Set up a Job Site

A Job Site is a person’s own computer that Workbench can work on. Each site belongs to one person on the People list, not to the install’s owner.

Before you start

• The machine runs Eugene and has joined your install. See Join the computer that will run models.
• The person is on People and may sign in to Workbench. Job Sites are allowed for everyone by default; to set one person’s, open People → Choose what they may do with job sites.

Add the machine

1. Signed in to Workbench as that person, open Job sites (your machines) → Add a job site, name the machine if you like, and press Make the command. Or, in the console: Job sites → Add a job site, choose Whose machine, then Make an invitation.
2. On the machine, within 15 minutes, run the Windows (PowerShell) or Linux command as administrator or root.
3. Enter the person’s Eugene password when it asks. It ends with Joined as and the site’s name.

Approvals

• A risky change waits for the person’s own key. Pair a passkey under Job sites → Passkeys → Add a passkey, with the code the machine’s pair command shows. Then Review changes waiting → Approve with your passkey. It can also be approved at the machine itself.
• One signature opens a window of an hour on that site. Close it now ends it early.
• Commands stay off on a machine until an administrator allows them there.

Known limits

• Job Sites cannot yet copy between machines.
• A machine that is only a site, without a full Eugene install, is not supported yet.
• On Windows, a call waits until the person signs in to that machine.
• Entra ID and domain accounts, and network shares, are untested.