreSpinelli](#): > > Is there a way to configure Kong DB-less mode **with** the ingress controller? Not via the chart. You can use the Admin API directly to add in some configuration, although that is discouraged. ---
**Author:** ![shahamit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@shahamit](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/shahamit)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-yml-using-db-less-mode-and-ingress-controller/7172/6 "2023-06-08T11:09:56Z")
I am trying to setup kong as a gateway (in db-less mode) and put an ingress resource (through kong-ingress-controller) in front of it to expose our microservice apis to the external world. Following [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCaG6HBFeR4) video I understand that kong-ingress-controller v2.9 has the capability to do gateway discovery. Repo [link](https://github.com/Kong/demo-scene/tree/2ccd21a1a57da453288abbb9dd8dba2926c8cea2/kic/2.9) My question is - After configuring two helm deployments (one for gateway and another for kic) how do we configure the kubernetes ingress resource to point to the gateway? Thanks.