# B2B SaaS: documentation site using Laravel

## Summary

A documentation site blueprint for b2b saas built with Laravel on Ample. Domain schema: customer_workspaces (name, plan, seat_count, created_at): customer tenants; workspace_members (workspace_id, email, role): members and roles per workspace; doc_versions (product_version, title, object_key, published_at): versioned product documentation; customer_assets (workspace_id, title, object_key, visibility): assets scoped to one customer; state_transitions (record_type, from_state, to_state): the allowed state machine. Public information: product documentation by version, pricing and plan comparison, status and changelog.

## Infrastructure requirements

- Compute: verified (Apps run in isolated x86_64 Firecracker microVMs that auto-pause when idle and wake on request; sizes are the priced VM sizes.)
- Postgres: verified (Managed PostgreSQL 16 runs in its own microVM and is auto-provisioned when an app needs a database and no DATABASE_URL is supplied.)
- CDN: verified (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 Laravel project (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 (auto-provisioned when omitted)
- Bucket credentials from `ample bucket create` passed as encrypted S3_* environment variables and a published bucket for public assets (CDN_*)
- A review of which b2b saas data classes may be handled at all; this blueprint models public information only

## Exact 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`

## Steps

1. **Model the b2b saas domain.** Create the tables customer_workspaces, workspace_members, doc_versions, customer_assets, state_transitions. Customer tenants lives in customer_workspaces; keep the sensitive classes (customer data inside workspaces, usage and billing records, support attachments) out of this schema.
2. **Workflow step 1.** Model versioned documents with a state machine (draft, review, published) scoped to a product version
3. **Workflow step 2.** Publish assets for released versions to the CDN bucket
4. **Workflow step 3.** Serve only published versions publicly
5. **Workflow step 4.** Deploy and verify the version list and a published page
6. **Deploy.** Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result. Re-running with no change is a no-op.
   
   ```
   ample deploy . --name <app-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=...
   ```
7. **Verify.** Run the pattern self-test(s) from the example (/p/relational-records) and your own acceptance checks for the b2b saas workflow.
   
   ```
   ample logs <deployment_id> --kind build
   ```

## Tested examples

- **Laravel pattern fixture** (tests/deploy-canaries/laravel-patterns): Verified relational records basis for this blueprint.

## Success checks

- app responds on its public URL (`/` on the live URL, expect ample canary laravel patterns)
- relational-records self-test from the example (`/p/relational-records` on the live URL, expect see the pattern fixture checks)

## Limitations

- The technical basis (relational records on Laravel) was verified with the pattern fixture; the b2b saas schema and workflow are an original design for this blueprint and were not executed as a separate application.
- No health, financial, privacy or other compliance claim is made. Customer workspace data is tenant-scoped; isolation is application-enforced and no security certification is claimed.
- Public content and synthetic examples only until actual data-handling requirements have been reviewed.
- Verified on the php-8.5 template at s-1vcpu-1gb; region, request-duration limits and other sizes are unknown or unverified.
- Managed PostgreSQL 16 only; extensions, connection limits and backup or restore procedures are not verified.
- PutObject and GetObject with path-style addressing are verified; other S3 operations and CDN cache rules are not.

## Cost estimate

Estimated 10.00 USD per month (size prices from pricing.toml at build revision a1b8c38919e59cd035ebabaced73cf84ece24371).
- app server x1 `s-1vcpu-1gb`: 5.00 USD
- managed PostgreSQL database x1 `s-1vcpu-1gb`: 5.00 USD

Always-on monthly price of the tested sizes; apps and databases auto-pause when idle. Buckets are allocation-priced per quota and not included.

## Verification evidence

- canary_run on 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z at revision `118ad1c6d7d23d4c2ce069254bab9ec9d37cd57b-dirty (CLI 118ad1c)`: 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); the relational records checks passed: a workspace-scoped table, an explicit state machine (draft to review to published) that rejects invalid transitions, and a cross-workspace read that returns nothing (transitions=true isolation=true). The blueprint's B2B SaaS schema and workflow below build on that verified basis and were not separately executed. (expires 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z)

Last verified: 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z

## Execution binding

MCP tool `ample_deploy` (registry `mcp:ample_deploy`), schema hash `876465fce906da0c` observed 2026-09-21T03:19:59.461917+00:00 at revision `49962bcade4f`, binding state `current`, required scopes: servers:write, databases:read, buckets:read.