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.)
• 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

Before you start

• A Starlette project (pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then uvicorn from run.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

TESTED CONFIGURATION

Exactly what was tested

• install: python3 -m pip install --target .ample/python -r requirements.txt
• runtime: python
• size: s-1vcpu-1gb
• start: PYTHONPATH=.ample/python:${PYTHONPATH:-} python3 run.py
• template: python-3.12

STEP BY STEP

How to do it

1. Build and start
   pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then uvicorn from run.py reading PORT on the python-3.12 template; the server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.

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. 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

• Starlette pattern fixture (tests/deploy-canaries/starlette-patterns): Verified CDN assets on Starlette.

SUCCESS CHECKS

How to know it worked

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

LIMITATIONS

Know the limits

• Verified on the python-3.12 template at s-1vcpu-1gb; other sizes and Starlette major versions are not verified.
• Region, compliance attestations and request-duration limits are unknown and not claimed.
• The CDN serves published-bucket objects only; cache rules, purge and TTL control are not verified.

COST

Cost estimate

Estimated 5.00 USD per month (size prices from pricing.toml at build revision a1b8c38919e59cd035ebabaced73cf84ece24371).

• app server x1 s-1vcpu-1gb: 5.00 USD

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

EVIDENCE

Verification evidence

• canary_run on 2026-09-21T01:21:36Z at revision 50dbac567d2c5cc8e55e6c748a646be0025d9cfb-dirty (CLI 0.1.21): Starlette pattern fixture deployed on Ample (pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then uvicorn from run.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 2027-03-20T01:21:36Z)

EXECUTION

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 at export: current. 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 Starlette (GET /v1/catalog/nodes/stack%3Aframework-starlette 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.