diff --git a/api/v1/seaweed_types.go b/api/v1/seaweed_types.go
index 33f1559..b86f59a 100644
--- a/api/v1/seaweed_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/seaweed_types.go
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ type SeaweedSpec struct {
 
 	// FilerCount is the number of filers, default to 1
 	FilerCount int32 `json:"filerCount,omitempty"`
+
+	// ingress
+	Hosts []string `json:"hosts"`
 }
 
 // SeaweedStatus defines the observed state of Seaweed
diff --git a/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 54a36b9..384ca61 100644
--- a/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (in *Seaweed) DeepCopyInto(out *Seaweed) {
 	*out = *in
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
 	in.ObjectMeta.DeepCopyInto(&out.ObjectMeta)
-	out.Spec = in.Spec
+	in.Spec.DeepCopyInto(&out.Spec)
 	out.Status = in.Status
 }
 
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ func (in *SeaweedList) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *SeaweedSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *SeaweedSpec) {
 	*out = *in
+	if in.Hosts != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Hosts, &out.Hosts
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new SeaweedSpec.
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/seaweed.seaweedfs.com_seaweeds.yaml b/config/crd/bases/seaweed.seaweedfs.com_seaweeds.yaml
index d14cc5e..f0e1565 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/seaweed.seaweedfs.com_seaweeds.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/seaweed.seaweedfs.com_seaweeds.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ spec:
               description: FilerCount is the number of filers, default to 1
               format: int32
               type: integer
+            hosts:
+              description: ingress
+              items:
+                type: string
+              type: array
             image:
               description: Image
               type: string
@@ -51,6 +56,8 @@ spec:
                 to 1
               format: int32
               type: integer
+          required:
+          - hosts
           type: object
         status:
           description: SeaweedStatus defines the observed state of Seaweed
diff --git a/config/samples/seaweed_v1_seaweed.yaml b/config/samples/seaweed_v1_seaweed.yaml
index 701884d..4fea415 100644
--- a/config/samples/seaweed_v1_seaweed.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/seaweed_v1_seaweed.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ spec:
   image: chrislusf/seaweedfs:2.05
   volumeServerCount: 4
   filerCount: 2
+  hosts:
+    - "*"
+
diff --git a/controllers/controler_util.go b/controllers/controler_util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28e4caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/controler_util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package controllers
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	seaweedv1 "github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs-operator/api/v1"
+	extensionsv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
+	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+)
+
+// svcName is the backend service name
+func createIngress(seaweedCR *seaweedv1.Seaweed, svcName string, port int) *extensionsv1beta1.Ingress {
+	ingressLabel := map[string]string{"app": "seaweedfs", "role": "ingress", "name": svcName}
+
+	ingress := &extensionsv1beta1.Ingress{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      svcName + "-ingress",
+			Namespace: seaweedCR.Namespace,
+			Labels:    ingressLabel,
+		},
+		Spec: extensionsv1beta1.IngressSpec{
+			Rules: []extensionsv1beta1.IngressRule{},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, host := range seaweedCR.Spec.Hosts {
+		rule := extensionsv1beta1.IngressRule{
+			Host: host,
+			IngressRuleValue: extensionsv1beta1.IngressRuleValue{
+				HTTP: &extensionsv1beta1.HTTPIngressRuleValue{
+					Paths: []extensionsv1beta1.HTTPIngressPath{
+						{
+							Path: "/",
+							Backend: extensionsv1beta1.IngressBackend{
+								ServiceName: svcName,
+								ServicePort: intstr.FromInt(port),
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		ingress.Spec.Rules = append(ingress.Spec.Rules, rule)
+	}
+	return ingress
+}
+
+// the following is adapted from tidb-operator/pkg/controller/generic_control.go
+
+type MergeFn func(existing, desired runtime.Object) error
+
+// CreateOrUpdate create an object to the Kubernetes cluster for controller, if the object to create is existed,
+// call mergeFn to merge the change in new object to the existing object, then update the existing object.
+// The object will also be adopted by the given controller.
+func (r *SeaweedReconciler) CreateOrUpdate(controller, obj runtime.Object, mergeFn MergeFn) (runtime.Object, error) {
+
+	// controller-runtime/client will mutate the object pointer in-place,
+	// to be consistent with other methods in our controller, we copy the object
+	// to avoid the in-place mutation here and hereafter.
+	desired := obj.DeepCopyObject()
+
+	// 1. try to create and see if there is any conflicts
+	err := r.Create(context.TODO(), desired)
+	if errors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+
+		// 2. object has already existed, merge our desired changes to it
+		existing, err := EmptyClone(obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		key, err := client.ObjectKeyFromObject(existing)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		err = r.Get(context.TODO(), key, existing)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		mutated := existing.DeepCopyObject()
+		// 4. invoke mergeFn to mutate a copy of the existing object
+		if err := mergeFn(mutated, desired); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// 5. check if the copy is actually mutated
+		if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(existing, mutated) {
+			err := r.Update(context.TODO(), mutated)
+			return mutated, err
+		}
+
+		return mutated, nil
+	}
+
+	return desired, err
+}
+
+// EmptyClone create an clone of the resource with the same name and namespace (if namespace-scoped), with other fields unset
+func EmptyClone(obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
+	meta, ok := obj.(metav1.Object)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Obj %v is not a metav1.Object, cannot call EmptyClone", obj)
+	}
+	gvk, err := InferObjectKind(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	inst, err := scheme.Scheme.New(gvk)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	instMeta, ok := inst.(metav1.Object)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("New instatnce %v created from scheme is not a metav1.Object, EmptyClone failed", inst)
+	}
+	instMeta.SetName(meta.GetName())
+	instMeta.SetNamespace(meta.GetNamespace())
+	return inst, nil
+}
+
+// InferObjectKind infers the object kind
+func InferObjectKind(obj runtime.Object) (schema.GroupVersionKind, error) {
+	gvks, _, err := scheme.Scheme.ObjectKinds(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return schema.GroupVersionKind{}, err
+	}
+	if len(gvks) != 1 {
+		return schema.GroupVersionKind{}, fmt.Errorf("Object %v has ambigious GVK", obj)
+	}
+	return gvks[0], nil
+}
diff --git a/controllers/controller_filer.go b/controllers/controller_filer.go
index 766d9e3..0492d51 100644
--- a/controllers/controller_filer.go
+++ b/controllers/controller_filer.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package controllers
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -32,40 +33,15 @@ func (r *SeaweedReconciler) ensureFilerServers(seaweedCR *seaweedv1.Seaweed) (do
 }
 
