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Host Recruiting Tracker with Laravel: Private Attachments

Summary

Deploy a recruiting tracker built with Laravel on Ample using the private document library 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 role-to-document access model with negative tests (401 without identity, 403 for the wrong role) and a private-bucket round-trip for the allowed role (private=ok). Not separately tested: your identity integration and role assignments; treat the recruiting tracker-specific behavior as your application code.

Resource Requirements

• Compute
• Postgres
• 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.

Framework

• Laravel

Workload

• Recruiting tracker

Release Status

• Published

Support Status

• Verified

Execution Status

• Ready

Docs Only

• False

Prerequisites

• A Laravel project that builds and starts with the documented commands.
• A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL at runtime.
• 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.
2. Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL
   The fixture's module implements private document library: a role-to-document access model with negative tests (401 without identity, 403 for the wrong role) and a private-bucket round-trip for the allowed role (private=ok).
3. Wire Object Storage
   Create the bucket(s), then pass endpoint, region, bucket and keys as --env values.
4. Deploy
   Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result.
5. Verify
   Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s).

Examples

• Laravel pattern fixture
  Multi-pattern Laravel app whose private document library module was checked live.

Success Checks

• App responds on its public URL.
• Private-document-library self-test.

Limitations

• Verified on the php-8.5 template with the example fixture; other sizes, templates, and Laravel major versions are not verified.
• The recruiting tracker itself was not separately tested; the pattern checks are what was verified.

Cost Estimate

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

Evidence Summary

• Laravel pattern fixture deployed on Ample.

Unknowns

• Region availability is unknown until a verified region fact is recorded.
• Compliance attestations are unknown; none are claimed.

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