# Deploying sample application on RHOCP 4.12 using Ephemeral storage

NGINX is an open-source software for web serving, reverse proxying,caching, load balancing, media streaming, and so on. This section describes how to deploy a sample NGINX application on RHOCP 4.12 using Ephemeral storage.

Prerequisites:

• RHOCP must be up and running.

To deploy a sample application on RHOCP 4.12 using Ephemeral storage:

1. Create a new project with namespace as "my-nginx-example".

$ oc new-project my-nginx-example  

2. Deploy a new application.

$ oc new-app httpd-example --name=my-nginx-example --param=NAME=my-nginx-example 

3. Validate the created service and route for the application.

$ oc status 

4. Retrieve the service details of the application.

$ oc get svc my-nginx-example 

5. Retrieve the route created for the application.

$ oc get route my-nginx-example 

6. Use the route in your browser to access the application.

FIGURE 9. NGINX application Web Console login screen