Host storefront with Next.js: public product media

Deploy a storefront built with Next.js 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 Next.js: 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.

Representative Queries

• Host storefront with Next.js: public product media
• Where can I host Storefront built with Next.js?
• I need product-to-object mappings and a tested public media delivery path.

Resource Requirements

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

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.
• CDN: The CDN host serves objects from published buckets. It does not front app compute and is not a cache or key-value store.

Prerequisites

• A Next.js project that builds and starts with the documented commands (next build then next start -H 0.0.0.0 -p $PORT on the node-22 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 and a second, published bucket for public assets (CDN_*)
• An Ample account token with servers:write, databases:read, buckets:read

Workflow Steps

1. Build and start: next build then next start -H 0.0.0.0 -p $PORT on the node-22 template. The server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.
2. Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL: 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. Publish only the bucket that serves public assets and reference its CDN URL.
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.
5. Verify: Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) (/p/public-media-library) from the example; then run your own checks.

Limitations

• Verified on the node-22 template at s-1vcpu-1gb with the example fixture; other sizes, templates, and Next.js major versions are not verified.
• The storefront itself (your media processing, object layout, and cache policy) is application code and was not separately tested; the pattern checks are what was verified.
• PutObject and GetObject with path-style addressing are verified; multipart upload, listing, presigned URLs, and lifecycle rules are not.

Cost Estimate

• Currency: USD
• Monthly Amount: $10.00
• Components:
  • app server: s-1vcpu-1gb, quantity: 1.0, monthlyAmount: $5.0
  • managed PostgreSQL database: s-1vcpu-1gb, quantity: 1.0, monthlyAmount: $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.

Examples

• Next.js pattern fixture: Multi-pattern Next.js app whose public media library module was checked live; the module is under tests/deploy-canaries/_pattern-modules.

Success Checks

• App responds on its public URL.
• Public-media-library self-test.