Using ssh X11 tunnel through a bastion host to connect to a database server
Hi, I succeeded running Oracle dbca, xclock & virt-viewer using Bastion over VPN (with root) 😊 Theoretical Steps: First, connect to machine B and forward [localPort] to C:22 through B A$ ssh -L [localPort]:C:22 B Next, connect to C from A through this newly-created tunnel using [localPort], forwarding X11 A$ ssh -X -p [localPort] localhost Now we can run X11 programs on C and have them display on A C$ xclock [localPort] can be any port that you are not already listening to on A, I often use 2222 for simplicity. X11Forwarding should be enabled on server C AllowTcpForwarding should be enabled on server B Actual Steps First, connect to machine B and forward [localPort] to C:22 through B A$ ssh -L [localPort]:C:22 B Next, connect to C from A through this newly-created tunnel using [localPort], forwarding X11 From A using putty to localhost using [localPort] enable X11 forwarding to localhost:0.0 Now we can run X11 programs on C and have them display on A ...