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Reliable persistent SSH-Tunnel via systemd (not autossh)
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ssh-tunnel@.service
# Reliable persistent SSH-Tunnel via systemd (not autossh)
# https://gist.github.com/guettli/31242c61f00e365bbf5ed08d09cdc006#file-ssh-tunnel-service
[Unit]
Description=Tunnel for %i
After=network.target
[Service]
User=tunnel
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssh -o "ExitOnForwardFailure yes" -o "ServerAliveInterval 60" -N tunnel@%i
Restart=always
RestartSec=5s
StartLimitInterval=0
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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rolfen commented May 7, 2018

Thank you!

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stokito commented Jul 8, 2023

Please check out my systemd service https://github.com/yurt-page/sshtunnel

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