Host CRM with Laravel: CSV Imports

Deploy a CRM built with Laravel on Ample using the bulk import staging 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 CSV staged as an object, row-level validation with per-row errors recorded, and a restart-safe import keyed by import id (imported=2 rejected=1 restart=ok). Not separately tested: your import format, mapping, and conflict rules; treat the CRM-specific behavior as your application code.

Summary

• Family: Workload recipe
• Framework: Laravel
• Workload: CRM
• Release Status: published
• Support Status: verified
• Execution Status: ready
• Docs Only: false

Representative Queries

• Host CRM with Laravel: CSV imports
• Where can I host CRM built with Laravel?
• I need a domain CSV format, row validation, deduplication, and an import recovery path.

Resource Requirements

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

Infrastructure Requirements

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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
• 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.

2. Implement the Pattern on PostgreSQL

   • The fixture's module implements bulk import staging: a CSV staged as an object, row-level validation with per-row errors recorded, and a restart-safe import keyed by import id (imported=2 rejected=1 restart=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.
   • Command: 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/bulk-import-staging) from the example; then run your own checks. On failure read ample logs --kind build then --kind runtime.
   • Command: ample logs --kind build

Success Checks

• App responds on its public URL

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

• Bulk-import-staging self-test

  • Kind: http_get
  • Path: /p/bulk-import-staging
  • Expect: imported=2 rejected=1 restart=ok

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 CRM itself (your import format, mapping, and conflict rules) 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 at build revision 1ac5595375130d45290090e82ed0f554ccd45405-dirty
• 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
• 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; checks passed for bulk-import-staging and configuration-secrets.
   • Observed At: 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z

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

Next Actions

1. Browse the catalog index
   • Operation ID: catalog_index
   • Method: GET
   • Relative Path: /v1/catalog
2. Search published recipes by intent, stack, and constraints
   • Operation ID: search_recipes
   • Method: POST
   • Relative Path: /v1/catalog/search
   • Parameters: { body: { limit: 5, query: "Host crm with Laravel: CSV imports" } }
3. Prepare a side-effect-free deployment plan for an authorized project
   • Operation ID: plan_deployment
   • Method: POST
   • Relative Path: /v1/catalog/plan
4. Read the existing agent authentication setup
   • Operation ID: existing_auth_setup
   • Method: GET
   • Relative Path: /mcp/setup
5. Browse CRM
   • Operation ID: browse_node
   • Method: GET
   • Relative Path: /v1/catalog/nodes/workload%3Acrm
6. Browse Laravel
   • Operation ID: browse_node
   • Method: GET
   • Relative Path: /v1/catalog/nodes/stack%3Aframework-laravel
7. Browse Bulk import staging
   • Operation ID: browse_node
   • Method: GET
   • Relative Path: /v1/catalog/nodes/pattern%3Abulk-import-staging
8. Browse Deploy web app
   • Operation ID: browse_node
   • Method: GET
   • Relative Path: /v1/catalog/nodes/intent%3Adeploy-web-app