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Host storefront with Laravel: inventory imports

Deploy a storefront 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 storefront-specific behavior as your application code.

Representative Queries

• Host storefront with Laravel: inventory imports
• Where can I host Storefront 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

• 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 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

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

Success Checks

• Description: app responds on its public URL
  • Kind: http_get
  • Path: /
  • Expect: ample canary laravel patterns
• Description: bulk-import-staging self-test
  • Kind: http_get
  • Path: /p/bulk-import-staging
  • Expect: imported=2 rejected=1 restart=ok

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 storefront 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

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: 10.0
• Basis: size prices from pricing.toml (loaded by the API) at build revision 1ac5595375130d45290090e82ed0f554ccd45405-dirty
• Components:
  • App Server: s-1vcpu-1gb, Quantity: 1.0, Monthly Amount: 5.0
  • Managed PostgreSQL Database: 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

1. Kind: canary_run
   • Summary: 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 bulk-import-staging and configuration-secrets. Pattern proof: 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).
   • Observed At: 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z
   • Implementation Revision: 118ad1c6d7d23d4c2ce069254bab9ec9d37cd57b-dirty (CLI 118ad1c)
   • Expires At: 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z
   • Scope: /
2. Kind: canary_run
   • Summary: The same Laravel app deployed with a --release-command migration; the marker it created was readable after activation.
   • Observed At: 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z
   • Implementation Revision: 118ad1c6d7d23d4c2ce069254bab9ec9d37cd57b-dirty (CLI 118ad1c)
   • Expires At: 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z
   • Scope: pattern:bulk-import-staging

Last Verified At

• 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z

Formats

• HTML: ample.computer
• Markdown: ample.computer
• JSON: api.ample.computer

Next Actions

• Browse the catalog index: /v1/catalog
• Search published recipes by intent, stack and constraints: POST /v1/catalog/search
• Prepare a side-effect-free deployment plan: POST /v1/catalog/plan
• Read the existing agent authentication setup: /mcp/setup
• Browse Storefront: /v1/catalog/nodes/workload%3Astorefront
• Browse Laravel: /v1/catalog/nodes/stack%3Aframework-laravel
• Browse Bulk import staging: /v1/catalog/nodes/pattern%3Abulk-import-staging
• Browse Deploy web app: /v1/catalog/nodes/intent%3Adeploy-web-app