# Unable to register plugins with kong ingress controller

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/unable-to-register-plugins-with-kong-ingress-controller/2177>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 2018, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/unable-to-register-plugins-with-kong-ingress-controller/2177 "2018-10-29T10:28:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonasvadebo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jonasvadebo](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/jonasvadebo)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/unable-to-register-plugins-with-kong-ingress-controller/2177/1 "2018-10-29T10:28:18Z")

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Hi all Kong users!

I am running Kong(latest version) in Openshift version 3.9. I am running it with Cassandra, and Kong Ingress Controller. I am able to register new Routes, Services, Upstreams and Targets without any problems using Ingress/and KongIngress resources.

However, when i try to register plugins, they never gets registered in the cassandra database, or int the admin API for plugins. Here is the logs from Kong Ingress Controller

I1029 10:15:33.312244 6 run.go:168] Event CONFIGURATION received - object &{{ } {add-ratelimiting-to-route gateway /apis/configuration.konghq.com/v1/namespaces/gateway/kongplugins/add-ratelimiting-to-route 92079620-db63-11e8-8433-005056b948b3 171270526 0 2018-10-29 10:15:33 +0000 UTC \<nil\> \<nil\> map[] map[] [] nil [] } false map[hour:100 limit\_by:ip second:10] }  
I1029 10:15:33.312384 6 queue.go:70] queuing item &{{ } {add-ratelimiting-to-route gateway /apis/configuration.konghq.com/v1/namespaces/gateway/kongplugins/add-ratelimiting-to-route 92079620-db63-11e8-8433-005056b948b3 171270526 0 2018-10-29 10:15:33 +0000 UTC \<nil\> \<nil\> map[] map[] [] nil [] } false map[hour:100 limit\_by:ip second:10] }

So it reads the update from kubernetes, but as i mentioned before, no plugins is being registered.

Kong Ingress Controller Version  
[kong-docker-kubernetes-ingress-controller.bintray.io/kong-ingress-controller:0.2.0](http://kong-docker-kubernetes-ingress-controller.bintray.io/kong-ingress-controller:0.2.0)

Kong Version  
kong:0.14.1-centos

I hope someone can help me figure out what is going wrong. Here is the KongPlugin i am trying to use.

apiVersion: [configuration.konghq.com/v1](http://configuration.konghq.com/v1)  
kind: KongPlugin  
metadata:  
 name: add-ratelimiting-to-route  
config:  
 hour: 100  
 limit\_by: ip  
 second: 10

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**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:** [November 26, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/unable-to-register-plugins-with-kong-ingress-controller/2177/2 "2018-11-26T20:50:11Z")

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@jonasvadebo,

Please use the `plugins.konghq.com` annotation to associate a plugin with an Ingress or a Service object in Kubernetes.  
Reference: [https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/blob/master/docs/annotations.md#pluginskonghqcom](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/blob/master/docs/annotations.md#pluginskonghqcom)

Also see [https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/blob/master/docs/deployment/minikube.md#configure-a-kong-plugin-using-annotations-in-ingress](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/blob/master/docs/deployment/minikube.md#configure-a-kong-plugin-using-annotations-in-ingress).