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Forward a local port to a remote host/port through SSH.

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Section: DNS HTTP and Remote Connectivity

Create local SSH port forward

bash
bash
ssh -L 5433:127.0.0.1:5432 user@db-bastion
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Useful for securely reaching private services like databases.

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