ssh

command network

Connect to a remote host via SSH

Required Packages

sudo apt install -y openssh-client

Options

Username (-l)

Host *

Hostname or IP address of the remote server

Port (-p)

SSH port (default: 22)

Identity file (-i)

Path to the private key file

Remote command

Command to execute on the remote host (interactive shell if empty)

Forward SSH agent (-A) Forward SSH agent (-A)

Forward the authentication agent connection

Verbose (-v) Verbose (-v)

Show debugging messages (useful for troubleshooting)

Compression (-C) Compression (-C)

Enable compression of data

X11 forwarding (-X) X11 forwarding (-X)

Enable X11 forwarding for GUI applications

Force no TTY (-T) Force no TTY (-T)

Disable pseudo-terminal allocation (for automated scripts)

Force TTY (-t) Force TTY (-t)

Force pseudo-terminal allocation (for sudo on remote)

Local port forward (-L)

Forward local port to remote (e.g. 8080:localhost:80)

Remote port forward (-R)

Forward remote port to local (e.g. 8080:localhost:80)

Dynamic forward / SOCKS proxy (-D)

SOCKS proxy on local port (e.g. 1080)

Jump host (-J)

Connect via a jump/bastion host (e.g. user@bastion)

SSH option (-o)

Pass an option (e.g. StrictHostKeyChecking=no)

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