SSH Port Forwarding Configuration

This document describes the configuration file format for SSH port forwarding.

Configuration File Format

The configuration file /etc/ssh-port-forwards.conf uses a simple format:

DEVICE_NAME:EXTERNAL_PORT:VPN_IP:SSH_PORT

Example

synology:22222:10.8.0.2:22
raspberrypi:22223:10.8.0.3:22
server:22224:10.8.0.4:22

Fields

DEVICE_NAME: A descriptive name for the device (e.g., synology, raspberrypi) EXTERNAL_PORT: The port on the VPS that will receive SSH connections (e.g., 22222) VPN_IP: The IP address of the device on the VPN network (e.g., 10.8.0.2) SSH_PORT: The SSH port on the target device (default: 22)

Comments

Lines starting with # are treated as comments and ignored.

Manual Configuration File Editing

You can manually edit /etc/ssh-port-forwards.conf and then apply:

= Edit config file =
sudo nano /etc/ssh-port-forwards.conf

= Apply changes =
sudo ssh-forward apply

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