SSH connection with port forwarding powers

readme.md

1. Copy to a file like connect.sh in your home (~/).
2. Update the local variables such as LOCAL_HOST, REMOTE_USER, REMOTE_HOST and PEM_FILE.
3. Make it executable with $ chmod +x ~/connect.sh
4. To run:

• Without ports $ ./connect.sh
• With ports $ ./connect.sh 8080 8081 ... (you can add several ports separated by spaces)

connect.sh

#!/bin/bash

LOCAL_HOST="localhost" # Where you want to forward the ports
REMOTE_USER="ubuntu" # The remote user on the IP you want to connect
REMOTE_HOST="192.0.XY.XYZ" # IP you want to connect
PEM_FILE="~/my-top-secret.pem" # Path to your PEM file

PORTS_LEGEND="Connecting to remote host «$REMOTE_HOST»"
FORMATTED_PORTS=""

if [ $# == 0 ]; then
  PORTS_LEGEND+=" without port forward"
else
  PORTS_LEGEND+=" with port forward on:"
fi

for PORT in $@; do
  PORTS_LEGEND+=" «$PORT»"
  FORMATTED_PORTS+=" -L \"$PORT:$LOCAL_HOST:$PORT\""
done

echo "$PORTS_LEGEND"
eval "ssh -x -C -Y -4 -i $PEM_FILE$FORMATTED_PORTS $REMOTE_USER@$REMOTE_HOST"