diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-collector/templates/ingress.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-collector/templates/ingress.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df12117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-collector/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{{/*
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Deutsche Telekom AG
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+
+{{ include "common.ingress" . }}
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diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-collector/values.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-collector/values.yaml
index c9fb051..746853c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-collector/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-collector/values.yaml
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@
       nodePort: 17
       useNodePortExt: true
 
+ingress:
+  enabled: false
+  service:
+    - baseaddr: "dcae-ves-collector-api"
+      name: "dcae-ves-collector"
+      port: 8443
+      plain_port: 8080
+  config:
+    ssl: "redirect"
+
 # application environments
 applicationEnv:
   CBS_CLIENT_CONFIG_PATH: '/app-config-input/application_config.yaml'