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To bring up ONOS in this VM, log into the head node and run:
```
$ ssh ubuntu@onos-cord
-ubuntu@onos-cord:~$ cd cord; docker-compose up -d
+ubuntu@onos-cord:~$ cd cord; sudo docker-compose up -d
```
Currently it's also necessary to do some manual configuration on each compute