# Host ai chat application with Gin: worker execution and job state

Deploy a ai chat application built with Gin as a public web service plus a dedicated worker process on Ample. `ample plan --write` discovers both services and their shared database and writes ample.toml; `ample up` reconciles the topology: a managed PostgreSQL 16 database, a public web microVM, and a private worker microVM (kind worker, no public URL), both reading DATABASE_URL. Verified on Gin: a separately deployed worker service (kind worker, no public URL) sharing a declared managed PostgreSQL database with the web service, consuming a jobs table with row locks and marking jobs done once (worker=done attempts=1). Not separately tested: your job payloads, retry policy, and scheduling; treat the ai chat application-specific behavior as your application code.

## Representative Queries
- Host ai chat application with Gin: worker execution and job state
- Where can I host an AI chat application built with Gin?
- I need a separately runnable worker, durable job records, and idempotent retries; not a managed queue.

## Resource Requirements
- **Compute**
- **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
- A repository with the web app and the worker as separate service directories (the fixture uses apps/web and apps/worker), each building and starting with the documented commands (CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o app ./... then ./app on the ubuntu-24.04 template (go.sum committed for a reproducible build); the worker starts with ./worker and binds no port)
- Both services read DATABASE_URL at runtime and share one jobs table; the worker claims rows with SELECT ... FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED and marks them done once
- An Ample account token with servers:write and databases:write (ample up creates the database)

## Workflow Steps
1. **Plan the topology**: Run the planner once. It discovers the web and worker services, infers kind = "worker" for the process without a port, declares the database each service needs, and writes ample.toml. Exit 2 means it left questions in the manifest; answer them with --answer or by editing the file. Command: `ample plan --write .`
2. **Share one database**: Keep a single [databases.main] with engine = "postgres", drop any per-service database the planner added, and set DATABASE_URL = { database = "main" } under both [services.web.env] and [services.worker.env]. Command: `ample plan --offline .`
3. **Apply**: Reconcile the whole manifest in dependency order: the database first, then both services. It is idempotent and never destructive; exit 0 means everything applied, 2 needs input, 1 a failed resource (independent siblings still proceed and re-running resumes). Command: `ample up .`
4. **Verify**: Fetch the web service URL and its worker status route (/p/worker-queue/status in the example) and confirm the worker processed the enqueued job; on failure read the worker service's runtime logs. Command: `ample logs  --kind runtime`

## Limitations
- Verified on the ubuntu-24.04 template at s-1vcpu-1gb for both services with the example fixture; other sizes, templates, and Gin major versions are not verified.
- The ai chat application itself (your job payloads, retry policy, and scheduling) is application code and was not separately tested; the worker-queue check is what was verified.
- The worker is a single long-running process supervised in its own microVM; there is no scheduler, cron, or horizontal worker scaling in this recipe, and the check ran immediately after deploy so idle behavior of the worker VM is not verified.
- The worker service is private: it has no public URL and is reached only through the shared database; both services are placed with their database.

## Cost Estimate
- **Monthly Amount**: $15.00 USD  
  - Web server: 1 @ $5.00  
  - Worker server: 1 @ $5.00  
  - Managed PostgreSQL database: 1 @ $5.00  
  - Note: Always-on monthly price of the tested sizes for the web service, the worker service, and the database; apps auto-pause when idle.

## Success Checks
- Web service responds on its public URL: `/` should return `ample canary gin patterns`.
- Worker consumed the enqueued job: `/p/worker-queue/status` should return `worker=done attempts=1 result=processed-by-worker`.