Host inventory manager with ASP.NET Core: downloadable reports

Deploy a inventory manager built with ASP.NET Core on Ample using the generated downloads 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 ASP.NET Core: an export query rendered to a CSV artifact stored with metadata in a private bucket and returned only to an authorized caller (401 without token, export=ok rows=3). Not separately tested: your export formats, retention policy and entitlement model; treat the inventory manager-specific behavior as your application code.

Representative Queries

• Host inventory manager with ASP.NET Core: downloadable reports
• Where can I host Inventory manager built with ASP.NET Core?
• I need an export query, generated artifact retention and authorized download flow.

Resource Requirements

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

Infrastructure Requirements

Compute

• ID: primitive:compute
• Label: 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.

Postgres

• ID: primitive:postgres
• Label: 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.

S3-compatible object storage

• ID: primitive:s3-compatible-object-storage
• Label: 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 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)
• 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
   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 generated downloads: an export query rendered to a CSV artifact stored with metadata in a private bucket and returned only to an authorized caller (401 without token, export=ok rows=3). 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  --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/generated-downloads) from the example; then run your own checks. On failure read ample logs --kind build then --kind runtime.

   ample logs  --kind build
   

Success Checks

• HTTP Get on public URL: app responds on its public URL
• Generated-downloads self-test: /p/generated-downloads returns export=ok rows=3 (with ?token=...; 401 without)

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 inventory manager itself (your export formats, retention policy and entitlement model) 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 (loaded by the API) at build revision 1ac5595375130d45290090e82ed0f554ccd45405-dirty

• 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.

Evidence Summary

1. Canary run: ASP.NET Core pattern fixture deployed on Ample. Checks passed for generated-downloads and configuration-secrets.
2. Canary run: The same ASP.NET Core app deployed with a --release-command migration; the marker it created was readable after activation.

Next Actions

• Browse the catalog index: GET /v1/catalog
• Search published recipes by intent, stack and constraints: POST /v1/catalog/search
• Prepare a side-effect-free deployment plan for an authorized project: POST /v1/catalog/plan
• Read the existing agent authentication setup: GET /mcp/setup
• Browse Inventory manager: GET /v1/catalog/nodes/workload%3Ainventory-manager
• Browse ASP.NET Core: GET /v1/catalog/nodes/stack%3Aframework-asp-net-core
• Browse Generated downloads: GET /v1/catalog/nodes/pattern%3Agenerated-downloads
• Browse Deploy web app: GET /v1/catalog/nodes/intent%3Adeploy-web-app