Host order tracking with Next.js: inventory imports

Deploy an order tracking built with Next.js 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 Next.js: 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 order tracking-specific behavior as your application code.

Representative Queries

• Host order tracking with Next.js: inventory imports
• Where can I host Order tracking built with Next.js?
• I need an inventory import contract, staging objects and row-level error handling.

Resource Requirements

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

Infrastructure Requirements

1. Compute: 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: 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: Buckets are S3-compatible with issued credentials; PutObject and GetObject are verified by canary. Other S3 operations are not verified.

Execution Status

• Framework: Next.js
• Workload: Order tracking
• Release Status: published
• Support Status: verified
• Execution Status: ready

Prerequisites

• A Next.js project that builds and starts with the documented commands (next build then next start -H 0.0.0.0 -p $PORT on the node-22 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: next build then next start -H 0.0.0.0 -p $PORT 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 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: ample canary next js patterns
• bulk-import-staging self-test: imported=2 rejected=1 restart=ok

Limitations

• Verified on the node-22 template at s-1vcpu-1gb with the example fixture; other sizes, templates and Next.js major versions are not verified.
• The order tracking itself (your import format, mapping and conflict rules) is application code and was not separately tested; the pattern checks are what was verified.
• Managed PostgreSQL 16 only; extensions, connection limits and backup or restore procedures are not verified; apps and their databases are placed together.

Cost Estimate

• Monthly Amount: 10.0 USD
• Components:
  • App server: s-1vcpu-1gb, Quantity: 1.0, Monthly Amount: 5.0 USD
  • Managed PostgreSQL database: s-1vcpu-1gb, Quantity: 1.0, Monthly Amount: 5.0 USD
• Note: Always-on monthly price of the tested sizes; apps and databases auto-pause when idle.

Next Actions

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

Examples

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