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# Set Routing

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Kubemqctl" %}

## Flags

| Flag                  | Type/Options | Default | Description                           |
| --------------------- | ------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------- |
| --routing-data        | string       | ""      | Set routing data                      |
| --routing-file        | string       | ""      | set routing  file                     |
| --routing-url         | string url   | ""      | Set routing data loading url          |
| --routing-auto-reload | int          | 0       | Set auto reload routing data from url |

## Example

Set predefined routing rules data where routing.json is json array of routing rules:

```bash
kubemqctl create cluster --routing-file ./routing.json
```

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{% tab title="Helm" %}

## Values

| Value              | Type/Options | Default | Description                           |
| ------------------ | ------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------- |
| routing.data       | string       | ""      | Set routing data                      |
| routing.url        | string url   | ""      | Set routing data loading url          |
| routing.autoReload | int          | 0       | Set auto reload routing data from url |

## Example

Set predefined routing rules data where routing.json is json array of routing rules:

```bash
helm install kubemq-cluster --set-file routing.data=./routing.json kubemq-charts/kubemq
```

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{% tab title="kubectl" %}

## Fields

| Field      | Type/Options | Default | Description                           |
| ---------- | ------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------- |
| data       | string       | ""      | Set routing data                      |
| url        | string url   | ""      | Set routing data loading url          |
| autoReload | int          | 0       | Set auto reload routing data from url |

## Example

Set predefined routing rules data where routing.json is json array of routing rules:

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
  authorization:
    data: |-
      [
         {
            "Key":"all-to-foo-bar",
            "Routes": "events:foo.bar;events_store:foo.bar;queues:foo.bar"
         },
         {
            "Key":"sink-to-events-channel",
            "Routes": "events:sink"
         }
      ]
```

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{% endtabs %}


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