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// * ingress/configure-ingress-operator.adoc

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= Setting Ingress Controller thread count

A cluster administrator can set the thread count to increase the amount of incoming connections a cluster can handle. You can patch an existing Ingress Controller to increase the amount of threads.

.Prerequisites
* The following assumes that you already created an Ingress Controller.

.Procedure
* Update the Ingress Controller to increase the number of threads:
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$ oc -n openshift-ingress-operator patch ingresscontroller/default --type=merge -p '{"spec":{"tuningOptions": {"threadCount": 8}}}'
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[NOTE]
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If you have a node that is capable of running large amounts of resources, you can configure `spec.nodePlacement.nodeSelector` with labels that match the capacity of the intended node, and configure `spec.tuningOptions.threadCount` to an appropriately high value.
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