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# Set Api Interface

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## Flags

| Flag            | Type/Options | Default   | Description                                 |
| --------------- | ------------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| --api-disabled  | bool         | false     | Disable API interface                       |
| --api-port      | int          | 8080      | Set API port value                          |
| --api-expose    | string       | ClusterIP | Desired service type                        |
| --api-node-port | int          |           | Desired port number in NodePort expose type |

Expose Options:

ClusterIP/NodePort/LoadBalancer

## Example

Expose Api interface port with a NodePort:

```bash
kubemqctl create cluster --api-expose NodePort --api-node-port 30700
```

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## Values

| value        | Type/Options | Default   | Description                                 |
| ------------ | ------------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| api.disabled | bool         | false     | Disable API interface                       |
| api.port     | int          | 8080      | Set API port value                          |
| api.expose   | string       | ClusterIP | Desired service type                        |
| api.nodePort | int          |           | Desired port number in NodePort expose type |

Expose Options:

ClusterIP/NodePort/LoadBalancer

## Examples

Expose Api interface port with a NodePort:

```bash
helm install kubemq-cluster --set api.expose=NodePort,api-nodePort=30700  -n kubemq kubemq-charts/kubemq
```

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## Fields

| Field    | Type/Options | Default   | Description                                 |
| -------- | ------------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| disabled | bool         | false     | Disable API interface                       |
| port     | int          | 8080      | Set API port value                          |
| expose   | string       | ClusterIP | Desired service type                        |
| nodePort | int          |           | Desired port number in NodePort expose type |

Expose Options:

ClusterIP/NodePort/LoadBalancer

## Example

Expose Api interface port with a NodePort:

Run:

```bash
kubectl apply -f {below-yaml-file}
```

```yaml
apiVersion: core.k8s.kubemq.io/v1alpha1
kind: KubemqCluster
metadata:
  name: kubemq-cluster
  namesapce: kubemq
  labels:
    app: kubemq-cluster
spec:
  replicas: 3
  api:
    expose: NodePort
    nodePort: 30700
```

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