socks-ssh-tunnel.bash

socks-ssh-tunnel.bash

#Fill in these two vars and then set this script to run every minute in cron
REMOTE_HOST="somewhere.com"
LOCAL_PORT="12345"

#Leave this part alone
SSH_ARGS="$REMOTE_HOST -D $LOCAL_PORT -f -C -q -N"
START_COMMAND="ssh $SSH_ARGS"
echo ""
echo "Start command:"
echo $START_COMMAND
echo ""
echo 'Stop command:'
echo "pkill -f 'ssh $SSH_ARGS'"
echo ""
CHECK="ps -e | grep --quiet \"[ssh] $SSH_ARGS\""
if eval $CHECK; then
    echo "The tunnel is already running on local port $LOCAL_PORT."
    exit
fi
eval $START_COMMAND
echo "The tunnel has been started on local port $LOCAL_PORT."