# Deploying sample application on RHOCP 4.15 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 4.15 using Ephemeral storage.
Prerequisites:
- RHOCP must be up and running.
To deploy a sample application on RHOCP 4.15 using Ephemeral storage:
- Create a new project with namespace as "my-nginx-example".
$ oc new-project my-nginx-example
- Deploy a new application.
$ oc new-app httpd-example --name=my-nginx-example --param=NAME=my-nginx-example
- Validate the created service and route for the application.
$ oc status
- Retrieve the service details of the application.
$ oc get svc my-nginx-example
- Retrieve the route created for the application.
$ oc get route my-nginx-example
- Use the route in your browser to access the application.
FIGURE 9. NGINX application Web Console login screen