# Configuring ingress controller in front of bigip

**URL:** <https://community.f5.com/t/configuring-ingress-controller-in-front-of-bigip/59158>\
**Category:** Technical Forums\
**Tags:** kubernetes, big-ip, devops, nginx-controller\
**Created:** [December 21, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/configuring-ingress-controller-in-front-of-bigip/59158 "2019-12-21T11:32:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![sudhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sudhesh](https://community.f5.com/u/sudhesh)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/configuring-ingress-controller-in-front-of-bigip/59158/1 "2019-12-21T11:32:13Z")

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We have a application deployed in kubernetes cluster.We have configured VIP in bigip and necessary dns mapping is done. We have deployed a kubernetes ingress controller and rules to route the request to the application. Is it mandatory that we should use bigip controller/resource?

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**Author:** ![chenquan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@chenquan](https://community.f5.com/u/chenquan)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/configuring-ingress-controller-in-front-of-bigip/59158/2 "2020-02-23T14:56:49Z")

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You can deploy F5 CIS to k8s cluster. Then, f5 cis as a ingress controller. your ingress will be deployed to f5 tmos. F5 TMOS vs will proceessing traffic, forward traffic direct to pods ip.