Mole

Mole is a cli application to create ssh tunnels, forwarding a local port to a remote endpoint through an ssh server.

For more information about usage, examples and specific use cases, please visit https://davrodpin.github.io/mole/

How to install

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/davrodpin/mole/master/tools/install.sh)

or if you prefer install it through Homebrew

brew tap davrodpin/homebrew-mole && brew install mole

How to use

$ mole -v -remote :443 -server user@example.com
DEBU[0000] cli options                                   options="[local=, remote=:443, server=user@example.com, key=, verbose=true, help=false, version=false]"
DEBU[0000] using ssh config file from: /home/mole/.ssh/config
DEBU[0000] server: [name=example.com, address=example.com:22, user=user, key=/home/mole/.ssh/id_rsa]
DEBU[0000] tunnel: [local:127.0.0.1:63046, server:example.com:22, remote:127.0.0.1:443]
INFO[0000] listening on local address                    local_address="127.0.0.1:63046"

$ mole -v -local 127.0.0.1:8080 -remote 172.17.0.100:80 -server user@example.com:22 -key ~/.ssh/id_rsa
DEBU[0000] cli options                                   key=/home/mole/.ssh/id_rsa local="127.0.0.1:8080" remote="172.17.0.100:80" server="user@example.com:22" v=true
DEBU[0000] using ssh config file from: /home/mole/.ssh/config
DEBU[0000] server: [name=example.com, address=example.com:22, user=user, key=/home/mole/.ssh/id_rsa]
DEBU[0000] tunnel: [local:127.0.0.1:8080, server:example.com:22, remote:172.17.0.100:80]
INFO[0000] listening on local address                    local_address="127.0.0.1:8080"

$ mole -alias example1 -v -local :8443 -remote :443 -server user@example.com
$ mole -start example1
DEBU[0000] cli options                                   options="[local=:8443, remote=:443, server=user@example.com, key=, verbose=true, help=false, version=false]"
DEBU[0000] using ssh config file from: /home/mole/.ssh/config
DEBU[0000] server: [name=example.com, address=example.com:22, user=user, key=/home/mole/.ssh/id_rsa]
DEBU[0000] tunnel: [local:127.0.0.1:8443, server:example.com:22, remote:127.0.0.1:443]
INFO[0000] listening on local address                    local_address="127.0.0.1:8443"

Test Environment

The project provides a small automated infrastructure to help on funcional tests. Please refer to this document for more details about it.