# How to allow applications to connect to aerospike cluster?
**URL:** https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-allow-applications-to-connect-to-aerospike-cluster/10254
**Category:** Installation
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-allow-applications-to-connect-to-aerospike-cluster/10254 "2023-06-12T23:30:55Z")
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### Author:  [@shraddhajain](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/shraddhajain)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-allow-applications-to-connect-to-aerospike-cluster/10254/1 "2023-06-12T23:30:55Z")
I have setup the cluster using the helm charts provided in this repo [GitHub - aerospike/aerospike-kubernetes-operator: Kubernetes operator for the Aerospike database](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-kubernetes-operator). Now applications want to connect to the AS cluster. What do I do at cluster’s end so that the applications connect to it?
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### Author:  [@meher](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/meher)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/how-to-allow-applications-to-connect-to-aerospike-cluster/10254/2 "2023-06-19T21:12:12Z")
I am not super familiar with the networking aspect in between an “Operator Deployed” Aerospike cluster and the applications that connect to it. Did you check this documentation page?
> **[Connect to the Aerospike Cluster on Kubernetes | Aerospike Documentation](https://docs.aerospike.com/cloud/kubernetes/operator/connect-to-the-aerospike-cluster)**
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> Connect To The Aerospike Cluster
There is also this documentation that could be relevant:
> **[Using Multi-Host and Overlay networking with Docker | Aerospike Documentation](https://docs.aerospike.com/deploy_guides/docker/networking)**
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> Networking is an ever changing beast in Docker. This guide is accurate with the Docker Engine 19.03.2 release. As Docker changes its APIs and recommendations this guide will evolve. Every attempt will be made to keep it current.