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Expand Up @@ -46,9 +46,15 @@ Then run `basic.sh` to start the machine and install macOS. Remember to partitio
## Step 2b (Headless Systems)
If you're using a cloud-based/headless system, you can use `headless.sh` to set up a quick VNC instance. Settings are defined through variables as seen in the following example. VNC will start on port `5900` by default.
```
HEADLESS=1 MEM=1G CPUS=2 SYSTEM_DISK=MyDisk.qcow2 ./headless.sh
HEADLESS=1 MEM=7G CPUS=2 SYSTEM_DISK=MyDisk.qcow2 ./headless.sh
```

You might `MEM` and `CPUS` values to what would be appropriate for your cloud server.
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When you run the script, you will see output [like this](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5187404/122309990-37cc9b80-cec4-11eb-95ae-e6f3160a2791.png). That means you're ready to move on, and now there's a VNC server set up by the script, and you can access your macOS VM that way.

By default, the VNC server for the macOS VM will run on port 5900. (If you already have a VNC server for your cloud system, this would be *in addition to* that one.) If you've restricted to only SSH access, then you would want to forward the port to your localhost so you could connect: `ssh -L 5900:127.0.0.1:5900 -C -N -l your_user your_ssh`.

## Step 3

You're done!
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