Thread by @CristiVlad25

SSH local port forwarding, explained to humans:

ssh -L [local_address:]local_port:remote_address:remote_port [user@]ssh_server

1.🌐💻 Have you ever wanted to access a remote server as if it were running on your local machine? That's where local port forwarding comes in!

2.🛣️📬 Think of it like a mail forwarding service: just as you'd tell the service to forward your mail to your new address, you can tell SSH to forward traffic from a remote server to your local machine.

3.📩📬 With mail forwarding, the service acts as an intermediary between your old and new addresses. Similarly, the SSH connection acts as an intermediary between the remote server and your local machine.

4.🤝🔒 By setting up local port forwarding, you can access the remote server securely and seamlessly, just as if it were running on your local machine.

5.🔍🚪 Local port forwarding lets you unlock the doors to remote servers without leaving the comfort of your local machine. It's like having a secret tunnel to the web, and only you hold the key! 🗝️💻

6. I use local port forwarding on my VPS (which is terminal only) when I want to access something locally from my VPS, that's restricted to external access.

Access in my local browser a web server running on port 11111 on my VPS.

#SSH #webdev #networking #techmagic