Lua

SSH Tunnel with Dynamic Port Forwarding

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Demonstrates how to start a background thread that runs a portable SSH tunnel w/ dynamic port forwarding that the foreground thread can use for establishing connections through an SSH tunnel. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local success = false

local tunnel = chilkat.SshTunnel.new()

local sshHostname = "sftp.example.com"
local sshPort = 22

-- Connect to an SSH server and establish the SSH tunnel:
success = tunnel:connect(sshHostname, sshPort)
if not success then
    print(tunnel.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Authenticate with the SSH server via a login/password
-- or with a public key.
-- This example demonstrates SSH password authentication.
success = tunnel:authenticate_pw("mySshLogin", "mySshPassword")
if not success then
    print(tunnel.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Indicate that the background SSH tunnel thread will behave as a SOCKS proxy server
-- with dynamic port forwarding:
tunnel.dynamic_port_forwarding = true

-- We may optionally require that connecting clients authenticate with our SOCKS proxy server.
-- To do this, set an inbound username/password.  Any connecting clients would be required to
-- use SOCKS5 with the correct username/password.
-- If no inbound username/password is set, then our SOCKS proxy server will accept both
-- SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 unauthenticated connections.

tunnel.inbound_socks_username = "chilkat123"
tunnel.inbound_socks_password = "password123"

-- Start the listen/accept thread to begin accepting SOCKS proxy client connections.
-- Listen on port 1080.
success = tunnel:begin_accepting(1080)
if not success then
    print(tunnel.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Now that a background thread is running a SOCKS proxy server that forwards connections
-- through an SSH tunnel, it is possible to use any Chilkat implemented protocol that is SOCKS capable,
-- such as HTTP, POP3, SMTP, IMAP, FTP, etc.  The protocol may use SSL/TLS because the SSL/TLS
-- will be passed through the SSH tunnel to the end-destination.  Also, any number of simultaneous
-- connections may be routed through the SSH tunnel.

-- For this example, let's do a simple HTTPS request:
local url = "https://www.ethereum.org/"

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

-- Indicate that the HTTP object is to use our portable SOCKS proxy/SSH tunnel running in our background thread.
http.socks_hostname = "localhost"
http.socks_port = 1080
http.socks_version = 5
http.socks_username = "chilkat123"
http.socks_password = "password123"

http.send_cookies = true
http.save_cookies = true
http.cookie_dir = "memory"

-- Do the HTTPS page fetch (through the SSH tunnel)
local html = http:quick_get_str(url)
if not http.last_method_success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Stop the background listen/accept thread:
local waitForThreadExit = true
success = tunnel:stop_accepting(waitForThreadExit)
if not success then
    print(tunnel.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Close the SSH tunnel (would also kick any remaining connected clients).
success = tunnel:close_tunnel(waitForThreadExit)
if not success then
    print(tunnel.last_error_text)
    return
end