autosshd

README.markdown

autosshd

Install

git clone https://gist.github.com/6322759.git autosshd
cd autosshd
sudo ./install
sudo vim /etc/autosshd/ssh_config
sudo ssh -F /etc/autosshd/ssh_config tunnel
sudo service autosshd start

And then install /etc/autosshd/id_rsa.pub at target.

autosshd

#!/bin/bash

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:        autosshd
# Required-Start:  $network $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:   $network $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:   2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:    0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start autossh
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

DAEMON=/usr/bin/autossh
PIDFILE=/var/run/autosshd.pid
AUTOSSH_OPTS="-M 0 -f -nNT -F /etc/autosshd/ssh_config tunnel"
LOCKFILE=/var/lock/autosshd

export AUTOSSH_PIDFILE="$PIDFILE"

test -x $DAEMON || exit 5

lock_tunnel() {
  if [ -x /usr/bin/lockfile-create ]; then
    lockfile-create $LOCKFILE
    lockfile-touch $LOCKFILE &
    LOCKTOUCHPID="$!"
  fi
}

unlock_tunnel() {
  if [ -x /usr/bin/lockfile-create ] ; then
    kill $LOCKTOUCHPID
    lockfile-remove $LOCKFILE
  fi
}

case $1 in
  start)
    log_daemon_msg "Starting autossh" "autosshd"
    lock_tunnel
      start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --startas $DAEMON -- $AUTOSSH_OPTS
      status=$?
    unlock_tunnel
    log_end_msg $status
      ;;
  stop)
    log_daemon_msg "Stopping autossh" "autosshd"
      start-stop-daemon --stop --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE
    log_end_msg $?
    rm -f $PIDFILE
      ;;
  restart|force-reload)
    $0 stop && sleep 2 && $0 start
      ;;
  try-restart)
    if $0 status >/dev/null; then
      $0 restart
    else
      exit 0
    fi
    ;;
  reload)
    exit 3
    ;;
  status)
    status_of_proc $DAEMON "autosshd"
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|try-restart|force-reload|status}"
    exit 2
    ;;
esac

install

#!/bin/bash
set -eu

sudo apt-get install autossh

config_dir='/etc/autosshd'
key_file="$config_dir/id_rsa"
ssh_config_file="$config_dir/ssh_config"

if ! [ -e "$config_dir" ] ; then
  echo 'Creating config dir...'
  mkdir -p "$config_dir/"
fi

if ! [ -e "$key_file" ] ; then
  echo 'Generating keypair...'
  ssh-keygen -b 4096 -f "$key_file" -N ''
fi

if ! [ -e "$ssh_config_file" ] ; then
  echo 'Creating template ssh_config...'
  cat << EOF >> $ssh_config_file
Host tunnel
  HostName server.example.com
  Port 1234
  User bob
  ServerAliveInterval 30
  ServerAliveCountMax 3
  RemoteForward 127.0.0.1:10001 127.0.0.1:22
  ExitOnForwardFailure yes
  IdentityFile $key_file
  UserKnownHostsFile $config_dir/known_hosts
EOF
fi

echo 'Installing init.d script...'
cp ./autosshd '/etc/init.d/'

echo 'Configuring run levels...'
update-rc.d autosshd defaults

echo 'done.'

status isn't working for me, @haku. I'll let you know if I find a solution.