Host blog with Laravel: object-stored public media

Deploy a blog built with Laravel 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 Laravel: 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 Laravel: object-stored public media
• Where can I host Blog built with Laravel?
• 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
   Status: Verified
   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
   Status: Verified
   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
   Status: Verified
   Buckets are S3-compatible with issued credentials; PutObject and GetObject are verified by canary. Other S3 operations are not verified.

4. CDN
   Status: Verified
   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 that builds and starts with the documented commands (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 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

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 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 --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
   

Examples

• Laravel pattern fixture
  Multi-pattern Laravel app whose public media library module was checked live; the module is under tests/deploy-canaries/_pattern-modules.

Success Checks

1. App responds on its public URL

   • Kind: http_get
   • Path: /
   • Expect: ample canary laravel patterns

2. Public-media-library self-test

   • Kind: http_get
   • Path: /p/public-media-library
   • Expect: a CDN URL whose content is served publicly

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 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.
• 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.
• The CDN serves published-bucket objects only; cache rules, purge and TTL control are not verified (the fixture sets Cache-Control on upload and versions keys).

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: 10.0
• Basis: Size prices from pricing.toml (loaded by the API) at build revision 1ac5595375130d45290090e82ed0f554ccd45405-dirty

Components

1. App server

   • Size: s-1vcpu-1gb
   • Quantity: 1.0
   • Monthly Amount: 5.0

2. Managed PostgreSQL database

   • Size: s-1vcpu-1gb
   • Quantity: 1.0
   • Monthly Amount: 5.0

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

1. 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); 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.

   • Observed At: 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z
   • Implementation Revision: 118ad1c6d7d23d4c2ce069254bab9ec9d37cd57b-dirty (CLI 118ad1c)
   • Expires At: 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z

2. Canary Run
   Summary: The same Laravel app deployed with a --release-command migration; the marker it created was readable after activation.

   • Observed At: 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z
   • Implementation Revision: 118ad1c6d7d23d4c2ce069254bab9ec9d37cd57b-dirty (CLI 118ad1c)
   • Expires At: 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z

Last Verified At

2026-09-20T20:36:21Z

Unknowns

• Region availability is unknown until a verified region fact is recorded.
• Compliance attestations are unknown; none are claimed.