End-to-end guide for running Qwen3.6-27B as a private, self-hosted coding agent accessible from your Mac via SSH tunnel and OpenAI Codex CLI. Hardware-tested on RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell. ~$1.91/hr.
- RunPod account with credit loaded
- SSH key on your Mac (
~/.ssh/id_ed25519and.pub) - Node.js 18+ on your Mac (for Codex CLI)
- Hugging Face account + read token (avoids rate limits on downloads)