## The short version

Build and start for a Laravel app on Ample.

## WHAT WAS VERIFIED

Verified on Laravel: the app built and started with the documented commands and answered on its public HTTPS URL. Build and start: `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.

## 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.)

## PREREQUISITES

## Before you start

- 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)
- An Ample account token with `servers:write`

## STEP BY STEP

## How to do it

1. **Build and start**  
   `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 server must bind `0.0.0.0` on PORT.

2. **Deploy**  
   Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result.
   
   ```
   ample deploy . --name <app-name> --public
   ```

3. **Verify**  
   Fetch the live URL on the example; on failure read the build and runtime logs.
   
   ```
   ample logs <deployment_id> --kind build
   ```

## EXAMPLES

## Tested examples

- **Laravel pattern fixture** (`tests/deploy-canaries/laravel-patterns`): Verified build and start on Laravel.

## SUCCESS CHECKS

## How to know it worked

- app responds on its public URL (`/` on the live URL, expect ample canary laravel patterns)

## 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 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z at revision `118ad1c6d7d23d4c2ce069254bab9ec9d37cd57b (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); for this guide: the app built and started with the documented commands and answered on its public HTTPS URL. (expires 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z)

## 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`.

## 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 Laravel (`GET /v1/catalog/nodes/stack%3Aframework-laravel` on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
- Browse Configure deployment (`GET /v1/catalog/nodes/intent%3Aconfigure-deployment` on the api origin; authentication not required, approval not required)
- Browse Public web service (`GET /v1/catalog/nodes/pattern%3Apublic-web-service` 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:laravel:build-and-start`. Revision r1.

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

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