tunnel: ssh tunneling

In kingaa/aakmisc: Miscellany for the King Lab

ssh tunneling

Description

Secure-shell (ssh) tunnels for database access.

Usage

startTunnel(
  port = NULL,
  remotehost = getOption("aakmisc.remotehost", NULL),
  user = getOption("aakmisc.user", NULL),
  sleep = 5
)

stopTunnel(..., pid = getOption("aakmisc.tunnelpid", NULL))

Arguments

port	Port on which to connect to PostgreSQL database. If NULL, a random port number will be used.
remotehost	Hostname of PostgreSQL server. An ssh tunnel to this host will be created.
user	Username to use in conneting to PostgreSQL database. If NULL, Sys.getenv("USER") will be used.
sleep	Time in seconds to sleep after initiating the ssh tunnel.
...	Additional arguments ignored.
pid	ID of ssh tunnel process. Set automatically by startTunnel.

kingaa/aakmisc documentation built on April 3, 2024, 1:33 a.m.