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Host community forum with ASP.NET Core: tenant-scoped workspaces

Summary

Deploy a community forum built with ASP.NET Core on Ample using the multi-tenant relational data 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. Verified on ASP.NET Core: a tenant column on every row and query, with a cross-tenant read returning nothing (tenant_isolation=ok). Not separately tested: your tenant model, membership and per-tenant authorization; treat the community forum-specific behavior as your application code.

Representative Queries

• Host community forum with ASP.NET Core: tenant-scoped workspaces
• Where can I host Community forum built with ASP.NET Core?
• I need an explicit tenant model and application-enforced tenant isolation tests.

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 ASP.NET Core project that builds and starts with the documented commands (dotnet publish -c Release -o out in the builder, then dotnet .dll on the dotnet-10 template with ASPNETCORE_URLS bound to PORT)
• A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL at runtime (auto-provisioned when omitted, or supplied with --env)
• An Ample account token with servers:write, databases:read

Tested Configuration

• Template: dotnet-10
• Runtime: dotnet
• Size: s-1vcpu-1gb
• Build: dotnet publish -c Release -o out
• Start: ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:$PORT dotnet out/$(basename $(ls out/*.runtimeconfig.json | head -n 1) .runtimeconfig.json).dll

Workflow Steps

1. Build and start: dotnet publish -c Release -o out in the builder, then dotnet .dll on the dotnet-10 template with ASPNETCORE_URLS bound to PORT. The server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.

2. Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL: The fixture's module implements multi-tenant relational data: a tenant column on every row and query, with a cross-tenant read returning nothing (tenant_isolation=ok). Copy the approach into your schema; keep migrations idempotent and run them with --release-command.

3. 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.

   Command: ample deploy . --name <YOUR_APP_NAME> --public

4. Verify: Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) (/p/multi-tenant-relational-data) from the example; then run your own checks. On failure read ample logs <YOUR_APP_NAME> --kind build then --kind runtime.

   Command: ample logs <YOUR_APP_NAME> --kind build

Examples

• ASP.NET Core pattern fixture: Multi-pattern ASP.NET Core app whose multi-tenant relational data module was checked live; the module is under tests/deploy-canaries/_pattern-modules.

Success Checks

• App responds on its public URL: http_get / expecting response ample canary asp net core patterns
• Multi-tenant-relational-data self-test: http_get /p/multi-tenant-relational-data expecting response tenant_isolation=ok

Limitations

• Verified on the dotnet-10 template at s-1vcpu-1gb with the example fixture; other sizes, templates and ASP.NET Core major versions are not verified.
• The community forum itself (your tenant model, membership and per-tenant authorization) 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.

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: 10.0
• Basis: Size prices from pricing.toml at build revision 1ac5595375130d45290090e82ed0f554ccd45405-dirty
• 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
• 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.