# Question on Kong Operator Setup **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 27, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/question-on-kong-operator-setup/8453 "2021-05-27T19:36:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ragunath\_Sudalaimuth](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/ragunath_sudalaimuth/32/2667_2.png) [@Ragunath\_Sudalaimuth](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Ragunath_Sudalaimuth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/question-on-kong-operator-setup/8453/1 "2021-05-27T19:36:38Z")
@traines - We are having an Operator based Kong for Kubernetes (with kong ingress controller) backed with Postgres DB. We are trying to understand can same Kong operator supports two installations of Kong Instances in same or different namespace. Or is it like one to one mapping between Kong Operator and the Kong proxy instances. ---
**Author:** ![traines](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/traines/32/158_2.png) [@traines](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/traines)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/question-on-kong-operator-setup/8453/2 "2021-05-27T20:26:29Z")
The operator itself simply watches for instances of the Kong CRD and deploys a Kong instance for each. You’ll typically only have a single instance of the operator per cluster, and it can manage multiple Kong instances. The individual Kong custom resources represent configurations of our Helm chart, which supports toggling various components on or off. Basic configurations will deploy all components in the same namespace and configure them to interact with other components created by the Kong CR, but you have the option to, for instance, configure one CR that only deploys the proxy and another that deploys the admin API and controller in a separate namespace, among other configurations: - [Standalone controller node](https://github.com/Kong/charts/blob/main/charts/kong/README.md#standalone-controller-nodes) - [Split admin/proxy nodes](https://github.com/Kong/charts/blob/main/charts/kong/README.md#separate-admin-and-proxy-nodes) - [Hybrid mode CP/DP nodes](https://github.com/Kong/charts/blob/main/charts/kong/README.md#hybrid-mode) Note that the operator/chart can’t automatically configure the correct endpoints for other instances. If you’re using split configurations, you’ll need to configure the appropriate service addresses for the other instances manually. ---
**Author:** ![Ragunath\_Sudalaimuth](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/ragunath_sudalaimuth/32/2667_2.png) [@Ragunath\_Sudalaimuth](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Ragunath_Sudalaimuth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/question-on-kong-operator-setup/8453/3 "2021-05-28T12:40:28Z")
Thank you @traines for the info. I was able to install multiple Kong installations from same operator.