# withDefaultBackend

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Kubernetes](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.kubernetes.md)
- Version: `13.4.0-preview.1.26281.18`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Sets the default backend for the ingress. The default backend handles requests that do not match any of the defined routing rules.

## Definition

```typescript
interface KubernetesIngressResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withDefaultBackend(endpoint: EndpointReference): KubernetesIngressResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `endpoint` (`EndpointReference`)

## Returns

[KubernetesIngressResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.kubernetes/kubernetesingressresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [KubernetesIngressResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.kubernetes/kubernetesingressresource.md)