ssh_tunnel: Create SSH tunnel

In ssh: Secure Shell (SSH) Client for R

Create SSH tunnel

Description

Opens a port on your machine and tunnel all traffic to a custom target host via the SSH server, for example to connect with a database server behind a firewall.

Usage

ssh_tunnel(session, port = 5555, target = "rainmaker.wunderground.com:23")

Arguments

session	ssh connection created with ssh_connect()
port	integer of local port on which to listen for incoming connections
target	string with target host and port to connect to via ssh tunnel

Details

This function blocks while the tunnel is active. Use the tunnel by connecting to localhost:5555 from a separate process. Each tunnel can only be used once and will automatically be closed when the client disconnects. It is intended to tunnel a single connection, not as a long running proxy server.

See Also

Other ssh: scp, ssh_connect(), ssh_credentials, ssh_exec

ssh documentation built on Sept. 30, 2024, 9:37 a.m.