Open a direct-tcpip Channel (SSH Port Forwarding)

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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.

Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  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.

Dim ssh As New ChilkatSsh

Dim sshPort As Long
sshPort = 22
success = ssh.Connect("ssh.example.com",sshPort)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ssh.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  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.
Dim password As String
password = "mySshPassword"

success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ssh.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  The target name is resolved by the SSH server, not by this computer, so it must be
'  reachable from the server's network.
Dim targetHostname As String
targetHostname = "db.internal.example.com"
Dim targetPort As Long
targetPort = 5432
Dim channelNum As Long
channelNum = ssh.OpenDirectTcpIpChannel(targetHostname,targetPort)
If (channelNum < 0) Then
    Debug.Print ssh.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Opened direct-tcpip channel: " & channelNum

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

ssh.Disconnect