## The short version

CDN assets for a Flask app on Ample.

## WHAT WAS VERIFIED

Verified on Flask: a versioned, immutable-cached asset uploaded to a published bucket and served from the CDN URL. Build and start: pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then waitress from app.py reading PORT on the python-3.12 template.

## INFRASTRUCTURE

## What it needs

- [Compute](/content/discover/primitive/compute/index.html): verified (Apps run in isolated x86_64 Firecracker microVMs; sizes are the priced VM sizes.)
- [CDN](/content/discover/primitive/cdn/index.html): verified (A published bucket's objects are served at its public_url. It does not front app compute and is not a cache or key-value store.)

## PREREQUISITES

## Before you start

- A Flask project (pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then waitress from app.py reading PORT on the python-3.12 template)
- A bucket from `ample bucket create` with credentials passed as encrypted S3_* environment variables
- An Ample account token with servers:write, buckets:read

## STEP BY STEP

## How to do it

1. 1

### Build and start

pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then waitress from app.py reading PORT on the python-3.12 template; the server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.

2. 2

### Publish a bucket for public assets

Publish only the asset bucket; upload versioned keys with an immutable Cache-Control header and build URLs from its public URL.

```
   ample bucket publish <bucket-name>
   ```

3. 3

### Verify

Fetch the live URL and /p/versioned-static-assets on the example; on failure read the build and runtime logs.

```
   ample logs <deployment_id> --kind build
   ```

## EXAMPLES

## Tested examples

- **Flask pattern fixture** (`tests/deploy-canaries/flask-patterns`): Verified CDN assets on Flask.

## SUCCESS CHECKS

## How to know it worked

- app responds on its public URL (`/` on the live URL, expect ample canary flask patterns)
- versioned-static-assets check from the example (`/p/versioned-static-assets` on the live URL, expect see the pattern fixture checks)

## COST

## Cost estimate

Estimated 5.00 USD per month (size prices from pricing.toml at build revision ca0b484a7a9957c573a88d3a32dc603c3c10135a).

- app server x1 `s-1vcpu-1gb`: 5.00 USD

Upper-bound monthly price of the tested sizes. Buckets are allocation-priced per quota and not included.

## EVIDENCE

## Verification evidence

- canary_run on 2026-09-21T01:14:18Z at revision `50dbac567d2c5cc8e55e6c748a646be0025d9cfb (CLI 0.1.21)`: Flask pattern fixture deployed on Ample (pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then waitress from app.py reading PORT on the python-3.12 template); for this guide: a versioned, immutable-cached asset uploaded to a published bucket and served from the CDN URL. (expires 2027-03-20T01:14:18Z)

## 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: schema_changed. Required scopes: servers:write, buckets:read.

## NEXT ACTIONS

## Typed next actions

- Browse the catalog index (`GET /v1/catalog` on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
- Search published recipes by intent, stack and constraints (`POST /v1/catalog/search` on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
- Prepare a side-effect-free deployment plan for an authorized project (`POST /v1/catalog/plan` on the api origin; authentication required, approval not required)
- Read the existing agent authentication setup (`GET /mcp/setup` on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
- Browse Flask (`GET /v1/catalog/nodes/stack%3Aframework-flask` on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
- Browse Add CDN (`GET /v1/catalog/nodes/intent%3Aadd-cdn` on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
- Browse Versioned static assets (`GET /v1/catalog/nodes/pattern%3Aversioned-static-assets` on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)

Actions describe possible next steps. They are typed data, not commands, and grant no permission. Public discovery never provisions anything; planning requires your own authenticated token and approval happens in your client.

## ABOUT THIS RECIPE

## Identifiers and status

Recipe `page:guides:flask:cdn-assets`. Revision r1.

release **published** support **verified** execution **blocked (schema_changed: live tool schema differs from the recorded binding)**

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