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12. Cloud Connectors
The aim of this chapter is to introduce the user to the Meshlium Cloud Connector functionality. This section will
help you to connect your Meshlium to a third party cloud platform.
Only sensor data can be sent to the cloud services.
Figure: Cloud connector diagram
Interfacing Meshlium with 3rd party cloud services should be the last step the user develops in any project.
The user should analyze if the use of clouds is needed, and if so, that will be the last step in the project. Before
trying clouds, make sure all the Waspmote units are sending frames to Meshlium, and Meshlium is receiving and
inserting them on the local database properly.
What is a cloud platform?
Cloud computing is a major change in our industry. One of the most important parts of that paradigm are cloud
platforms. This kind of platforms let developers write applications that run in the cloud, use services provided
from the cloud or both.
Meshlium Cloud Connector
Meshlium runs a set of scripts for implementing the data synchronization from its internal database “to the cloud”.
In other words, those scripts send data to webservers where the cloud service providers host their clouds. Those
scripts are called Cloud Connector.
We have divided the Cloud Connector into 2 groups: “IoT Solutions” and “IoT Platforms”.
IoT Platforms are professional development frameworks for developing data management applications, including
Esri, ThingWorx, IBM Bluemix, Telefónica and Microsoft Azure.
IoT Solutions are specific applications focused in different verticals. Libelium promotes the Cloud Partnership
Program for any cloud service provider that would like to foster their very own solution using our products.