Configure build and start for Laravel

Build and start for a Laravel app on Ample. Verified on Laravel: the app built and started with the documented commands and answered on its public HTTPS URL. Build and start:

composer install --no-dev from composer.lock, then FrankenPHP serving public/ (php-server with the index.php fallback) reading PORT on the php-8.5 template.

Prerequisites

• A Laravel project (composer install --no-dev from composer.lock, then FrankenPHP serving public/ (php-server with the index.php fallback) reading PORT on the php-8.5 template)
• An Ample account token with servers:write

Workflow Steps

1. Build and start
   composer install --no-dev from composer.lock, then FrankenPHP serving public/ (php-server with the index.php fallback) reading PORT on the php-8.5 template; the server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.

2. Deploy
   Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result.

   ample deploy . --name  --public
   

3. Verify
   Fetch the live URL on the example; on failure read the build and runtime logs.

   ample logs  --kind build
   

Tested Configuration

• Template: php-8.5
• Runtime: php
• Size: s-1vcpu-1gb
• Install: composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist --no-interaction --no-progress --optimize-autoloader
• Start: frankenphp php-server --listen :$PORT --root public

Limitations

• Verified on the php-8.5 template at s-1vcpu-1gb; other sizes and Laravel major versions are not verified.
• Region, compliance attestations and request-duration limits are unknown and not claimed.

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: 5.0
• Basis: size prices from pricing.toml (loaded by the API) at build revision 1ac5595375130d45290090e82ed0f554ccd45405-dirty
• Components:
  • app server: s-1vcpu-1gb (quantity: 1.0, monthly amount: 5.0)

Note: Always-on monthly price of the tested sizes; apps auto-pause when idle. Buckets are allocation-priced per quota and not included.

Success Checks

• app responds on its public URL.
  Kind: http_get, Path: /, Expect: ample canary laravel patterns

Evidence Summary

• Kind: canary_run
  Summary: Laravel pattern fixture deployed on Ample (composer install --no-dev from composer.lock, then FrankenPHP serving public/ (php-server with the index.php fallback) reading PORT on the php-8.5 template); for this guide: the app built and started with the documented commands and answered on its public HTTPS URL.
  Observed At: 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z
  Expires At: 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z