Swift

Open a direct-tcpip Channel (SSH Port Forwarding)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.OpenDirectTcpIpChannel method, which opens a direct-tcpip channel through the SSH server to a target host and port. The first argument is the target hostname and the second is the target port. It returns the channel number, or -1 on failure.

Background: This is SSH local port forwarding at the API level: the channel carries ordinary TCP traffic to a service that may be reachable only from the SSH server's network — a database, an internal web app, a message broker. The key detail is that the server resolves the target name, not your machine, so it must resolve and be reachable there. Supplying a numeric IPv4 address avoids remote DNS resolution entirely.

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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    //  Demonstrates the Ssh.OpenDirectTcpIpChannel method, which opens a direct-tcpip channel
    //  through the SSH server to a target host and port.  The 1st argument is the target hostname
    //  and the 2nd is the target port.  It returns the channel number, or -1 on failure.

    let ssh = CkoSsh()!

    var sshPort: Int = 22
    success = ssh.connect(hostname: "ssh.example.com", port: sshPort)
    if success == false {
        print("\(ssh.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.
    var password: String? = "mySshPassword"

    success = ssh.authenticatePw(login: "mySshLogin", password: password)
    if success == false {
        print("\(ssh.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  The target name is resolved by the SSH server, not by this computer, so it must be
    //  reachable from the server's network.
    var targetHostname: String? = "db.internal.example.com"
    var targetPort: Int = 5432
    var channelNum: Int = ssh.openDirectTcpIpChannel(hostname: targetHostname, port: targetPort).intValue
    if channelNum < 0 {
        print("\(ssh.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("Opened direct-tcpip channel: \(channelNum)")

    //  The channel now carries ordinary TCP data to the target, tunneled over SSH.

    ssh.disconnect()

}