Data and Sensors
Overview
The Data and Sensors page, reached through the Data and Sensors item in the sidebar, is where you manage every external data resource attached to your Signaloid account. A data resource is anything your applications read from or write to outside the Compute Engine, such as files you upload or buckets you own in AWS.
The page is split into two sections:
- Data Drives are named bundles of data sources with pre-configured mount points. A drive lets you attach the same combination of sources to multiple runs without rebuilding the configuration each time. See Data Drives for the dialog fields and what a drive card carries.
- Data Sources lists the individual sources your applications can read from and write to. Every account ships with the Signaloid Cloud Storage source, and you can connect AWS S3 buckets to extend the list. See Data Sources for the bucket fields, permissions, and the disconnect flow.
Where Data Sources show up
Data sources you create here are available everywhere you can attach data to a run:
- The Code Playground exposes them through its Mount Data Source toolbar button.
- A connected repository exposes them through its Mount Data Source button.
- The Compute Engine API accepts the same resources by ID when you submit a task.
Three guides cover the common goals end to end:
- How to Upload Input Files and Read Them from Your Application, using the Signaloid Cloud Storage that ships with every account.
- How to Connect an AWS S3 Bucket, for reading and writing a bucket you already own.
- How to Bundle Data Sources into a Data Drive, for attaching multiple sources to one run.