# Host crm with Laravel: private attachments

## Summary

Deploy a crm built with Laravel on Ample using the private document library pattern. Compute runs the app in an isolated microVM behind a public HTTPS URL, a managed PostgreSQL 16 database is auto-provisioned and injected as DATABASE_URL, a private S3-compatible bucket holds objects with credentials delivered as encrypted environment variables. Verified on Laravel: a role-to-document access model with negative tests (401 without identity, 403 for the wrong role) and a private-bucket round-trip for the allowed role (private=ok). Not separately tested: your identity integration and role assignments; treat the crm-specific behavior as your application code.

## Infrastructure requirements

- **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

- A Laravel project that builds and starts with the documented commands (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)  
- A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL at runtime (auto-provisioned when omitted, or supplied with --env)  
- A bucket from `ample bucket create` with its credentials passed as encrypted S3_* environment variables  
- An Ample account token with servers:write, databases:read, buckets:read

## Exact tested configuration

- template: `php-8.5`  
- runtime: `php`  
- size: `s-1vcpu-1gb`  
- install: `composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist --no-interaction --no-progress --optimize-autoloader`  
- start: `frankenphp php-server --listen :$PORT --root public`

## Steps

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. **Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL.** The fixture's module implements private document library: a role-to-document access model with negative tests (401 without identity, 403 for the wrong role) and a private-bucket round-trip for the allowed role (private=ok). Copy the approach into your schema; keep migrations idempotent and run them with --release-command.  
3. **Wire object storage.** Create the bucket(s), then pass endpoint, region, bucket and keys as --env values. Use path-style addressing. Keep private data in an unpublished bucket.  
4. **Deploy.** Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result (exit 0 live, 1 failed, 2 blocked). Re-running with no change is a no-op.
   
   ```  
   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=...  
   ```
5. **Verify.** Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) (/p/private-document-library) from the example; then run your own checks. On failure read `ample logs <deployment_id> --kind build` then `--kind runtime`.
   
   ```  
   ample logs <deployment_id> --kind build  
   ```

## Tested examples

- **Laravel pattern fixture** (tests/deploy-canaries/laravel-patterns): Multi-pattern Laravel app whose private document library module was checked live; the module is under tests/deploy-canaries/_pattern-modules.

## Success checks

- app responds on its public URL (`/` on the live URL, expect ample canary laravel patterns)  
- private-document-library self-test (`/p/private-document-library` on the live URL, expect private=ok (with ?role=owner; 401 without, 403 for viewer))

## Limitations

- Verified on the php-8.5 template at s-1vcpu-1gb with the example fixture; other sizes, templates and Laravel major versions are not verified.  
- The crm itself (your identity integration and role assignments) is application code and was not separately tested; the pattern checks are what was verified.  
- Region, compliance attestations and request-duration limits are unknown and not claimed.  
- Apps auto-pause when idle and wake on the next request; always-on is an operator setting, not a plan feature.  
- Managed PostgreSQL 16 only; extensions, connection limits and backup or restore procedures are not verified; apps and their databases are placed together.  
- PutObject and GetObject with path-style addressing are verified; multipart upload, listing, presigned URLs and lifecycle rules are not.

## Cost estimate

Estimated 10.00 USD per month (size prices from pricing.toml at build revision a1b8c38919e59cd035ebabaced73cf84ece24371).  
- 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.

## Verification evidence

- canary_run on 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z at revision `118ad1c6d7d23d4c2ce069254bab9ec9d37cd57b-dirty (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); checks passed for private-document-library and configuration-secrets. Pattern proof: a role-to-document access model with negative tests (401 without identity, 403 for the wrong role) and a private-bucket round-trip for the allowed role (private=ok). (expires 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z)  
- canary_run on 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z at revision `118ad1c6d7d23d4c2ce069254bab9ec9d37cd57b-dirty (CLI 118ad1c)`: The same Laravel app deployed with a --release-command migration; the marker it created was readable after activation. (expires 2027-03-19T20:36:21Z)

Last verified: 2026-09-20T20:36:21Z

## 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, databases:read, buckets:read.