relational workspace.md
Host crm with Quarkus: relational workspace data
Summary
Deploy a crm built with Quarkus on Ample using the relational records 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. Verified on Quarkus: a workspace-scoped table, an explicit state machine (draft to review to published) that rejects invalid transitions, and a cross-workspace read that returns nothing (transitions=true isolation=true). Not separately tested: your record schema, states and access rules; 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.)
Prerequisites
- A Quarkus project that builds and starts with the documented commands (./mvnw -q -DskipTests package producing one uber-jar (quarkus.package.jar.type=uber-jar), then java -jar on the jvm-21 template (Temurin JDK 21) with quarkus.http.port read from PORT)
- A PostgreSQL driver reading DATABASE_URL at runtime (auto-provisioned when omitted, or supplied with --env)
- An Ample account token with servers:write, databases:read
Exact tested configuration
- template:
jvm-21 - runtime:
java - size:
s-1vcpu-2gb - build:
./mvnw -q -DskipTests package - start:
java -jar $(ls target/*.jar | grep -v -- '-plain' | head -n 1)
Steps
Build and start. ./mvnw -q -DskipTests package producing one uber-jar (quarkus.package.jar.type=uber-jar), then java -jar on the jvm-21 template (Temurin JDK 21) with quarkus.http.port read from PORT. The server must bind 0.0.0.0 on PORT.
Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL. The fixture's module implements relational records: a workspace-scoped table, an explicit state machine (draft to review to published) that rejects invalid transitions, and a cross-workspace read that returns nothing (transitions=true isolation=true). Copy the approach into your schema; keep migrations idempotent and run them with --release-command.
Deploy. Run the synchronous deploy once and read the result (exit 0 live, 1 failed, 2 blocked).
ample deploy . --name <app-name> --publicVerify. Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) (/p/relational-records) from the example; then run your own checks. On failure read
ample logs <deployment_id> --kind buildthen--kind runtime.ample logs <deployment_id> --kind build
Tested examples
- Quarkus pattern fixture (tests/deploy-canaries/quarkus-patterns): Multi-pattern Quarkus app whose relational records module was checked live;
Success checks
- app responds on its public URL (
/on the live URL, expect ample canary quarkus patterns) - relational-records self-test (
/p/relational-recordson the live URL, expect records=ok transitions=true isolation=true)
Limitations
- Verified on the jvm-21 template at s-1vcpu-2gb with the example fixture; other sizes, templates and Quarkus major versions are not verified.
- The crm itself (your record schema, states and access rules) is application code and was not separately tested; the pattern checks are what was verified.
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
Verification evidence
- canary_run on 2026-09-21T00:35:31Z at revision
c6c81daa9272c95c5ce381005ba7347a341e578f-dirty (CLI 0.1.21): Quarkus pattern fixture deployed on Ample (./mvnw -q -DskipTests package producing one uber-jar (quarkus.package.jar.type=uber-jar), then java -jar on the jvm-21 template (Temurin JDK 21) with quarkus.http.port read from PORT); checks passed for relational-records and configuration-secrets.
Execution binding
MCP tool ample_deploy (registry mcp:ample_deploy), schema hash 876465fce906da0c observed 2026-09-21T03:19:59.461917+00:00.