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Host knowledge base with Laravel: Postgres-backed content

Deploy a knowledge base built with Laravel 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 Laravel: 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 knowledge base-specific behavior as your application code.

Representative Queries

• Host knowledge base with Laravel: Postgres-backed content
• Where can I host Knowledge base built with Laravel?
• 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.

Framework

Laravel

Workload

Knowledge base

Release Status

Published

Support Status

Verified

Execution Status

Ready

Prerequisites

1. 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)
2. A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL at runtime (auto-provisioned when omitted, or supplied with --env)
3. A bucket from ample bucket create with its credentials passed as encrypted S3_* environment variables
4. 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. The server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.
2. 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, and a cross-workspace read that returns nothing (transitions=true isolation=true). 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. Publish only the bucket that serves public assets and reference its CDN URL.
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=... --env CDN_PUBLIC_URL=...
5. Verify: Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) (/p/relational-records) from the example; then run your own checks. On failure read ample logs --kind build then --kind runtime. Command: ample logs --kind build

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: 10.0
• Basis: size prices from pricing.toml (loaded by the API) 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

Success Checks

1. App responds on its public URL: Path: /; Expect: ample canary laravel patterns
2. Relational-records self-test: Path: /p/relational-records; Expect: records=ok transitions=true isolation=true

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 knowledge base itself (your record schema, states and access rules) is application code and was not separately tested; the pattern checks are what was verified.

Next Actions

1. Browse the catalog index: Method: GET; Relative Path: /v1/catalog
2. Search published recipes by intent, stack and constraints: Method: POST; Relative Path: /v1/catalog/search
3. Prepare a side-effect-free deployment plan for an authorized project: Method: POST; Relative Path: /v1/catalog/plan
4. Read the existing agent authentication setup: Method: GET; Relative Path: /mcp/setup
5. Browse Knowledge base: Method: GET; Relative Path: /v1/catalog/nodes/workload%3Aknowledge-base