diff --git a/patchmon/Chart.yaml b/patchmon/Chart.yaml
index 8c77df2..7696585 100644
--- a/patchmon/Chart.yaml
+++ b/patchmon/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PatchMon/PatchMon/main/frontend/public/a
 
 type: application
 
-version: 5.2.0+up2.1.3
+version: 6.0.0+up2.1.3
 appVersion: "2.1.3"
 
 maintainers:
diff --git a/patchmon/templates/patchmon.ingress.yaml b/patchmon/templates/patchmon.ingress.yaml
index a7de9c6..fc33cb7 100644
--- a/patchmon/templates/patchmon.ingress.yaml
+++ b/patchmon/templates/patchmon.ingress.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled }}
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Ingress
 metadata:
@@ -26,3 +27,4 @@ spec:
     - hosts:
         - {{ required "A Domain/Host must be provided" .Values.ingress.domain }}
       secretName: tls-{{ .Release.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Name }}-ingress
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/patchmon/values.schema.json b/patchmon/values.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7bac62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patchmon/values.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title": "patchmon values",
+  "description": "Strict values schema (issue #68). additionalProperties is false on every chart-owned object level, so a key that the chart does not read is rejected at render time instead of being silently ignored. The only objects that stay open are the ones passed verbatim into the Kubernetes pod spec (probes, security contexts, global) - the chart does not interpret their contents, so it cannot judge which keys are meaningful.",
+  "type": "object",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "properties": {
+    "global": {
+      "description": "Helm's conventional cross-chart values. Unused by this chart, kept open so an umbrella install cannot break on it.",
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "scaleDown": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "patchmon": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "server": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": false,
+          "properties": {
+            "replicas": {
+              "description": "The server registers itself under a stable identity (the pinned pod hostname); more than one replica is not supported by this chart.",
+              "type": "integer",
+              "minimum": 0
+            },
+            "securityContext": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/securityContext"
+            },
+            "livenessProbe": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/probe"
+            },
+            "readinessProbe": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/probe"
+            },
+            "startupProbe": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/probe"
+            },
+            "env": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/env"
+            },
+            "resources": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/resources"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "guacd": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": false,
+          "properties": {
+            "enabled": {
+              "type": "boolean"
+            },
+            "image": {
+              "description": "guacd is an independent upstream application, so its image is pinned here instead of following the chart's appVersion.",
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "securityContext": {
+              "description": "guacd is a sidecar in the server pod, so only a container context applies - the pod context is the server's.",
+              "type": "object",
+              "additionalProperties": false,
+              "properties": {
+                "container": {
+                  "description": "Rendered verbatim as the container's securityContext; kept open because the chart does not interpret it.",
+                  "type": "object"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "livenessProbe": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/probe"
+            },
+            "readinessProbe": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/probe"
+            },
+            "startupProbe": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/probe"
+            },
+            "env": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/env"
+            },
+            "resources": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/resources"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "ingress": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "enabled": {
+          "description": "Gates the whole Ingress template (issue #93). false omits the Ingress, and the required domain/clusterIssuer values are then not needed either.",
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "clusterIssuer": {
+          "type": ["string", "null"]
+        },
+        "domain": {
+          "type": ["string", "null"]
+        },
+        "className": {
+          "type": ["string", "null"]
+        },
+        "annotations": {
+          "description": "Extra Ingress annotations, merged with the cert-manager annotation the chart always sets. Free-form keys by nature.",
+          "type": "object"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "secrets": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "redisSecretRef": {
+          "type": ["string", "null"]
+        },
+        "postgresSecretRef": {
+          "type": ["string", "null"]
+        },
+        "oidcSecretRef": {
+          "type": ["string", "null"]
+        },
+        "patchmonSecretRef": {
+          "type": ["string", "null"]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "definitions": {
+    "resources": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "limitFactor": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "exclusiveMinimum": 0
+        },
+        "requests": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/resourceList"
+        },
+        "limits": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/resourceList"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "resourceList": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "cpu": {
+          "type": ["string", "number", "null"]
+        },
+        "memory": {
+          "type": ["string", "number", "null"]
+        },
+        "ephemeral-storage": {
+          "type": ["string", "number", "null"]
+        },
+        "ephemeralStorage": {
+          "type": ["string", "number", "null"]
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "env": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "additionalProperties": false,
+        "required": ["name"],
+        "properties": {
+          "name": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "value": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "valueFrom": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+              "secretKeyRef": {
+                "$ref": "#/definitions/keyRef"
+              },
+              "configMapKeyRef": {
+                "$ref": "#/definitions/keyRef"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "keyRef": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["name", "key"],
+      "properties": {
+        "name": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "key": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "securityContext": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "pod": {
+          "description": "Rendered verbatim as the pod's securityContext; kept open because the chart does not interpret it.",
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "container": {
+          "description": "Rendered verbatim as the container's securityContext; kept open because the chart does not interpret it.",
+          "type": "object"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "probe": {
+      "description": "Rendered verbatim as a container probe; kept open because the chart does not interpret it.",
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/patchmon/values.yaml b/patchmon/values.yaml
index 30530ec..d8367ab 100644
--- a/patchmon/values.yaml
+++ b/patchmon/values.yaml
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ patchmon:
     env: []
 
 ingress:
+  # Set to false to omit the Ingress entirely (the required domain and
+  # clusterIssuer values are then not needed either, because they are only
+  # read inside the Ingress template).
+  enabled: true
   clusterIssuer: null
   domain: null
   className: nginx