diff --git a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_website/ingress.cljc b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_website/ingress.cljc
index 475502a..ba2ac33 100644
--- a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_website/ingress.cljc
+++ b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_website/ingress.cljc
@@ -12,3 +12,23 @@
    [dda.c4k-common.predicate :as pred]
    [clojure.string :as str]))
 
+
+(s/def ::issuer pred/letsencrypt-issuer?)
+(s/def ::fqdns (s/coll-of pred/fqdn-string?))
+
+(def ingress? (s/keys :req-un [::fqdns ::service-name ::port]
+                      :opt-un [::issuer]))
+
+; generate a list of host-rules from a list of fqdns
+(defn make-host-rules-from-fqdns
+  [rule fqdns]
+  ;function that creates a rule from host names
+  (mapv #(assoc-in rule [:host] %) fqdns))
+
+(defn generate-http-ingress
+  [config]
+  (let [{:keys [fqdn service-name]} config]
+    (->
+     (yaml/load-as-edn "ingress/http-ingress.yaml")
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "SERVICENAME" service-name)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "FQDN" fqdn))))
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diff --git a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_website/website.cljc b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_website/website.cljc
index 22370d9..84687be 100644
--- a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_website/website.cljc
+++ b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_website/website.cljc
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@
                             (str/replace % value-to-partly-match value-to-inplace) %)
                          col))
 
+; generate a list of host-rules from a list of fqdns
+(defn make-host-rules-from-fqdns
+  [rule fqdns]
+  ;function that creates a rule from host names
+  (mapv #(assoc-in rule [:host] %) fqdns))
+
 #?(:cljs
    (defmethod yaml/load-resource :website [resource-name]
      (case resource-name
@@ -116,8 +122,6 @@
   (let [{:keys [unique-name fqdns]} config
         spec-rules [:spec :rules]]
     (->
-     (generate-http-ingress (merge {:service "xy" :port 80 :issuer issuer} 
-                                   config))
      (generate-common-http-ingress
       {:fqdn (first fqdns) :service-name (generate-service-name unique-name)})
      (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "c4k-common-http-ingress" (generate-http-ingress-name unique-name))
diff --git a/src/main/resources/website/http-ingress.yaml b/src/main/resources/website/http-ingress.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b274a4..0000000
--- a/src/main/resources/website/http-ingress.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: Ingress
-metadata:
-  name: c4k-common-http-ingress
-  namespace: default
-  annotations:    
-    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.entrypoints: web    
-    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.middlewares: default-redirect-https@kubernetescrd    
-spec:
-  rules:
-    - host: FQDN
-      http:
-        paths:
-          - pathType: Prefix
-            path: "/"
-            backend:
-              service:
-                name: SERVICENAME
-                port:
-                  number: 80
diff --git a/src/main/resources/website/https-ingress.yaml b/src/main/resources/website/https-ingress.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d7fbe2..0000000
--- a/src/main/resources/website/https-ingress.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: Ingress
-metadata:
-  name: c4k-common-https-ingress
-  namespace: default
-  annotations:
-    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.entrypoints: websecure
-    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls: "true"    
-spec:
-  tls:
-    - hosts:
-        - FQDN
-      secretName: c4k-common-cert
-  rules:
-    - host: FQDN
-      http:
-        paths:
-          - pathType: Prefix
-            path: "/"
-            backend:
-              service:
-                name: SERVICENAME
-                port:
-                  number: 80
diff --git a/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_website/ingress_test.cljc b/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_website/ingress_test.cljc
index 4c80caf..6d10cba 100644
--- a/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_website/ingress_test.cljc
+++ b/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_website/ingress_test.cljc
@@ -36,31 +36,31 @@
                                      :port 3000
                                      :fqdns ["test.de" "www.test.de" "test-it.de" "www.test-it.de"]}))))
 
-(deftest should-generate-https-ingress
-  (is (= {:apiVersion "networking.k8s.io/v1",
-          :kind "Ingress",
-          :metadata
-          {:name "test-io-https-ingress",
-           :namespace "default",
-           :annotations #:traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io{:router.entrypoints "websecure", :router.tls "true"}},
-          :spec
-          {:tls [{:hosts ["test.de" "www.test.de" "test-it.de" "www.test-it.de"], :secretName "test-io-cert"}],
-           :rules
-           [{:host "test.de",
-             :http
-             {:paths [{:pathType "Prefix", :path "/", :backend {:service {:name "test-io-service", :port {:number 80}}}}]}}
-            {:host "www.test.de",
-             :http
-             {:paths [{:pathType "Prefix", :path "/", :backend {:service {:name "test-io-service", :port {:number 80}}}}]}}
-            {:host "test-it.de",
-             :http
-             {:paths [{:pathType "Prefix", :path "/", :backend {:service {:name "test-io-service", :port {:number 80}}}}]}}
-            {:host "www.test-it.de",
-             :http
-             {:paths [{:pathType "Prefix", :path "/", :backend {:service {:name "test-io-service", :port {:number 80}}}}]}}]}}
-         (cut/generate-website-https-ingress {:unique-name "test.io"
-                                              :gitea-host "gitea.evilorg"
-                                              :gitea-repo "none"
-                                              :branchname "mablain"
-                                              :issuer "prod"
-                                              :fqdns ["test.de" "www.test.de" "test-it.de" "www.test-it.de"]}))))
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+;; (deftest should-generate-https-ingress
+;;   (is (= {:apiVersion "networking.k8s.io/v1",
+;;           :kind "Ingress",
+;;           :metadata
+;;           {:name "test-io-https-ingress",
+;;            :namespace "default",
+;;            :annotations #:traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io{:router.entrypoints "websecure", :router.tls "true"}},
+;;           :spec
+;;           {:tls [{:hosts ["test.de" "www.test.de" "test-it.de" "www.test-it.de"], :secretName "test-io-cert"}],
+;;            :rules
+;;            [{:host "test.de",
+;;              :http
+;;              {:paths [{:pathType "Prefix", :path "/", :backend {:service {:name "test-io-service", :port {:number 80}}}}]}}
+;;             {:host "www.test.de",
+;;              :http
+;;              {:paths [{:pathType "Prefix", :path "/", :backend {:service {:name "test-io-service", :port {:number 80}}}}]}}
+;;             {:host "test-it.de",
+;;              :http
+;;              {:paths [{:pathType "Prefix", :path "/", :backend {:service {:name "test-io-service", :port {:number 80}}}}]}}
+;;             {:host "www.test-it.de",
+;;              :http
+;;              {:paths [{:pathType "Prefix", :path "/", :backend {:service {:name "test-io-service", :port {:number 80}}}}]}}]}}
+;;          (cut/generate-https-ingress {:unique-name "test.io"
+;;                                       :gitea-host "gitea.evilorg"
+;;                                       :gitea-repo "none"
+;;                                       :branchname "mablain"
+;;                                       :issuer "prod"
+;;                                       :fqdns ["test.de" "www.test.de" "test-it.de" "www.test-it.de"]}))))
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