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Host admin dashboard with Phoenix: tenant-scoped workspaces

Summary

Deploy an admin dashboard built with Phoenix on Ample using the multi-tenant relational data pattern. Compute runs the app in an isolated microVM behind a public HTTPS URL, a managed PostgreSQL 16 database is auto-provisioned and injected as DATABASE_URL. Verified on Phoenix: a tenant column on every row and query, with a cross-tenant read returning nothing (tenant_isolation=ok). Not separately tested: your tenant model, membership and per-tenant authorization; treat the admin dashboard-specific behavior as your application code.

Representative Queries

• Host admin dashboard with Phoenix: tenant-scoped workspaces
• Where can I host Admin dashboard built with Phoenix?
• I need an explicit tenant model and application-enforced tenant isolation tests.

Resource Requirements

• primitive:compute
• primitive:postgres

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.

Prerequisites

1. A Phoenix project that builds and starts with the documented commands (mix deps.get, MIX_ENV=prod mix compile and mix release in the builder, then the release bin script with PHX_SERVER=true on the elixir-1.18 template; PORT, DATABASE_URL and SECRET_KEY_BASE read in config/runtime.exs)
2. A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL at runtime (auto-provisioned when omitted, or supplied with --env)
3. An Ample account token with servers:write, databases:read

Workflow Steps

1. Build and start: mix deps.get, MIX_ENV=prod mix compile and mix release in the builder, then the release bin script with PHX_SERVER=true on the elixir-1.18 template; PORT, DATABASE_URL and SECRET_KEY_BASE read in config/runtime.exs. The server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.
2. Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL: The fixture's module implements multi-tenant relational data: a tenant column on every row and query, with a cross-tenant read returning nothing (tenant_isolation=ok). Copy the approach into your schema; keep migrations idempotent and run them with --release-command.
3. Deploy: Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result (exit 0 live, 1 failed, 2 blocked). Re-running with no change is a no-op. Command: ample deploy . --name --public
4. Verify: Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) (/p/multi-tenant-relational-data) from the example; then run your own checks. On failure read ample logs --kind build then --kind runtime. Command: ample logs --kind build

Success Checks

• The app responds on its public URL (GET /)
• Multi-tenant-relational-data self-test (GET /p/multi-tenant-relational-data)

Limitations

• Verified on the elixir-1.18 template at s-1vcpu-1gb with the example fixture; other sizes, templates and Phoenix major versions are not verified.
• The admin dashboard itself (your tenant model, membership and per-tenant authorization) is application code and was not separately tested; the pattern checks are what was verified.

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: 10.0
• Components:
  • App server: s-1vcpu-1gb, quantity: 1.0, monthlyAmount: 5.0
  • Managed PostgreSQL database: s-1vcpu-1gb, quantity: 1.0, monthlyAmount: 5.0

Next Actions

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