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Host blog with Nuxt: Postgres-backed content

Deploy a blog built with Nuxt on Ample using the relational records 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, and a published bucket serves public assets from the CDN host. Verified on Nuxt: a workspace-scoped table, an explicit state machine (draft to review to published) that rejects invalid transitions, and a cross-workspace read that returns nothing (transitions=true isolation=true). Not separately tested: your record schema, states and access rules; treat the blog-specific behavior as your application code.

Representative Queries

Host blog with Nuxt: Postgres-backed content
Where can I host Blog built with Nuxt?
I need a content schema, publishing workflow and cache behavior after content updates.

Resource Requirements

primitive:compute
primitive:postgres
primitive:cdn

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.
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 Nuxt project that builds and starts with the documented commands (nuxt build then node .output/server/index.mjs (reads HOST and PORT) on the node-22 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
An Ample account token with servers:write, databases:read, buckets:read

Workflow Steps

Build and start: nuxt build then node .output/server/index.mjs (reads HOST and PORT) on the node-22 template. The server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.
Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL: The fixture's module implements relational records: a workspace-scoped table, an explicit state machine (draft to review to published) that rejects invalid transitions...
Wire object storage: Create the bucket(s), then pass endpoint, region, bucket and keys as --env values.
Deploy: Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result...
Verify: Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s)...

Examples

Nuxt pattern fixture: Multi-pattern Nuxt app whose relational records module was checked live; the module is under tests/deploy-canaries/_pattern-modules.

Success Checks

app responds on its public URL
relational-records self-test

Limitations

Verified on the node-22 template at s-1vcpu-1gb with the example fixture...

Cost Estimate

Monthly Amount: 10.0 USD
Components:
- app server (size: s-1vcpu-1gb, quantity: 1.0, monthlyAmount: 5.0)
- managed PostgreSQL database (size: s-1vcpu-1gb, quantity: 1.0, monthlyAmount: 5.0)