Manage persistent ssh tunnels and port forwards.

Latest release 20221228: get_ssh_options: be quiet.

Portfwd runs a collection of ssh tunnel commands persistently, each in its own cs.app.svcd <https://pypi.org/project/cs.app.svcd>_ instance with all the visibility and process control that SvcD brings.

It reads tunnel preconditions from special comments within the ssh config file. It uses the configuration options from the config file as the SvcD signature function thus restarting particular ssh tunnels when their specific configuration changes. It has an "automatic" mode (the -A option) which monitors the desired list of tunnels from statuses expressed via cs.app.flag <https://pypi.org/project/cs.app.flag>_ which allows live addition or removal of tunnels as needed.

Function Condition(portfwd, op, invert, *args)

Factory to construct a condition from a specification.

Class FlagCondition(_PortfwdCondition)

A flag based condition.

Function main(argv=None, environ=None)

Command line main programme.

Class PingCondition(_PortfwdCondition)

A ping based condition.

Class Portfwd(cs.app.flag.FlaggedMixin)

An ssh tunnel built on a SvcD.

Method Portfwd.__init__(self, target, ssh_config=None, conditions=(), test_shcmd=None, trace=False, verbose=False, flags=None): Initialise the Portfwd.

Parameters:

• target: the tunnel name, and also the name of the ssh configuration used
• ssh_config: ssh configuration file if not the default
• conditions: an iterable of Conditions which must hold before the tunnel is set up; the tunnel also aborts if these cease to hold
• test_shcmd: a shell command which must succeed before the tunnel is set up; the tunnel also aborts if this command subsequently fails
• trace: issue tracing messages; default False
• verbose: be verbose; default False
• flags: optional preexisting Flags instance

Class Portfwds

A collection of Portfwd instances and associated control methods.

Method Portfwds.__init__(self, ssh_config=None, environ=None, target_list=None, auto_mode=None, trace=False, verbose=False, flags=None): Initialise the Portfwds instance.

Parameters:

• ssh_config: the ssh configuration file if not the default
• environ: the environment mapping to use; default: os.environ
• target_list: an iterable of Portfwd target names
• auto_mode: also derive target names from the set of true PORTFWD_name_AUTO flags
• trace: trace mode, default False
• verbose: verbose mode, default False
• flags: the cs.app.flags.Flags instance to use, default is to construct a new one

Release Log

Release 20221228: get_ssh_options: be quiet.

Release 20210316:

• Portfwds: accept any iterable for target_list.
• Portability fix.

Release 20190602:

• Support alert groups.
• ssh_argv no longer a property in order to support bare param.
• New method ssh_options to wrap ssh_argv.
• Drop sig_func, use ssh_options instead.
• Remove local UNIX domain socket forward endpoints before starting ssh tunnel.
• Improve option parse.

Release 20170906: Initial PyPI release.