# Host storefront with Symfony: public product media

## Summary
Deploy a storefront built with Symfony 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 Symfony: 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 Symfony: public product media
- Where can I host Storefront built with Symfony?
- I need product-to-object mappings and a tested public media delivery path.

## Resource Requirements
- Compute
- PostgreSQL
- S3-compatible object storage
- 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.

### PostgreSQL
- **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.

### 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.

### 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.

## Prerequisites
- A Symfony project that builds and starts with the documented commands (composer install --no-dev from composer.lock with Symfony Runtime's dotenv disabled).
- A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL at runtime.
- A bucket created with credentials passed as encrypted environment variables and a second, published bucket for public assets.
- An Ample account token with necessary permissions.

## Workflow Steps
1. **Build and start**: composer install --no-dev from composer.lock with Symfony Runtime's dotenv disabled. 
2. **Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL**: Copy the approach into your schema; keep migrations idempotent.
3. **Wire object storage**: Create the bucket(s) and pass required parameters as --env values.
4. **Deploy**: Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result.
5. **Verify**: Fetch the live URL and sample your own checks.

## Success Checks
- App responds on its public URL
- Public-media-library self-test

## Limitations
- Verified on php-8.5 template; other sizes and versions are not.
- Region and compliance attestations are unknown.

## Cost Estimate
- **Currency:** USD
- **Monthly Amount:** 10.00
- **Basis:** size prices from pricing.toml (loaded by the API).

### Components
- App server (size: s-1vcpu-1gb) - $5.00
- Managed PostgreSQL database (size: s-1vcpu-1gb) - $5.00