# Configure environment and secrets for Starlette

## Summary

Configuration and secrets for a Starlette app on Ample. Verified on Starlette: an --env value delivered encrypted and reported as present without being echoed (secret=set). Build and start: pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then uvicorn from run.py reading PORT on the python-3.12 template.

## Infrastructure requirements

- Verified for Apps running in isolated x86_64 Firecracker microVMs that auto-pause when idle and wake on request; sizes are the priced VM sizes.

## Prerequisites

- A Starlette project (pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then uvicorn from run.py reading PORT on the python-3.12 template)
- An Ample account token with servers:write

## Exact tested configuration

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

## Steps

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. **Pass values on deploy.** Use --env KEY=value (repeatable) or --env-file; values are encrypted at rest and reused on redeploys. Declare names only in ample.toml.
   
   ```
   ample deploy . --name <app-name> --public --start "python3 run.py" --env MY_SECRET=...
   ```
3. **Verify.** Fetch the live URL and /p/configuration-secrets on the example; on failure read the build and runtime logs.
   
   ```
   ample logs <deployment_id> --kind build
   ```

## Tested examples

- **Starlette pattern fixture**: Verified configuration and secrets on Starlette.

## Success checks

- app responds on its public URL (`/` on the live URL, expect ample canary starlette patterns)
- configuration-secrets check from the example (`/p/configuration-secrets` on the live URL, expect see the pattern fixture checks)

## Limitations

- Verified on the python-3.12 template at s-1vcpu-1gb; other sizes and Starlette major versions are not verified.

## 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

## 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: an --env value delivered encrypted and reported as present without being echoed (secret=set). (expires 2027-03-20T01:21:36Z)

Last verified: 2026-09-21T01:21:36Z

## 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.