I recently only had SSH Access into an Environment which had a Web Based GUI I needed to access. I used SOCKS as a Proxy (Built into OpenSSH) to access the UI by performing the following on my Mac:
As I had SSH Access i used the following command
- ssh -D 443 username@domain.com
In my instance I had a few more parameters set which i cant share but i will show available options below.
I used Port 443 – this could be changed as necessary
- I opened up Firefox and Selected Preferences
- Select Advanced
- Select Network and Settings
- Click on Manual Proxy Configuration
- Under SOCKS Host enter localhost and enter the Port number you connected over
- Now you should be able to access the UI via Firefox
Arguments for the SSH Connection:
- -D – Defines Port number for the SOCKS Tunnel (you can choose a number between 1025-65536)
- -f – Requests ssh to go to background just before command execution
- -C – Requests compression of all data
- -l – provide Login name
- -q – Uses quiet mode
- -N – Do not execute a remote command. This is useful for just forwarding ports.
Thanks to this article for this setup
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