Host Product Catalog with Laravel: Inventory Imports

Summary

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

Representative Queries

• Host product catalog with Laravel: inventory imports
• Where can I host Product catalog built with Laravel?
• 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

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

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 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 Keep private data in an unpublished bucket.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

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 import format, mapping, and conflict rules) 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

• Monthly Amount: $10.00 (USD)
  • Basis: size prices from pricing.toml (loaded by the API) at build revision 1ac5595375130d45290090e82ed0f554ccd45405-dirty
  • Components:
  • App server: 1.0 size s-1vcpu-1gb - $5.00
  • Managed PostgreSQL database: 1.0 size s-1vcpu-1gb - $5.00
• 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

• Title: Laravel pattern fixture
  Description: Multi-pattern Laravel app whose bulk import staging module was checked live; the module is under tests/deploy-canaries/_pattern-modules.
  Source Reference: tests/deploy-canaries/laravel-patterns

Next Actions

• Action ID: browse-catalog
  Label: Browse the catalog index
  Method: GET
  Relative Path: /v1/catalog
• Action ID: search-recipes
  Label: Search published recipes by intent, stack, and constraints
  Method: POST
  Relative Path: /v1/catalog/search
  Parameters: {"body":{"limit":5,"query":"Host product catalog with Laravel: inventory imports"}}
• Action ID: plan:page:recipes:product-catalog:laravel:inventory-imports
  Label: Prepare a side-effect-free deployment plan for an authorized project
  Method: POST
  Relative Path: /v1/catalog/plan
  Parameters: {"body":{"inputs":{},"projectId":"","recipeId":"page:recipes:product-catalog:laravel:inventory-imports","recipeRevision":"r1"}}
• Action ID: auth-setup
  Label: Read the existing agent authentication setup
  Method: GET
  Relative Path: /mcp/setup
• Action ID: browse:workload:product-catalog
  Label: Browse Product catalog
  Method: GET
  Relative Path: /v1/catalog/nodes/workload%3Aproduct-catalog
  Parameters: {"nodeId":"workload:product-catalog"}
• Action ID: browse:stack:framework-laravel
  Label: Browse Laravel
  Method: GET
  Relative Path: /v1/catalog/nodes/stack%3Aframework-laravel
  Parameters: {"nodeId":"stack:framework-laravel"}
• Action ID: browse:pattern:bulk-import-staging
  Label: Browse Bulk import staging
  Method: GET
  Relative Path: /v1/catalog/nodes/pattern%3Abulk-import-staging
  Parameters: {"nodeId":"pattern:bulk-import-staging"}
• Action ID: browse:intent:deploy-web-app
  Label: Browse Deploy web app
  Method: GET
  Relative Path: /v1/catalog/nodes/intent%3Adeploy-web-app
  Parameters: {"nodeId":"intent:deploy-web-app"}