docker-ssh-tunnel

Usage

docker run --name tunnel1 -d -v "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa:/sshkey:ro" -e L=5555:192.168.1.1:80 -e R=jakob@example.com -p 5555:5555 qvga/ssh-tunnel

Examples

Link tunneled database to a container with docker-compose

version: '2'
services:
    webservice_x:
        image: webdevops/php-apache-dev:debian-9
        volumes:
            - ./public/:/var/www
        ports:
            - "8088:80"
        links:
            - database_x:db
        environment:
            WEB_DOCUMENT_ROOT: /var/www/public
            DB_HOST: db
            DB_PORT: 3306

    database_x:
        image: qvga/ssh-tunnel
        volumes:
            - ${HOME}/.ssh/id_rsa:/sshkey:ro
        environment:
            L: 3306:127.0.0.1:3306 #bind port and forward-to host:port (same as ssh -L option)
            R: jakob@example.com #machine hosting the db. (same as ssh -R option)

Access database at db:3306 from within container webservice_x