> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.siderolabs.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Deploy Your First Workload to a Talos Cluster

> Deploy a sample workload to your Talos cluster to get started.

export const VersionWarningBanner = () => {
  const latestVersion = "v1.13";
  const [latestUrl, setLatestUrl] = useState(null);
  const [currentVersion, setCurrentVersion] = useState(null);
  const [isBeta, setIsBeta] = useState(false);
  const parseVersion = v => v.replace("v", "").split(".").map(Number);
  const isGreaterVersion = (a, b) => {
    const [aMajor, aMinor] = parseVersion(a);
    const [bMajor, bMinor] = parseVersion(b);
    if (aMajor > bMajor) return true;
    if (aMajor === bMajor && aMinor > bMinor) return true;
    return false;
  };
  useEffect(() => {
    if (typeof window === "undefined") return;
    const {pathname, hash, search} = window.location;
    const match = pathname.match(/\/talos\/(v\d+\.\d+)\//);
    if (!match) return;
    const detectedVersion = match[1];
    if (detectedVersion === latestVersion) return;
    setCurrentVersion(detectedVersion);
    if (isGreaterVersion(detectedVersion, latestVersion)) {
      setIsBeta(true);
    }
    const newPath = pathname.replace(`/talos/${detectedVersion}/`, `/talos/${latestVersion}/`);
    setLatestUrl(`${newPath}${search}${hash}`);
  }, []);
  if (!latestUrl || !currentVersion) return null;
  return <div className="not-prose sticky top-6 z-50 my-6">
      <div className="border border-yellow-500/30 bg-yellow-500/10 px-4 py-3 rounded-xl">
        <div className="text-sm">
          {isBeta ? <>
              ⚠️ You are viewing a <strong>beta version</strong> of Talos ({currentVersion}).
              This version may be unstable.
              <a href={latestUrl} className="ml-2 underline text-yellow-400 hover:text-yellow-300 font-medium">
                View latest stable version {latestVersion} →
              </a>
            </> : <>
              ⚠️ You are viewing an older version of Talos ({currentVersion}).
              <a href={latestUrl} className="ml-2 underline text-yellow-400 hover:text-yellow-300 font-medium">
                View the latest version {latestVersion} →
              </a>
            </>}
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>;
};

<VersionWarningBanner />

Deploying your first workload validates that your cluster is working properly and that you can schedule, expose, and access applications successfully.

If you don’t have a cluster running yet, check out the [Getting Started](./getting-started) or [Production Notes](./prodnotes) guides to learn how to create one.

To deploy a sample application to your cluster:

1. Run this command to deploy the application and expose it via a NodePort:

   ```bash theme={null}
   kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/siderolabs/example-workload/refs/heads/main/deploy/example-svc-nodeport.yaml
   ```

2. Verify that your pods and services are running:

   ```bash theme={null}
   kubectl get pods,services # Lists the deployed pods and services
   ```

3. Create a `NODE_IP` variable by retrieving an IP address of any one of your nodes:

   ```bash theme={null}
   NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes -o jsonpath='{.items[0].status.addresses[?(@.type=="InternalIP")].address}'; echo)
   ```

4. Retrieve the NodePort assigned to your Service using:

   ```bash theme={null}
   NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get svc example-workload -o jsonpath='{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}')
   ```

5. Verify your application is running:

   ```bash theme={null}
   curl http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT
   ```

   And here is your application:

   ```text theme={null}

   🎉 CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉
   ========================================

   You successfully deployed the example workload!

   Resources:
   ----------
   🔗 Talos Linux: https://talos.dev
   🔗 Omni: https://omni.siderolabs.com
   🔗 Sidero Labs: https://siderolabs.com

   ========================================

   ```

## What’s next?

* [Pod Security](../../../kubernetes-guides/security/pod-security)
* [Set up persistent storage](../../../kubernetes-guides/csi/storage)
* [Deploy a Metrics Server](../../../kubernetes-guides/monitoring-and-observability/deploy-metrics-server)
* [Explore the talosctl CLI reference](../reference/cli)