Host mobile backend with Hono: Postgres-backed state

Deploy a mobile backend built with Hono on Ample using the durable job state 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 Hono: a jobs table with a state and attempts counter, processing inside a row-locked transaction, and a second run that is a no-op (job=done attempts=1 idempotent=true). Not separately tested: your job types, payload schema and retry policy; treat the mobile backend-specific behavior as your application code.

Representative Queries

• Host mobile backend with Hono: Postgres-backed state
• Where can I host Mobile backend built with Hono?
• I need a durable state schema and retry/recovery semantics implemented by application code.

Resource Requirements

• Primitive Compute: Apps run in isolated x86_64 Firecracker microVMs that auto-pause when idle and wake on request; sizes are the priced VM sizes.
• Primitive 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.

Input Schema

• env: Encrypted environment variables (bucket credentials, secrets)
• name: App name (maxLength: 63, minLength: 1, pattern: ^[a-z0-9-]+$)
• path: Project directory or ample.toml service (maxLength: 512, minLength: 1)
• release_command: Migration command run before activation (maxLength: 512)

Workflow Steps

1. Build and start: npm install and npm run start with @hono/node-server on the node-22 template. The server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.
2. Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL: The fixture's module implements durable job state.
3. Deploy: Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result.
4. Verify: Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) and run your own checks.

Limitations

• Verified on the node-22 template at s-1vcpu-1gb with the example fixture; other sizes are not verified.
• The mobile backend itself (your job types, payload schema and retry policy) is application code and was not separately tested.

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: $10.00
• Components:
  • App server: s-1vcpu-1gb
  • Managed PostgreSQL database: s-1vcpu-1gb
• Note: Always-on monthly price; apps and databases auto-pause when idle.

Success Checks

1. App responds on its public URL.
2. Durable-job-state self-test passed.

Examples

• Hono pattern fixture: Multi-pattern Hono app whose durable job state module was checked live.