# Host product catalog with Laravel: authorized file delivery

Deploy a product catalog built with Laravel 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 Laravel: 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 product catalog-specific behavior as your application code.

## Representative Queries
- Host product catalog with Laravel: authorized file delivery
- Where can I host Product catalog built with Laravel?
- I need a file entitlement model and an application-enforced download authorization flow.

## Resource Requirements
- primitive:compute
- primitive:postgres
- primitive:s3-compatible-object-storage

## 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.
- **S3-compatible object storage**  
  Buckets are S3-compatible with issued credentials; PutObject and GetObject are verified by canary. Other S3 operations are not verified.

## Prerequisites
- 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)
- 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

## Tested Configuration
- **Template:** php-8.5  
- **Runtime:** php  
- **Size:** s-1vcpu-1gb  
- **Install:** composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist --no-interaction --no-progress --optimize-autoloader  
- **Start:** frankenphp php-server --listen :$PORT --root public

## 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 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
- **App responds on its public URL**  
  - **Kind:** http_get  
  - **Path:** /  
  - **Expect:** ample canary laravel patterns
- **Generated-downloads self-test**  
  - **Kind:** http_get  
  - **Path:** /p/generated-downloads  
  - **Expect:** export=ok rows=3 (with ?token=...; 401 without)

## 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 product catalog 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 verified.

## 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  
- **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
- **Canary Run:**  
  Laravel pattern fixture deployed on Ample (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); checks passed for generated-downloads and configuration-secrets. Pattern proof: 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). 
  - **Observed At:** 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z  
  - **Implementation Revision:** 118ad1c6d7d23d4c2ce069254bab9ec9d37cd57b-dirty (CLI 118ad1c)  
  - **Expires At:** 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z  
  - **Scope:**  
    - **Checks:** /p/generated-downloads  
    - **Pattern:** pattern:generated-downloads  
    - **Template:** php-8.5

## Next Actions
- **Browse the catalog index**  
  - **Method:** GET  
  - **Path:** /v1/catalog  
- **Search published recipes by intent, stack and constraints**  
  - **Operation ID:** search_recipes  
  - **Method:** POST  
  - **Path:** /v1/catalog/search  
  - **Parameters:**  
    - **Body:**  
      - **Limit:** 5  
      - **Query:** Host product catalog with Laravel: authorized file delivery  
- **Prepare a side-effect-free deployment plan for an authorized project**  
  - **Operation ID:** plan_deployment  
  - **Method:** POST  
  - **Path:** /v1/catalog/plan  
- **Read the existing agent authentication setup**  
  - **Method:** GET  
  - **Path:** /mcp/setup  
- **Browse Product catalog**  
  - **Operation ID:** browse_node  
  - **Method:** GET  
  - **Path:** /v1/catalog/nodes/workload%3Aproduct-catalog  
- **Browse Laravel**  
  - **Operation ID:** browse_node  
  - **Method:** GET  
  - **Path:** /v1/catalog/nodes/stack%3Aframework-laravel  
- **Browse Generated downloads**  
  - **Operation ID:** browse_node  
  - **Method:** GET  
  - **Path:** /v1/catalog/nodes/pattern%3Agenerated-downloads  
- **Browse Deploy web app**  
  - **Operation ID:** browse_node  
  - **Method:** GET  
  - **Path:** /v1/catalog/nodes/intent%3Adeploy-web-app