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Attach a local tunnel to a host alias.

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Section: Client Config Advanced

Local forward in config

sshconfig
sshconfig
Host db-tunnel
  HostName bastion.example.com
  LocalForward 5432 db.internal:5432
Explanation

Attach a local tunnel to a host alias.

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