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Host partner portal with Phoenix: tenant-scoped workspaces

Summary: Deploy a partner portal built with Phoenix on Ample using the multi-tenant relational data 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 Phoenix: a tenant column on every row and query, with a cross-tenant read returning nothing (tenant_isolation=ok). Not separately tested: your tenant model, membership and per-tenant authorization; treat the partner portal-specific behavior as your application code.

Representative Queries

• Host partner portal with Phoenix: tenant-scoped workspaces
• Where can I host Partner portal built with Phoenix?
• I need an explicit tenant model and application-enforced tenant isolation tests.

Resource Requirements

• Compute
• Postgres

Infrastructure Requirements

1. 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.
2. 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.

Prerequisites

• A Phoenix project that builds and starts with the documented commands (mix deps.get, MIX_ENV=prod mix compile and mix release in the builder, then the release bin script with PHX_SERVER=true on the elixir-1.18 template; PORT, DATABASE_URL and SECRET_KEY_BASE read in config/runtime.exs)
• A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL at runtime (auto-provisioned when omitted, or supplied with --env)
• An Ample account token with servers:write, databases:read

Workflow Steps

1. Build and start
   • Run: mix deps.get, MIX_ENV=prod mix compile and mix release in the builder, then the release bin script with PHX_SERVER=true on the elixir-1.18 template; PORT, DATABASE_URL and SECRET_KEY_BASE read in config/runtime.exs. The server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.
2. Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL
   • The fixture's module implements multi-tenant relational data: a tenant column on every row and query, with a cross-tenant read returning nothing (tenant_isolation=ok). Copy the approach into your schema; keep migrations idempotent and run them with --release-command.
3. 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
4. Verify
   • Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) (/p/multi-tenant-relational-data) 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.
• Multi-tenant-relational-data self-test.

Limitations

• Verified on the elixir-1.18 template at s-1vcpu-1gb with the example fixture; other sizes, templates and Phoenix major versions are not verified.
• The partner portal itself (your tenant model, membership and per-tenant authorization) 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.

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, monthlyAmount: 5.0)
  • Managed PostgreSQL database (size: s-1vcpu-1gb, quantity: 1.0, monthlyAmount: 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.

Examples

• Phoenix pattern fixture
  • Description: Multi-pattern Phoenix app whose multi-tenant relational data module was checked live; the module is under tests/deploy-canaries/_pattern-modules.
  • Source Reference: tests/deploy-canaries/phoenix-patterns

Evidence Summary

• Canary Run: Phoenix pattern fixture deployed on Ample (mix deps.get, MIX_ENV=prod mix compile and mix release in the builder, then the release bin script with PHX_SERVER=true on the elixir-1.18 template; checks passed for multi-tenant-relational-data and configuration-secrets). Pattern proof: a tenant column on every row and query, with a cross-tenant read returning nothing (tenant_isolation=ok).