## The short version

Deploy a partner portal built with Flask on Ample using the public image delivery 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, and a published bucket serves public assets from the CDN host.

WHAT WAS VERIFIED

Verified on Flask: public objects in a published bucket served from the CDN URL, kept separate from private objects in an unpublished bucket that require authorization (private=ok only for the allowed role).

INFRASTRUCTURE

## What it needs

- [Compute](/content/discover/primitive/compute/index.html): verified  
- [Postgres](/content/discover/primitive/postgres/index.html): verified  
- [S3-compatible object storage](/content/discover/primitive/s3-compatible-object-storage/index.html): verified  
- [CDN](/content/discover/primitive/cdn/index.html): verified

PREREQUISITES

## Before you start

- A Flask project that builds and starts with the documented commands (pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then waitress from app.py reading PORT on the python-3.12 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 and a second, published bucket for public assets (CDN_*)
- An Ample account token with servers:write, databases:read, buckets:read

STEP BY STEP

## How to do it

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

2. **Implement the pattern on PostgreSQL**  
   The fixture's module implements public image delivery: public objects in a published bucket served from the CDN URL, kept separate from private objects in an unpublished bucket that require authorization (private=ok only for the allowed role). 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 Keep private data in an unpublished bucket. Publish only the bucket that serves public assets and reference its CDN URL.

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 --start "python3 app.py" --env S3_ENDPOINT=... --env S3_REGION=... --env S3_BUCKET=... --env S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=... --env S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=... --env CDN_PUBLIC_URL=...
   ```

5. **Verify**  
   Fetch the live URL and the pattern self-test route(s) (/p/public-media-library, /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
   ```

EXAMPLES

## Tested examples

- **Flask pattern fixture** (`tests/deploy-canaries/flask-patterns`): Multi-pattern Flask app whose public image delivery module was checked live; the module is under tests/deploy-canaries/_pattern-modules.

SUCCESS CHECKS

## How to know it worked

- app responds on its public URL (`/` on the live URL, expect ample canary flask patterns)
- public-media-library self-test (`/p/public-media-library` on the live URL, expect a CDN URL whose content is served publicly)
- private-document-library self-test (`/p/private-document-library` on the live URL, expect private=ok (with ?role=owner; 401 without, 403 for viewer))

COST

## Cost estimate

Estimated 10.00 USD per month (size prices from pricing.toml at build revision ca0b484a7a9957c573a88d3a32dc603c3c10135a).

- app server x1 `s-1vcpu-1gb`: 5.00 USD
- managed PostgreSQL database 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 2026-09-21T01:14:18Z at revision `50dbac567d2c5cc8e55e6c748a646be0025d9cfb (CLI 0.1.21)`: Flask pattern fixture deployed on Ample (pip install into .ample/python from requirements.txt, then waitress from app.py reading PORT on the python-3.12 template); checks passed for public-media-library, private-document-library and configuration-secrets. Pattern proof: public objects in a published bucket served from the CDN URL, kept separate from private objects in an unpublished bucket that require authorization (private=ok only for the allowed role). (expires 2027-03-20T01:14:18Z)
- canary_run on 2026-09-20T01:54:51Z at revision `199ff1dfd52683832ae75d3f98b53a7a4bff7f96 (CLI e3181f5)`: The same Flask app deployed with a --release-command migration; the marker it created was readable after activation. (expires 2027-03-19T01:54:51Z)

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, databases:read, buckets:read.

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ABOUT THIS RECIPE

## Identifiers and status

Recipe `page:recipes:partner-portal:flask:public-profiles`. Revision r1.

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

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