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Appendix B. Sample lab: Deployments and 
workload balance
In this appendix, we describe how to deploy a single application and add a route for workload 
balance.
This appendix includes the following topics:
/SM590000“Connecting to the lab environment” on page 220
/SM590000“Creating a user and project by using the OpenShift command line” on page 221
/SM590000“Logging in to the OpenShift web console” on page 224
/SM590000“Deploying an NGINX server by using the OpenShift web console” on page 225
/SM590000“Deploying a second NGINX server by using the OpenShift web console” on page 229
/SM590000“Customizing the index.test file of the NGINX instances” on page 233
/SM590000“Creating a route to balance the network traffic between the two NGINX instances” on 
page 237
/SM590000“Testing load balancing across NGINX instances” on page 239
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