diff --git a/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml
index 3ec5c4fef62bb9290185364336f15f2e7a6ef897..0ad98ca04ecadfc1c166f396828062f6ad59cd16 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5090,3 +5090,22 @@ kong_apis:
       config.limit_by: credential
     - name: request-size-limiting
       config.allowed_payload_size: "{{ small_request_size_limit }}"
+
+  - name: userExistenceApi
+    request_path: "{{ user_service_prefix  }}/v1/exists"
+    upstream_url: "{{ learning_service_url }}/v1/user/exists"
+    strip_request_path: true
+    plugins:
+    - name: jwt
+    - name: cors
+    - "{{ statsd_pulgin }}"
+    - name: acl
+      config.whitelist: "{{ getUserByKey_ACL | default(['appUpdate']) }}"
+    - name: rate-limiting
+      config.policy: local
+      config.hour: "{{ medium_rate_limit_per_hour }}"
+      config.limit_by: credential
+    - name: request-size-limiting
+      config.allowed_payload_size: "{{ small_request_size_limit }}"
+
+