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Start VNCServer on Mac1 EC2 Instance
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# YouTube (english) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtU2_bBfSgM
# YouTube (french) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnaVBnERDU
#
# On your laptop, connect to the Mac instance with SSH (similar to Linux instances)
#
ssh -i <your private key.pem> ec2-user@<your public ip address>
#
# On the Mac
#
# Set a password for ec2-user
sudo passwd ec2-user
# Enable VNC Server
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \
-activate -configure -access -on \
-configure -allowAccessFor -specifiedUsers \
-configure -users ec2-user \
-configure -restart -agent -privs -all
# some folks reported that this line is required too (I am investigtaing)
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \
-activate -configure -access -on \
-configure -allowAccessFor -allUsers \
-configure -restart -agent -privs -all
exit
#
# On your laptop
# Create a SSH tunnel to VNC and connect from a vnc client using user ec2-user and the password you defined.
#
ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 -C -N -i <your private key.pem> ec2-user@<your public ip address>
# open another terminal
open vnc://localhost
#
# On the mac, resize the APFS container to match EBS volume size
#
PDISK=$(diskutil list physical external | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f1)
APFSCONT=$(diskutil list physical external | grep "Apple_APFS" | tr -s " " | cut -d" " -f8)
sudo diskutil repairDisk $PDISK
# Accept the prompt with "y", then paste this command
sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer $APFSCONT 0
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