Template To Control Server Through SSH Tunnel With Node.js

ssh_tunnel_template.js

const tunnel = require('tunnel-ssh');

async function main() {
        const sshUserName = 'SSH_USER_NAME';
        const sshPassword = 'SSH_PASSWORD';
    
        let sshConfig = {
            host: 'SSH_HOST_ADDRESS',
            port: SSH_PORT,
            username: sshUserName,
            password: sshPassword,
            keepaliveInterval: 60000,
            keepAlive: true,
            dstHost: 'TUNNEL_DEST_HOST_ADDRESS',
            dstPort: TUNNEL_DEST_PORT,
            localHost: 'localhost',
            localPort: LOCAL_PORT
        };
        
        const tnl = tunnel(sshConfig, async (err: any, server: any) => {
            if (err) {
                throw err;
            }

            // write what you want to do through tunnel.
    
            tnl.close();
        });
}

main();