 func (r *SeaweedReconciler) ensureFilerStatefulSet(seaweedCR *seaweedv1.Seaweed) (bool, ctrl.Result, error) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	log := r.Log.WithValues("sw-filer-statefulset", seaweedCR.Name)
+	filerStatefulSet := r.createFilerStatefulSet(seaweedCR)
+	_, err := r.CreateOrUpdate(seaweedCR, filerStatefulSet, func(existing, desired runtime.Object) error {
+		existingStatefulSet := existing.(*appsv1.StatefulSet)
+		desiredStatefulSet := desired.(*appsv1.StatefulSet)
 
-	filerStatefulSet := &appsv1.StatefulSet{}
-	err := r.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: seaweedCR.Name + "-filer", Namespace: seaweedCR.Namespace}, filerStatefulSet)
-	if err != nil && errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-		// Define a new deployment
-		dep := r.createFilerStatefulSet(seaweedCR)
-		log.Info("Creating a new filer statefulset", "Namespace", dep.Namespace, "Name", dep.Name)
-		err = r.Create(ctx, dep)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Error(err, "Failed to create new filer statefulset", "Namespace", dep.Namespace, "Name", dep.Name)
-			return ReconcileResult(err)
-		}
-		// Deployment created successfully - return and requeue
-		return ReconcileResult(err)
-	} else if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "Failed to get filer statefulset")
-		return ReconcileResult(err)
-	}
-
-	if *filerStatefulSet.Spec.Replicas != seaweedCR.Spec.FilerCount ||
-		filerStatefulSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image != seaweedCR.Spec.Image {
-		filerStatefulSet.Spec.Replicas = &seaweedCR.Spec.FilerCount
-		filerStatefulSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image = seaweedCR.Spec.Image
-		if err = r.Update(ctx, filerStatefulSet); err != nil {
-			log.Error(err, "Failed to update filer statefulset", "Namespace", filerStatefulSet.Namespace, "Name", filerStatefulSet.Name)
-			return ReconcileResult(err)
-		}
-		// Deployment created successfully - return and requeue
-		return ReconcileResult(err)
-	}
-
-	log.Info("Get filer stateful set " + filerStatefulSet.Name)
+		existingStatefulSet.Spec.Replicas = desiredStatefulSet.Spec.Replicas
+		existingStatefulSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image = desiredStatefulSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image
+		return nil
+	})
 	return ReconcileResult(err)
 }