---
title: Deploy an app
description: Ship a sample workload to a Noplane cluster.
---

Once your cluster is ready, deploy a simple application to validate the full
workflow.

## Deploy a dummy app

Use a simple container like `traefik/whoami`:

```bash
kubectl create deployment whoami --image=traefik/whoami
kubectl expose deployment whoami --port 80 --type ClusterIP
```

## Verify locally

```bash
kubectl port-forward service/whoami 8080:80
```

Then open `http://localhost:8080` to confirm the app responds.

## Expose the service

We recommend exposing services through the Noplane API gateway rather than
traditional ingress controllers. See the **Expose services** guide for the
recommended approach.