ssh-port-forward

Simplified SSH port forwarding.

Installation

$ npm install -g ssh-port-forward

Usage

$ ssh-port-forward --help

Local port forwarding example - forward 127.0.0.1:3306 to 127.0.0.1:3306 on user@hostname:

$ ssh-port-forward -t local -r 127.0.0.0.1:3306 -l 127.0.0.1:3306 -s user@hostname

Tunnel provided by server user@hostname via OpenSSH.
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   request -> [ local 127.0.0.1:3306 ] -> [ remote 127.0.0.0.1:3306 ]

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Remote port forwarding example - forward 0.0.0.0:80 on user@hostname to 127.0.0.1:8080:

$ ssh-port-forward -t remote -r 0.0.0.0:80 -l 127.0.0.1:8080 -s user@hostname

Tunnel provided by server user@hostname via OpenSSH.
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   request -> [ remote 0.0.0.0:8081 ] -> [ local 127.0.0.1:8080 ]

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