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Membership associations: member portal using Django

Summary

A member portal blueprint for membership associations built with Django on Ample.
Domain schema:

• course_groups (chapter_or_program, start_at, end_at): chapters and programs as groups;
• memberships (course_group_id, member_email, tier, role, renewed_at): members and roles;
• sessions (course_group_id, starts_at, title, venue): meetings and events;
• materials (course_group_id, title, object_key, visibility): member resources;
• document_access (document_id, principal_reference, role, granted_at): who may read which document.
  Public information: about, chapters and benefits, public events, join information.
  Kept out of scope until handling is reviewed: member directory details, dues and payment records. Member directories are personal data; only public events and member-authorized resources are modeled.

Representative Queries

• Membership associations: member portal using Django
• Where can I host Membership associations: Member portal built with Django?
• I need a genuinely specialized member portal workflow covering membership tiers, event eligibility and shared resources.

Resource Requirements

• primitive:compute
• primitive:postgres
• primitive:s3-compatible-object-storage

Infrastructure Requirements

• Compute:
  Apps run in isolated x86_64 Firecracker microVMs that auto-pause when idle and wake on request; sizes are the priced VM sizes.
• Postgres:
  Managed PostgreSQL 16 runs in its own microVM and is auto-provisioned when an app needs a database and no DATABASE_URL is supplied.
• S3-compatible object storage:
  Buckets are S3-compatible with issued credentials; PutObject and GetObject are verified by canary. Other S3 operations are not verified.

Workflow Steps

1. Model the membership associations domain
   Create the tables course_groups, memberships, sessions, materials, document_access. Chapters and programs as groups live in course_groups; keep the sensitive classes (member directory details, dues and payment records) out of this schema.
2. Model groups, memberships and roles
3. Authorize access to materials by membership and role (401, 403 negative tests)
4. Store materials in the private bucket and stream them through the app
5. Deploy
   Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result. Re-running with no change is a no-op.

   ample deploy . --name --public --start "python3 run.py" --env S3_ENDPOINT=... --env S3_REGION=... --env S3_BUCKET=... --env S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=... --env S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=...  
   

6. Verify
   Run the pattern self-test(s) from the example (/p/private-document-library) and your own acceptance checks for the membership associations workflow.

   ample logs --kind build  
   

Limitations

• The technical basis (private document library on Django) was verified with the pattern fixture; the membership associations schema and workflow are an original design for this blueprint and were not executed as a separate application.
• No health, financial, privacy or other compliance claim is made. Member directories are personal data; only public events and member-authorized resources are modeled.
• Verified on the python-3.12 template at s-1vcpu-1gb; region, request-duration limits and other sizes are unknown or unverified.

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: 10.0
• Basis: size prices from pricing.toml (loaded by the API) at build revision 1ac5595375130d45290090e82ed0f554ccd45405-dirty
• Components:
  • app server: 1.0 (s-1vcpu-1gb) - 5.0
  • managed PostgreSQL database: 1.0 (s-1vcpu-1gb) - 5.0
• Note: Always-on monthly price of the tested sizes; apps and databases auto-pause when idle. Buckets are allocation-priced per quota and not included.

Examples

• Django pattern fixture: Verified private document library basis for this blueprint.
  • Source Ref: tests/deploy-canaries/django-patterns

Success Checks

• App responds on its public URL: ample canary django patterns
• private-document-library self-test from the example: see the pattern fixture checks.