# How can I connect to my rasa OS without port forwarding?

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-can-i-connect-to-my-rasa-os-without-port-forwarding/49954>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [December 12, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-can-i-connect-to-my-rasa-os-without-port-forwarding/49954 "2021-12-12T22:38:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![aymane258](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/aymane258/32/17249_2.png) [@aymane258](https://forum.rasa.com/u/aymane258)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-can-i-connect-to-my-rasa-os-without-port-forwarding/49954/1 "2021-12-12T22:38:26Z")

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Its a kubernetes deployment through helm chart

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/3X/d/a/dad987c39baf366642ec1fdad1efc1141f00d4c9.png)

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**Author:** ![hsm207](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/hsm207/32/2647_2.png) [@hsm207](https://forum.rasa.com/u/hsm207)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-can-i-connect-to-my-rasa-os-without-port-forwarding/49954/2 "2021-12-13T07:23:39Z")

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According to the [docs](https://rasa.com/docs/rasa-x/installation-and-setup/install/helm-chart/#8-access-rasa-x):

> By default the Rasa X deployment is exposed via the `nginx` service. You can get the IP address using this command:

and

> You can then access the deployment on `http://<ip>:8000`

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**Author:** ![aymane258](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/aymane258/32/17249_2.png) [@aymane258](https://forum.rasa.com/u/aymane258)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-can-i-connect-to-my-rasa-os-without-port-forwarding/49954/3 "2021-12-13T08:51:43Z")

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That is for rasax deployments. Im asking for a rasa open source deployment.

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**Author:** ![aymane258](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/aymane258/32/17249_2.png) [@aymane258](https://forum.rasa.com/u/aymane258)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-can-i-connect-to-my-rasa-os-without-port-forwarding/49954/4 "2021-12-13T20:16:57Z")

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I found how to do it.

> By default the rasa service is available only within the Kubernetes cluster. In order to make it accessible outside the cluster via a load balancer, update your `rasa-values.yaml` file with the following configuration:

```auto
service:
    type: LoadBalancer

```

Enabling TLS for NGINX (self-signed) To use a self-signed TLS certificate for NGINX, update your rasa-values.yaml with the following NGINX TLS self-signed configuration:

```auto
nginx:
  tls:
    enabled: true
    generateSelfSignedCert: true

```