Host approval workflow with Laravel: private attachments

Deploy a approval workflow built with Laravel on Ample using the private document library 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, a private S3-compatible bucket holds objects with credentials delivered as encrypted environment variables. Verified on Laravel: 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). Not separately tested: your identity integration and role assignments; treat the approval workflow-specific behavior as your application code.

Queries

• Host approval workflow with Laravel: private attachments
• Where can I host Approval workflow built with Laravel?
• I need attachment metadata, access checks and a tested private object access path.

Resource Requirements

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

Infrastructure Requirements

Compute

• Canonical Path: /discover/primitive/compute
• Status: verified
• Summary: Apps run in isolated x86_64 Firecracker microVMs that auto-pause when idle and wake on request; sizes are the priced VM sizes.

Postgres

• Canonical Path: /discover/primitive/postgres
• Status: verified
• Summary: Managed PostgreSQL 16 runs in its own microVM and is auto-provisioned when an app needs a database and no DATABASE_URL is supplied.

S3-compatible object storage

• Canonical Path: /discover/primitive/s3-compatible-object-storage
• Status: verified
• Summary: Buckets are S3-compatible with issued credentials; PutObject and GetObject are verified by canary. Other S3 operations are not verified.

Framework

Laravel

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. Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL
   The fixture's module implements private document library: 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). Copy the approach into your schema; keep migrations idempotent and run them with --release-command.
3. Wire object storage
   Create the bucket(s), then pass endpoint, region, bucket and keys as --env values. Use path-style addressing. Keep private data in an unpublished bucket.
4. 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.

   ample deploy . --name  --public --env S3_ENDPOINT=... --env S3_REGION=... --env S3_BUCKET=... --env S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=... --env S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=...
   

5. Verify
   Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) (/p/private-document-library) from the example; then run your own checks. On failure read ample logs --kind build then --kind runtime.

   ample logs  --kind build
   

Limitations

• Verified on the php-8.5 template at s-1vcpu-1gb with the example fixture; other sizes, templates, and Laravel major versions are not verified.
• The approval workflow itself (your identity integration and role assignments) is application code and was not separately tested; the pattern checks are what was verified.
• Region, compliance attestations, and request-duration limits are unknown and not claimed.
• Apps auto-pause when idle and wake on the next request; always-on is an operator setting, not a plan feature.
• Managed PostgreSQL 16 only; extensions, connection limits, and backup or restore procedures are not verified; apps and their databases are placed together.
• PutObject and GetObject with path-style addressing are verified; multipart upload, listing, presigned URLs, and lifecycle rules are not.

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: 10.0
• Basis: size prices from pricing.toml (loaded by the API)...

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

Examples

Laravel pattern fixture

• Description: Multi-pattern Laravel app whose private document library module was checked live; the module is under tests/deploy-canaries/_pattern-modules.
• Source Reference: tests/deploy-canaries/laravel-patterns

Success Checks

• App responds on its public URL
  • Kind: http_get
  • Path: /
  • Expect: ample canary laravel patterns
• Private-document-library self-test
  • Kind: http_get
  • Path: /p/private-document-library
  • Expect: private=ok (with ?role=owner; 401 without, 403 for viewer)

Evidence Summary

• Kind: canary_run
• Summary: Laravel pattern fixture deployed on Ample...
• Observed At: 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z
• Expires At: 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z

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