Deliver public assets through CDN for Laravel

Summary

Cdn assets for a Laravel app on Ample. Verified on Laravel: a versioned, immutable-cached asset uploaded to a published bucket and served from the CDN 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.

Resource Requirements

• primitive:compute
• primitive:cdn

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.
• CDN: The CDN host serves objects from published buckets. It does not front app compute and is not a cache or key-value store.

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)
• A bucket from ample bucket create with credentials passed as encrypted S3_* environment variables
• An Ample account token with servers:write, buckets:read

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

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. Publish a bucket for public assets: Publish only the asset bucket; upload versioned keys with an immutable Cache-Control header and build URLs from its public URL.
   • Command: ample bucket publish
3. Verify: Fetch the live URL and /p/versioned-static-assets on the example; on failure read the build and runtime logs.
   • Command: ample logs --kind build

Examples

• Title: Laravel pattern fixture
  Description: Verified CDN assets on Laravel.
  Source Ref: tests/deploy-canaries/laravel-patterns

Success Checks

• Check that the app responds on its public URL
  • Kind: http_get
  • Path: /
  • Expect: ample canary laravel patterns
• Versioned-static-assets check from the example
  • Kind: http_get
  • Path: /p/versioned-static-assets
  • Expect: see the pattern fixture checks

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.
• The CDN serves published-bucket objects only; cache rules, purge and TTL control are not verified.

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: 5.0
• Basis: size prices from pricing.toml (loaded by the API) at build revision 1ac5595375130d45290090e82ed0f554ccd45405-dirty
• Components:
  • Name: app server
    • Size: 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.

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: a versioned, immutable-cached asset uploaded to a published bucket and served from the CDN URL.
  Observed At: 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z
  Implementation Revision: 118ad1c6d7d23d4c2ce069254bab9ec9d37cd57b-dirty (CLI 118ad1c)
  Expires At: 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z
  Scope:
  • Checks: /p/versioned-static-assets
  • Template: php-8.5

Next Actions

• Browse the catalog index:
  • *Operation Id: catalog_index
  • Method: GET
  • Relative Path: /v1/catalog
• Search published recipes by intent, stack and constraints:
  • Operation Id: search_recipes
  • Method: POST
  • Relative Path: /v1/catalog/search
  • Parameters: {"body":{"limit":5,"query":"Deliver public assets through CDN for Laravel"}}
• Prepare a side-effect-free deployment plan for an authorized project:
  • Operation Id: plan_deployment
  • Method: POST
  • Relative Path: /v1/catalog/plan
  • Parameters: {"body":{"inputs":{},"projectId":"","recipeId":"page:guides:laravel:cdn-assets","recipeRevision":"r1"}}