Wholesale distributors: inventory manager using Next.js | Ample
INFRASTRUCTURE
What it needs
- 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.)
- S3-compatible object storage: verified (Buckets are S3-compatible with issued credentials; PutObject and GetObject are verified by canary. Other S3 operations are not verified.)
PREREQUISITES
Before you start
- A Next.js project (next build then next start -H 0.0.0.0 -p $PORT on the node-22 template)
- A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL (auto-provisioned when omitted)
- Bucket credentials from
ample bucket createpassed as encrypted S3_* environment variables - A review of which wholesale distributors data classes may be handled at all; this blueprint models public information only
STEP BY STEP
How to do it
Model the wholesale distributors domain
Create the tables products, stock_movements, orders, order_lines, events. Sku catalog with case sizes lives in products; keep the sensitive classes (account pricing tiers, credit terms, delivery addresses) out of this schema.
Workflow step 1
Model SKUs and stock movements; derive stock from movements
Workflow step 2
Apply movements transactionally with an optimistic version check on the SKU
Workflow step 3
Record an event per movement for history
Workflow step 4
Deploy and verify history and rejected stale updates
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=...
Verify
Run the pattern self-test(s) from the example (/p/transactional-workflows) and your own acceptance checks for the wholesale distributors workflow.
ample logs <deployment_id> --kind build
EXAMPLES
Tested examples
- Next.js pattern fixture (
tests/deploy-canaries/next-js-patterns): Verified transactional workflows basis for this blueprint.
SUCCESS CHECKS
How to know it worked
- app responds on its public URL (
/on the live URL, expect ample canary next js patterns) - transactional-workflows self-test from the example (
/p/transactional-workflowson the live URL, expect see the pattern fixture checks)
COST
Cost estimate
Estimated 10.00 USD per month (size prices from pricing.toml at build revision 515b7316fc6e5a81679407ae0c811146ceb2c5c7).
- 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.
EVIDENCE
Verification evidence
- canary_run on 2026-09-21T02:34:39Z at revision
1d28ae0 (CLI 0.1.21): Next.js pattern fixture deployed on Ample (next build then next start -H 0.0.0.0 -p $PORT on the node-22 template); the transactional workflows checks passed: an optimistic version check and an event row written in the same transaction, a stale update rejected, and a history query over the application-owned events (history=2 conflict=rejected). The blueprint's Wholesale distributors schema and workflow below build on that verified basis and were not separately executed. (expires 2027-03-20T02:34:39Z)
EXECUTION
Execution binding
MCP tool ample_deploy (registry mcp:ample_deploy), schema hash 876465fce906da0c observed 2026-09-22T00:31:22.774679+00:00 at revision e6446ceea69b. Binding state at export: current. Required scopes: servers:write, databases:read, buckets:read.
NEXT ACTIONS
Typed next actions
- Browse the catalog index (
GET /v1/catalogon the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required) - Search published recipes by intent, stack and constraints (
POST /v1/catalog/searchon the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required) - Prepare a side-effect-free deployment plan for an authorized project (
POST /v1/catalog/planon the api origin; authentication required, approval not required) - Read the existing agent authentication setup (
GET /mcp/setupon the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required) - Browse Wholesale distributors (
GET /v1/catalog/nodes/industry%3Awholesale-distributorson the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required) - Browse Inventory manager (
GET /v1/catalog/nodes/workload%3Ainventory-manageron the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required) - Browse Next.js (
GET /v1/catalog/nodes/stack%3Aframework-next-json the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required) - Browse Deploy web app (
GET /v1/catalog/nodes/intent%3Adeploy-web-appon the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)