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The app’s sign-in screen

Sign in, choose the Silux Connect server or your own, connect to someone by ID + code, and share this computer’s ID and access code — including the “Ask me before someone connects” switch.

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Signing in

“Welcome back — Sign in to your Silux Connect workspace.”

  1. Enter Email and Password.
  2. If you belong to more than one workspace, open Workspace & server options and type the Workspace (optional) slug, e.g. acme-msp.
  3. Press Sign in. If your account uses sign-in codes, the app says where to look (your email, Telegram or your authenticator app); enter the 6-digit code. Send a new code sends another by email or Telegram. Codes are set up and changed on the website only: if the app asks you to set one up, press Open the website.
  • Create workspace starts a new workspace from the app.
  • Forgot password? → Reset password: email (and Workspace slug) → Send reset link. “If that account exists, a reset link has been sent.”

On a desktop computer, signing in also registers this computer under your account and starts its agent, so it shows up in your device list everywhere.

Choosing a server

Under Workspace & server options (and in Settings → Connection) a tile shows which server the app talks to: Silux Connect server — “Use the Silux Connect server (default)” — or Your own server with your server’s address. Tap it to change:

Silux Connect server
“Use the Silux Connect server. Nothing to set up.”
My own server
“Self-hosted — enter address + key”. Fill in Server address (IP or URL) and Security key (the pre-shared server access key from whoever runs it), then Save & connect.

You’ll see “Connected to your server. Please sign in.” or “Using the Silux Connect server. Please sign in.” A wrong address fails cleanly and leaves your previous choice in place.

THIS DEVICE: your ID and access code

On Windows, macOS and Linux, while the agent is running, the sign-in screen shows a THIS DEVICE card: “Share these so someone can connect to this computer.” It lists this computer’s ID and Access code, each with a Copy button. The 6-digit access code changes every time the agent restarts.

“Ask me before someone connects”

Under the ID and code is a switch (also in Settings → This computer):

On — ask me
“People with the ID and code wait until you allow them.” When someone connects, an approval window comes to the front of your screen: their name (or “Someone”) wants to connect to this computer. Choose Allow full control (mouse, keyboard, files and terminal), View only (they only watch your screen) or Decline.
Off — don’t ask
“Anyone with this computer's ID and code gets full control straight away.” No window appears. Only turn this off on a computer you control, and keep the code private.

If the switch can’t be changed you see “Could not change the setting: is the Silux Connect agent running?”. If the app isn’t running when someone connects, the agent falls back to a plain system dialog with the same choices.

Connect to someone else’s computer

  1. Press Connect to a device (ID + code) (no sign-in needed).
  2. Enter the other computer’s Silux ID (e.g. 764-889-022) and Access code, then Connect.
  3. Errors: “Device not found — check the Silux ID.”, “Wrong access code.”, “Device is offline or not accepting ad-hoc connections.”, “Too many attempts — wait a few minutes.”

Related help

Devices (app)
Your computers in the app: search, filter, connect, rotate a session password and see health.
Connecting to a computer
Every way to open a session: from the website, from the desktop app, by Silux ID + access code, with an unattended password, and from your phone.
Permission profiles, “ask before connecting” and the connection manager
Control what sessions may do, when the person at the computer must approve, and how they can restrict or end a session while it runs.
Settings (app)
Notifications, two-factor sign-in, biometric unlock, server, this computer’s access setting, theme, default quality and control mode, address book export/import.