Building and Deploying Your First App

Now that you have set up your development environment, you’re ready to build and deploy your first container-based application with Ocre. This guide will walk you through the process of building a sample application from our getting-started repository.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, ensure you have:

Completed the Setting Up Your Development Environment guide
Cloned the getting-started repository

Building Your First Container

Let’s build your first Ocre container using one of our sample applications.

Navigate to the Samples Directory
```
  cd getting-started/samples
```
Choose a Sample Application: Browse through the available samples and choose one that interests you. Each sample demonstrates different capabilities of the Ocre platform.
Create and Enter Build Directory: Once you have jumped into the sample of your choosing, lets create the build directory.
```
mkdir build && cd build
```

Configure the Build

cmake -DWASI_SDK_DIR=/opt/wasi-sdk \
   -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/opt/wamr-sdk/app-sdk/wamr_toolchain.cmake ..

Build the Container
```
make
```

After successful compilation, you’ll find a sample.nbx file in your build directory (where “sample” matches your chosen sample name). This is your containerized application, ready for deployment.

If the build fails, ensure you’re running these commands within the dev container or interactive Docker environment, not on your host system.

Deploying Your First Container

Now that you’ve built your container, let’s get it running on your device.

Steps to be updated soon

What’s Next?

Now that you’ve successfully built your first container, you can:

Explore other samples to learn more about Ocre’s capabilities
Learn how to create your own container from scratch using the Ocre Container APIs