Port Forwarding

SSH Bridge supports three types of SSH port forwarding (tunneling):

Local Forwarding

Forwards a remote service to your local machine. For example, access a remote database running on port 3306 as if it were local.

Use case: Access a remote MySQL database at localhost:3306

Remote Forwarding

Opens a port on the remote server that forwards traffic back to your local machine. Useful for exposing local development servers.

Use case: Expose your local dev server (port 3000) on the remote server's port 8080

Dynamic (SOCKS Proxy)

Creates a SOCKS5 proxy through the SSH server. All traffic routed through the proxy is encrypted and appears to originate from the SSH server.

Use case: Secure browsing through a remote server

Creating a Rule

1. Go to Port Forwarding in the sidebar
2. Click Add Rule
3. Select the type (Local, Remote, or Dynamic)
4. Choose the SSH host to tunnel through
5. Configure the ports and addresses
6. Click Create

Starting and Stopping

Click the play/stop button next to any rule, or double-click to toggle. Active tunnels show a green status dot.