# Windows Headless Server Downloading Ignition

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 16, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/windows-headless-server-downloading-ignition/84318 "2024-01-16T12:58:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![deon.korb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@deon.korb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deon.korb)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/windows-headless-server-downloading-ignition/84318/2 "2024-01-16T13:03:45Z")

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Headless Linux servers require a referer for the download. Something similar might be applicable?

See here:

> [@Downloading Ignition on a Headless Server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/downloading-ignition-on-a-headless-server/20508/2):
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> Set the referer to “[https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/ignition](https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/ignition)”: curl -L -O -H 'Referer: https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/ignition' https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.inductiveautomation.com/release/ia/build7.9.9/20180816-1452/Ignition-7.9.9-osx-installer.dmg

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