--- title: A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels (with labs) | daily.dev description: SSH is yet another example of an ancient technology that is still in wide use today. With nothing but standard tools, you can achieve the following: Access... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-visual-guide-to-ssh-tunnels-with-labs--r3ltzdw76 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels (with labs) | daily.dev og:description: SSH is yet another example of an ancient technology that is still in wide use today. With nothing but standard tools, you can achieve the following: Access... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-visual-guide-to-ssh-tunnels-with-labs--r3ltzdw76 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/R3ltZDW76.png og:image:alt: A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels (with labs) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels (with labs) **[Pointer](https://daily.dev/sources/pointer)** · 11 min read · 185 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary SSH is yet another example of an ancient technology that is still in wide use today. With nothing but standard tools, you can achieve the following: Access internal VPC endpoints through a public-facing EC2 instance. Expose any local server from a home/private network to the outside First, we need to prepare the server - a machine with the SSH daemon and a simple web service listening on 127.0.1:80. The web service is a simple online service. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@crismarket75** · 1 upvotes > Thanks for share, I save it for future! That's a great resource!! **@miraz** · 1 upvotes > Good post. Linux related knowledge, whether it is Shell commands, Shell scripting or SSH, is one of the few things in the development world that remained ever green for a long time! I've never regretted spending time on these. **@bobbyiliev** · 0 upvotes > That is great! **@muradroid** · 0 upvotes > This article offers a fantastic deep dive into SSH tunnels, presenting complex concepts in an easily digestible manner. It's a must-read for both beginners and experienced developers who want to secure their remote connections and navigate network restrictions effectively. The practical examples and clear explanations make it an invaluable resource for enhancing one's knowledge of secure networking practices. Well done! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#r](https://daily.dev/tags/r), [#ssh](https://daily.dev/tags/ssh) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-visual-guide-to-ssh-tunnels-with-labs--r3ltzdw76) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels (with labs)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-visual-guide-to-ssh-tunnels-with-labs--r3ltzdw76","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-visual-guide-to-ssh-tunnels-with-labs--r3ltzdw76"},"datePublished":"2022-11-04T17:32:12.722Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T04:06:30.561Z","description":"SSH is yet another example of an ancient technology that is still in wide use today. 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