SSH Tunneling - Local & Remote Port Forwarding (by Example)

In this video I explain how to perform SSH Tunneling with Local Port forwarding and remote port
forwarding

Chapters
0:00 Intro
3:30 Local Port Forwarding Example
11:20 Remote Port Forwarding Example

I need to access something remote that I don’t have access to.
only expose 1 port securely and access pretty much any service (database etc..)

I need people to access something local on my machine that they don’t have access to

For Remote Port forwarding the ssh server config /etc/ssh/sshd_config should have a property GatewayPorts yes

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[callistachang]

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[maxteer]

This covered in 7 minutes (only needed local) what I've been trying to understand for a couple weeks... I normally don't "research" on youtube, but your practical example was great. Thanks so much!

[anothersonnyday]

The only guy on the internet that explains SSH port forwarding and remote port forwarding properly.

[rvoros]

Clear, to the point, no BS explanation.
Well done!

[ThanhTran-wfjf]

This is BY FAR the best explanation of local & remote port forwarding that I have seen anywhere. It makes it very clear exactly who is requesting what from where at each point in the request, and the separation of resources is most helpful ; most other explanations will have the requested resource and the ssh server be on the same host, not making it clear that the requested resource can actually be running on a different host. Huge thanks to you for sharing such a great video with us!

[xx]

I have read so many articles and I was really struggling understand what happens behind the scenes.

Brilliant explanation and visuals, thanks you!

[LukePammant]

Awesome explaination! I read (*skimmed*) 5 articles on local vs remote port forwarding and didn't grok it until I saw your visuals. Thanks for this!

[varghapayandeh]

Also a wonderful video with explanation and examples. Thank you!

[acooper]

Thanks for this! You have a really good way of explaining things. Appreciate it :)

[yousofebneddin]

this is exactly what I needed. Thanks.

[Abinashdash]

super super helpful. This single video cleared all the confusion I had about local and remote port forwarding. Thanks man!!!

[bjornotto]

Thanks, definately had a woah moment when the web interface of process on my aws server popped up
So usefull!

[demandelz]

Thank you sir. This was exactly what I needed. I don't know why on Earth I had so much trouble building a remote ssh tunnel, but I did and it was only after viewing your video that I was able to get everything working solidly. Once again thank you for the clear explanation.

[gangstaberry]

This is the best explanation I have found so far... Thank you so much ^^

[BradMore]

Thanks for the nudge in the right direction ... helped!

[mohammade.]

Been waiting for this.
Great video by the way

[abdalla_zaki]

Man, you are the guru of back-end engineering

[SkreenGG]

Wow, this was a great video, I was able to learn a lot from this. Great examples, and great and clear speech. Thank you very much for this brother.

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Your video helped me understand a lot of things, thank you!