# Deploy an app from the UI With Docker Universal Control Plane you can deploy applications from the UI. You can define your application on the UI, or import an existing docker-compose.yml file. In this example, we're going to deploy a WordPress application. ## Deploy WordPress On your browser, **log in** to UCP, and navigate to the **Applications** page. There, click the **Compose Application** button, to deploy a new application.  The WordPress application we're going to deploy is composed of two services: * wordpress: The container that runs Apache, PHP, and WordPress. * db: A MariaDB database used for data persistence. ```yml wordpress: image: wordpress links: - db:mysql ports: - 8080:80 db: image: mariadb environment: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: example ``` Copy-paste the application definition to UCP, and name it 'wordpress'. You can also upload a docker-compose.yml file from your machine, by clicking on the 'Upload an existing docker-compose.yml' link.  Click the **Create** button, to create the WordPress application. Once UCP deploys the WordPress application, you can **click on the wordpress_wordpress_1** container, to see its details.  In the container details page, search for the **Ports** the container is exposing.  In this example, WordPress can be accessed at `192.168.99.106:8080`. Navigate to this address in your browser, to start using the WordPress app you just deployed.  ## Limitations There are some limitations when deploying application on the UI. You can't reference any external files, so the following Docker Compose keywords are not supported: * build * dockerfile * env_file  To overcome these limitations, you can [deploy your apps from the CLI](deploy-app-cli.md). Also, UCP doesn't store the compose file used to deploy the application. You can use your version control system to persist that file. ## Where to go next * [Deploy an app from the CLI](deploy-app-cli.md)