page:recipes:storefront:laravel:product media

Host storefront with Laravel: public product media

Summary

Deploy a storefront built with Laravel on Ample using the public media 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, and a published bucket serves public assets from the CDN host. Verified on Laravel: an object written to a published bucket with an immutable Cache-Control header, a mapping row, and the CDN URL serving it publicly. Not separately tested: your media processing, object layout and cache policy; treat the storefront-specific behavior as your application code.

Resource Requirements

primitive:compute
primitive:postgres
primitive:s3-compatible-object-storage
primitive:cdn

Infrastructure Requirements

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.
- Compute Details
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.
- Postgres Details
S3-compatible object storage
- Status: verified
- Summary: Buckets are S3-compatible with issued credentials; PutObject and GetObject are verified by canary. Other S3 operations are not verified.
- S3 Details
CDN
- Status: verified
- Summary: The CDN host serves objects from published buckets. It does not front app compute and is not a cache or key-value store.
- CDN Details

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 required scopes.

Tested Configuration

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

Workflow Steps

Build and start
Build your application using the installation commands provided and bind it to the public directory.
Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL
Implement public media library in your schema.
Wire object storage
Set up your S3 bucket and ensure proper environment variables are configured.

Deploy
Run the deployment command and analyze the results.

ample deploy . --name  --public --env S3_ENDPOINT=... --env S3_REGION=... --env S3_BUCKET=... --env S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=... --env S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=... --env CDN_PUBLIC_URL=...

Verify
Conduct checks to confirm deployment and functionality.
```
ample logs  --kind build
```

Examples

Laravel pattern fixture

Description: Multi-pattern Laravel app where public media library module was checked live.