Professional training: member portal using Next.js

A member portal blueprint for professional training built with Next.js on Ample. Domain schema:

• course_groups (certification, cohort, start_at, end_at): certification cohorts;
• memberships (course_group_id, participant_email, employer, role): participants and trainers;
• sessions (course_group_id, starts_at, module, location_or_link): training sessions;
• materials (course_group_id, module, object_key, visibility): course materials and exam guides;
• document_access (document_id, principal_reference, role, granted_at): who may read which document.

Public information: certification catalog, cohort dates, trainer credentials. Kept out of scope until handling is reviewed: exam results, employer billing, participant identity. Exam results and certifications are personal records; only cohort logistics and materials are modeled. Technical basis verified on Next.js: a role-to-document access model with negative tests (401 without identity, 403 for the wrong role) and a private-bucket round-trip for the allowed role (private=ok).

Representative Queries

• Professional training: member portal using Next.js
• Where can I host Professional training: Member portal built with Next.js?
• I need a genuinely specialized member portal workflow covering course cohorts, enrollment events and learning-resource access.

Resource Requirements

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

Infrastructure Requirements

1. Compute
   • Apps run in isolated x86_64 Firecracker microVMs that auto-pause when idle and wake on request; sizes are the priced VM sizes.
2. 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.
3. S3-compatible object storage
   • Buckets are S3-compatible with issued credentials; PutObject and GetObject are verified by canary. Other S3 operations are not verified.

Prerequisites

• A Next.js project (next build then next start -H 0.0.0.0 -p $PORT on the node-22 template)
• A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL (auto-provisioned when omitted)
• Bucket credentials from ample bucket create passed as encrypted S3_* environment variables
• A review of which professional training data classes may be handled at all; this blueprint models public information only

Workflow Steps

1. Model the professional training domain
   • Create the tables course_groups, memberships, sessions, materials, document_access. Certification cohorts live in course_groups; keep the sensitive classes (exam results, employer billing, participant identity) out of this schema.
2. Workflow step 1
   • Model groups, memberships and roles
3. Workflow step 2
   • Authorize access to materials by membership and role (401, 403 negative tests)
4. Workflow step 3
   • Store materials in the private bucket and stream them through the app
5. Workflow step 4
   • Deploy and verify the negative tests and an authorized download
6. Deploy
   • Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result. Re-running with no change is a no-op.
   • command: ample deploy . --name --public --env S3_ENDPOINT=... --env S3_REGION=... --env S3_BUCKET=... --env S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=... --env S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=...
7. Verify
   • Run the pattern self-test(s) from the example (/p/private-document-library) and your own acceptance checks for the professional training workflow.

Limitations

• The technical basis (private document library on Next.js) was verified with the pattern fixture; the professional training 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. Exam results and certifications are personal records; only cohort logistics and materials are modeled.
• Public content and synthetic examples only until actual data-handling requirements have been reviewed.
• Verified on the node-22 template at s-1vcpu-1gb; region, request-duration limits and other sizes are unknown or unverified.
• Managed PostgreSQL 16 only; extensions, connection limits and backup or restore procedures are not verified.
• PutObject and GetObject with path-style addressing are verified; other S3 operations and CDN cache rules are not.

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: size s-1vcpu-1gb, quantity 1.0, monthly amount $5.0
  • managed PostgreSQL database: size s-1vcpu-1gb, quantity 1.0, monthly amount $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.

Next Actions

1. Browse the catalog index
2. Search published recipes by intent, stack and constraints
3. Prepare a side-effect-free deployment plan for an authorized project
4. Read the existing agent authentication setup
5. Browse Professional training
6. Browse Member portal
7. Browse Next.js
8. Browse Deploy web app

Evidence Summary

• Next.js pattern fixture deployed on Ample; the private document library checks passed.