> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.omics.ai/products/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher.md).

# publisher

- [Introduction](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/introduction.md)
- [Getting Started](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/getting-started.md)
- [Logging in to Publisher](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/getting-started/logging-in-to-publisher.md)
- [Data Sources](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources.md)
- [Connecting a Data Source](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connecting-a-data-source.md): How to connect to a new data source configuration
- [Managing a Data Source](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/managing-a-data-source.md): How to edit and delete a data source and how to view logs of the data source.
- [Connectors](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors.md)
- [AWS S3 Permissions](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/aws-s3-permissions.md)
- [Connecting to AWS S3 Storage](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/connecting-to-aws-s3-storage.md): Amazon S3 is AWS’s object storage solution for the cloud. Object storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data.
- [Google Cloud Storage (GCS) Permissions](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/google-cloud-storage-gcs-permissions.md)
- [Connecting to Google Cloud Storage](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/connecting-to-google-cloud-platform.md)
- [PostgreSQL Permissions](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/postgresql-permissions.md)
- [Connecting to PostgreSQL](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/connecting-to-postgresql.md): PostgreSQL is an advanced, enterprise class open source relational database that supports both SQL (relational) and JSON (non-relational) querying.
- [PostgreSQL on Azure Permissions](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/postgresql-on-azure-permissions.md)
- [Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Permissions](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-permissions.md)
- [Connecting to Microsoft Azure Blob Storage](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/connecting-to-microsoft-azure-blob-storage.md): Azure Blob storage is Microsoft’s object storage solution for the cloud.   Blob storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data. Unstructured data is data that doesn’t adhere to
- [Connecting to HTTPS](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/connecting-to-https.md): Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). It uses encryption for secure communication over a computer network.
- [Connecting to other sources via Trino](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/trino-connectors.md)
- [BigQuery](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/data-sources/connectors/trino-connectors/bigquery-permissions.md)
- [Collections](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/collections.md)
- [Creating a Collection](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/collections/creating-a-collection.md)
- [Sharing a Collection](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/collections/sharing-a-collection.md)
- [Collection Filters](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/collections/collection-filters.md)
- [Editing Collection Metadata](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/collections/editing-collection-metadata.md)
- [Updating Collection Contents](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/collections/updating-collection-contents.md)
- [Access Policies](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/access-policies.md)
- [Creating an Access Policy](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/access-policies/creating-an-access-policy.md)
- [Managing Access Policies](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/access-policies/managing-an-access-policy.md)
- [Questions](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/questions.md)
- [Adding Questions](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/questions/adding-questions.md)
- [Example Question](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/questions/example-question.md)
- [Settings](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/settings.md)
- [Viewing Current and Past Administrators](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/settings/viewing-current-and-past-admins.md)
- [Adding an Administrator](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/settings/adding-an-admin.md)
- [Removing an Administrator](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/settings/removing-an-admin.md)
- [Setting Notification Preferences](https://docs.omics.ai/products/publisher/settings/changing-notification-preferences.md)


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