Host event registration with Django: structured data imports

Deploy an event registration built with Django 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 Django: 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 event registration-specific behavior as your application code.

Resource Requirements

• Compute
• Postgres
• S3-compatible object storage

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 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 Keep private data in an unpublished bucket.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.

   ample deploy . --name <app-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=...
   

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 <app-name> --kind build then --kind runtime.

   ample logs --kind build
   

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 event registration 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.

Success Checks

• App responds on its public URL
  • Kind: http_get
    Path: /
    Expect: ample canary django patterns
• Bulk-import-staging self-test
  • Kind: http_get
    Path: /p/bulk-import-staging
    Expect: imported=2 rejected=1 restart=ok

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "env": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^[A-Z][A-Z0-9_]*=.*$"
      },
      "maxItems": 50
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 63,
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9-]+$"
    },
    "path": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 512
    },
    "release_command": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 512
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 512
    }
  },
  "required": ["env", "name", "path", "start"],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Example

• Django pattern fixture
  Multi-pattern Django app whose bulk import staging module was checked live; the module is under tests/deploy-canaries/_pattern-modules.