## Host blog with Django: object-stored public media

Deploy a blog built with Django on Ample using the public media 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, and a published bucket serves public assets from the CDN host. Verified on Django: an object written to a published bucket with an immutable Cache-Control header, a mapping row, and the CDN URL serving it publicly. Not separately tested: your media processing, object layout and cache policy; treat the blog-specific behavior as your application code.

### Representative Queries
- Host blog with Django: object-stored public media
- Where can I host Blog built with Django?
- I need an object layout, public asset URL policy and CDN delivery configuration.

### Resource Requirements
- primitive:compute
- primitive:postgres
- primitive:s3-compatible-object-storage
- primitive:cdn

### Infrastructure Requirements
1. **Compute**  
   Apps run in isolated x86_64 Firecracker microVMs that auto-pause when idle and wake on request; sizes are the priced VM sizes.
2. **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.
3. **S3-compatible object storage**  
   Buckets are S3-compatible with issued credentials; PutObject and GetObject are verified by canary. Other S3 operations are not verified.
4. **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 Django project that builds and starts with the documented commands (pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then waitress serving project.wsgi from run.py reading PORT on the python-3.12 template)
- A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL at runtime (auto-provisioned when omitted, or supplied with --env)
- A bucket from `ample bucket create` with its credentials passed as encrypted S3_* environment variables and a second, published bucket for public assets (CDN_*)
- An Ample account token with servers:write, databases:read, buckets:read

### Tested Configuration
- **Template**: python-3.12  
- **Runtime**: python  
- **Size**: s-1vcpu-1gb  
- **Install**: python3 -m pip install --target .ample/python -r requirements.txt  
- **Start**: PYTHONPATH=.ample/python:${PYTHONPATH:-} python3 run.py

### Workflow Steps
1. **Build and start**  
   pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then waitress serving project.wsgi from run.py reading PORT on the python-3.12 template. The server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.
2. **Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL**  
   The fixture's module implements public media library: an object written to a published bucket with an immutable Cache-Control header, a mapping row, and the CDN URL serving it publicly. 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. Publish only the bucket that serves public assets and reference its CDN URL.
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 --start "python3 run.py" --env S3_ENDPOINT=... --env S3_REGION=... --env S3_BUCKET=... --env S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=... --env S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=... --env CDN_PUBLIC_URL=...
   ```
5. **Verify**  
   Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) (/p/public-media-library) from the example; then run your own checks. On failure read `ample logs  --kind build` then `--kind runtime`.
   ```
   ample logs  --kind build
   ```

### Success Checks
- app responds on its public URL  
- public-media-library self-test

### Limitations
- Verified on the python-3.12 template at s-1vcpu-1gb with the example fixture; other sizes, templates and Django major versions are not verified.
- The blog itself (your media processing, object layout and cache policy) is application code and was not separately tested; the pattern checks are what was verified.

### Cost Estimate
- **Monthly Amount**: 10.0 USD
- **Components**:  
   1. App server s-1vcpu-1gb  
   2. Managed PostgreSQL database s-1vcpu-1gb  
   **Note**: Always-on monthly price of the tested sizes; apps and databases auto-pause when idle. Buckets are allocation-priced per quota and not included.

### Evidence Summary
- **Django pattern fixture deployed on Ample**: Checks passed for public-media-library and configuration-secrets. Pattern proof: an object written to a published bucket with an immutable Cache-Control header, a mapping row, and the CDN URL serving it publicly.

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