#Connect a computer to your workspace

Join a computer to your workspace so its data syncs to the cloud. No password is typed on the computer itself.

#Before you start

• Phloem installed on the computer. See Install.
• A Phloem account in the workspace. Enrolling a headless machine needs an admin to approve it.

#Steps: a computer with a screen

1. Open Phloem Computer. The first screen reads Connect followed by the computer's name.
2. Press Continue in browser. Your browser opens.
3. In the browser, sign in if asked. The page reads Approve followed by the computer's name, with Phloem Computer wants to join your workspace.
4. Press Approve. The page reads … is connected.
5. Return to Phloem Computer. It connects by itself.

To approve on a phone or another laptop, press Approving on another device? Open the Approve link there, approve, then paste the code it shows into Paste the code and press Connect.

Not ready to sign in? Use this computer locally records without the cloud. Sign in later from Settings › Cloud connection › Sign in to cloud.

#Steps: a headless machine

1. On the machine, run:

   Copyphloem device enrol rig-2

   rig-2 is the name the device gets. The command prints a link.

2. Open the link in any browser. The page reads Enrol followed by the name.

3. An admin of the workspace presses Enrol machine.

4. If the browser was on another computer, copy the code it shows. Paste it into the waiting terminal.

5. The page reads … is enrolled. The terminal prints enrolled, the device's name and who approved it.

The machine signs in as itself, not as any person. No phloem login is needed.

#Check it worked

• In the account's Devices page, the computer is listed under Active, with Signed in by.
• In Phloem Computer, Settings › Cloud connection no longer offers Sign in to cloud.

Updated November 6, 2026