SSH Tunnel Thread Activity Log

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Demonstrates the tunnel-log properties KeepTunnelLog, TunnelLog, and TunnelLogPath, which record the activity of the SSH tunnel and client-manager threads.

Note: The log paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used.

Background: This is the counterpart to the accept log, covering the SSH side rather than the listener: the tunnel and client-manager threads that actually move data. As with the accept log, KeepTunnelLog enables the in-memory TunnelLog while TunnelLogPath writes a separate file. Together the two logs let you localize a problem to either the accepting side or the forwarding side.

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bool success = false;

//  Demonstrates the SshTunnel tunnel-log properties KeepTunnelLog, TunnelLog, and TunnelLogPath.
//  
//  These log the activity of the SSH tunnel and client-manager threads.

Chilkat.SshTunnel tunnel = new Chilkat.SshTunnel();

//  Retain the SSH tunnel-thread activity in memory so it can be read from the TunnelLog property.
tunnel.KeepTunnelLog = true;

//  Optionally also write the tunnel-thread activity to a file (separate from the in-memory log).
tunnel.TunnelLogPath = "qa_output/tunnel.log";

tunnel.DestHostname = "db.internal.example.com";
tunnel.DestPort = 5432;

int sshPort = 22;
success = tunnel.Connect("ssh.example.com",sshPort);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(tunnel.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
//  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
string password = "mySshPassword";

success = tunnel.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(tunnel.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

int listenPort = 1080;
success = tunnel.BeginAccepting(listenPort);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(tunnel.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  ... clients transfer data through the tunnel ...

//  Read the accumulated in-memory tunnel log.
Debug.WriteLine(tunnel.TunnelLog);

bool waitForThreadExit = true;
success = tunnel.CloseTunnel(waitForThreadExit);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(tunnel.LastErrorText);
    return;
}