Vast.ai Data Handling

Overview

Manage training data and model artifacts securely on Vast.ai GPU instances. Covers secure data transfer to instances, training data encryption, model checkpoint management, and instance cleanup to prevent data leakage.

Prerequisites

• Vast.ai account with SSH access
• Understanding of GPU instance lifecycle
• Encryption tools (gpg, openssl)
• rsync for data transfer

Instructions

Step 1: Encrypted Data Transfer

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
# scripts/secure-upload.sh
# Encrypt data before sending to Vast.ai instance