diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2cfa84c0e8..a32b8713e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -61,3 +61,6 @@ go.work.sum
 .env
 .envrc
 .DS_Store
+
+# example deployments
+**/opencloud-sandbox-*
\ No newline at end of file