# Custom Configuration - NGINX Ingress Controller

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# Custom Configuration

Using a ConfigMap is possible to customize the NGINX configuration

For example, if we want to change the timeouts we need to create a ConfigMap:

    $ cat configmap.yaml
    apiVersion: v1
    data:
      proxy-connect-timeout: "10"
      proxy-read-timeout: "120"
      proxy-send-timeout: "120"
    kind: ConfigMap
    metadata:
      name: ingress-nginx-controller

    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/master/docs/examples/customization/custom-configuration/configmap.yaml \
        | kubectl apply -f -

If the Configmap it is updated, NGINX will be reloaded with the new configuration.