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title: "Return Custom Response Headers with Kubernetes Ingress"
description: "How to Return Custom Response Headers with Nginx Ingress in Kubernetes\n\nThis method is useful when you have multiple Ingresses and want to confirm which one is responding."
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# Return Custom Response Headers with Kubernetes Ingress

How to Return Custom Response Headers with Nginx Ingress in Kubernetes

This is useful when you want to check which Ingress is responding among multiple Ingresses.

```yaml
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: ...
  namespace: ...
  annotations:
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/configuration-snippet: |
      more_set_headers "X-Ingress-Name: my-awesome-ingress";
      more_set_headers "X-Other-header: other-header";
spec:
```