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Autossh init script (Ubuntu) for ssh tunneling
#! /bin/sh
# author: Clément Désiles
# date: 01/08/2016
# source: https://gist.github.com/suma/8134207
# source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34094792/autossh-pid-is-not-equal-to-the-one-in-pidfile-when-using-start-stop-daemon
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: autossh
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: autossh initscript
# Description: establish a tunnelled connexion for remote access
### END INIT INFO
. /etc/environment
. /lib/init/vars.sh
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
TUNNEL_HOST=iam.perdu.com
TUNNEL_USER=toto
TUNNEL_PORT=42000
MONITOR_PORT=42001
KEY_PATH=/home/toto/.ssh/id_rsa
NAME=autossh
DAEMON=/usr/lib/autossh/autossh
AUTOSSH_ARGS="-M $MONITOR_PORT -f"
SSH_ARGS="-nNTv -o ServerAliveInterval=60 -o ServerAliveCountMax=3 -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
-i $KEY_PATH -R $TUNNEL_PORT:localhost:22 $TUNNEL_USER@$TUNNEL_HOST"
DESC="autossh for reverse ssh"
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
DAEMON_ARGS=" $AUTOSSH_ARGS $SSH_ARGS"
# Export PID for autossh
AUTOSSH_PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
export AUTOSSH_PIDFILE
do_start() {
start-stop-daemon --start --background --name $NAME --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null || return 1
start-stop-daemon --start --background --name $NAME --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS || return 2
}
do_stop() {
start-stop-daemon --stop --name $NAME --retry=TERM/5/KILL/9 --pidfile $AUTOSSH_PIDFILE --remove-pidfile
RETVAL="$?"
[ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --retry=0/5/KILL/9 --exec $DAEMON
[ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2
return "$RETVAL"
}
case "$1" in
start)
log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
do_start
case "$?" in
0|1) log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
stop)
log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
do_stop
case "$?" in
0|1) log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
status)
status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart}" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac
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Install instructions:

sudo mv ~/Downloads/autossh.init.sh /etc/init.d/autossh
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/autossh
sudo update-rc.d -f autossh defaults 90 90 > /dev/null 2>&1

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