tightvnc-xmonad.sh

#!/bin/sh                                                                                                                                                                       

# Install & configure xmonad on the server                                                                                                                                     
sudo apt-get install -y xmonad

# Install & run tightvnc on the server                                                                                                                                          
sudo apt-get install -y tightvncserver
tightvncserver :1
# Enter a password & restart w/ xmonad friendly script                                                                                                                          
tightvncserver -kill :1
perl -p -i -e 's/^\#x-/x-/g' ~/.vnc/xstartup
tightvncserver :1

# On the Mac                                                                                                                                                                    
ssh -i your-ec2-ssh-key -L 5901:localhost:5901 user@host.name
open vnc://127.0.0.1:5901 ;# or apple-k in finder