diff --git a/.mk/development.mk b/.mk/development.mk
index 7fb310edd..18a5f1144 100644
--- a/.mk/development.mk
+++ b/.mk/development.mk
@@ -58,8 +58,14 @@ undeploy-grafana: ## Undeploy grafana.
 	kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true configMap grafana-datasources
 	-pkill --oldest --full "3000:3000"
 
+.PHONY: deploy-infra
+deploy-infra: manifests generate fmt lint deploy-loki deploy-grafana install
+
 .PHONY: deploy-all
-deploy-all: manifests generate fmt lint deploy-loki deploy-grafana install deploy-sample-cr
+deploy-all: deploy-infra deploy-sample-cr deploy-sample-workload
+
+.PHONY: undeploy-infra
+undeploy-infra: undeploy-loki undeploy-grafana uninstall
 
 .PHONY: undeploy-all
-undeploy-all: undeploy-loki undeploy-grafana uninstall undeploy-sample-cr
+undeploy-all: undeploy-infra undeploy-sample-cr undeploy-sample-workload
diff --git a/.mk/local.mk b/.mk/local.mk
index c3949c161..2d53c9bb9 100644
--- a/.mk/local.mk
+++ b/.mk/local.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ delete-kind-cluster: $(KIND) ## Delete kind cluster
 	$(KIND) delete cluster
 
 .PHONY: local-deploy
-local-deploy: create-kind-cluster deploy-all  ## Local deploy (kind, loki, grafana and example-cr excluding the operator)
+local-deploy: create-kind-cluster deploy-all  ## Local deploy (kind, loki, grafana, example-cr and sample-workload excluding the operator)
 
 .PHONY: clean-leftovers
 clean-leftovers:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ clean-leftovers:
 	-kubectl delete namespace network-observability
 
 .PHONY: local-redeploy
-local-redeploy: clean-leftovers undeploy-all deploy-all  ## Local re-deploy (loki, grafana and example-cr excluding the operator)
+local-redeploy: clean-leftovers undeploy-all deploy-all  ## Local re-deploy (loki, grafana, example-cr and sample-workload excluding the operator)
 
 .PHONY: local-undeploy
 local-undeploy: clean-leftovers undeploy-all delete-kind-cluster  ## Local cleanup
diff --git a/.mk/ocp.mk b/.mk/ocp.mk
index 78795ca58..d16ecc1bb 100644
--- a/.mk/ocp.mk
+++ b/.mk/ocp.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ##@ OCP
 
-.PHONY: ocp-expose
-ocp-expose:
+.PHONY: ocp-expose-infra
+ocp-expose-infra:
 	oc expose service grafana || true
 	@grafana_url=$$(oc get route grafana -o jsonpath='{.spec.host}'); \
 	echo -e "\nAccess grafana on OCP using: http://"$$grafana_url"\n"
@@ -9,8 +9,17 @@ ocp-expose:
 	@loki_url=$$(oc get route loki -o jsonpath='{.spec.host}'); \
 	echo -e "\nAccess loki on OCP using: http://"$$loki_url"\n"
 
+.PHONY: ocp-expose-all
+ocp-expose-all: ocp-expose-infra
+	oc expose -n sample-workload service frontend-external || true
+	@sample_workload_url=$$(oc get -n sample-workload route frontend-external -o jsonpath='{.spec.host}'); \
+	echo -e "\nAccess sample workload on OCP using: http://"$$sample_workload_url"\n"
+
+.PHONY: ocp-deploy-infra
+ocp-deploy-infra: deploy-infra ocp-expose-infra ## OCP infra. deploy (only loki and grafana excluding the operator)
+
 .PHONY: ocp-deploy
-ocp-deploy: deploy-all ocp-expose ## OCP deploy (loki, grafana and example-cr excluding the operator)
+ocp-deploy: deploy-all ocp-expose-all ## OCP deploy (loki, grafana, example-cr and sample-workload excluding the operator)
 
 .PHONY: ocp-undeploy
 ocp-undeploy: undeploy-all  ## OCP cleanup
diff --git a/.mk/sample.mk b/.mk/sample.mk
index b8c092377..b5256b3a4 100644
--- a/.mk/sample.mk
+++ b/.mk/sample.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
 # Deploy the sample FlowCollector CR
 .PHONY: deploy-sample-cr
 deploy-sample-cr:
+	@echo -e "\n==> Deploy sample CR"
 	sed -e 's~:main~:$(VERSION)~' ./config/samples/flows_v1alpha1_flowcollector.yaml | kubectl apply -f - || true
 
 # Undeploy the sample FlowCollector CR
 .PHONY: undeploy-sample-cr
 undeploy-sample-cr:
+	@echo -e "\n==> Undeploy sample CR"
 	sed -e 's~:main~:$(VERSION)~' ./config/samples/flows_v1alpha1_flowcollector.yaml | kubectl --ignore-not-found=true delete -f - || true
+
+# Deploy sample workload
+.PHONY: deploy-sample-workload
+deploy-sample-workload:
+	@echo -e "\n==> Deploy sample workload"
+	-kubectl create namespace sample-workload
+	kubectl -n sample-workload apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo/main/release/kubernetes-manifests.yaml
+	kubectl -n sample-workload run syn-flood --privileged --image=bilalcaliskan/syn-flood:latest --restart=Never -- --host frontend-external.sample-workload.svc.cluster.local --port 80 --floodType syn
+
+# undeploy sample workload
+.PHONY: undeploy-sample-workload
+undeploy-sample-workload:
+	@echo -e "\n==> Undeploy sample workload"
+	kubectl -n sample-workload delete --ignore-not-found=true -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo/main/release/kubernetes-manifests.yaml
+	-kubectl -n sample-workload delete --ignore-not-found=true pod syn-flood
+	-kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true namespace sample-workload
+