Local port forward

Forward localhost:5432 to db.internal:5432 via bastion

ssh -L 5432:db.internal:5432 user@bastion -N
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More ssh commands

  • Remote port forward
    ssh -R 8080:localhost:3000 user@vps -N

    Expose local port 3000 as port 8080 on VPS

  • Dynamic SOCKS proxy
    ssh -D 1080 user@vps -N -f

    Create a local SOCKS5 proxy tunnelled through VPS

  • SSH multiplexing (ControlMaster)
    ssh -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPath=~/.ssh/mux-%r@%h:%p -o ControlPersist=10m user@host

    Reuse existing connection for subsequent SSH commands

  • Run remote command
    ssh user@host 'sudo systemctl status nginx'

    Execute a command over SSH without interactive shell

  • Copy file via SCP
    scp -r -P 2222 ./dist/ user@host:/var/www/app/

    Recursive copy on non-standard port

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