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Systemd service for autossh
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| [Unit] | |
| Description=Keeps a tunnel to 'remote.example.com' open | |
| After=network-online.target ssh.service | |
| [Service] | |
| Environment="AUTOSSH_DEBUG=1" | |
| # User=autossh | |
| # -p [PORT] | |
| # -l [user] | |
| # -M 0 --> no monitoring | |
| # -N Just open the connection and do nothing (not interactive) | |
| # LOCALPORT:IP_ON_EXAMPLE_COM:PORT_ON_EXAMPLE_COM | |
| ExecStart=/usr/bin/autossh -M 0 -N -q -o "ServerAliveInterval 60" -o "ServerAliveCountMax 3" -p 22 -l autossh remote.example.com -L 7474:127.0.0.1:7474 -i /home/autossh/.ssh/id_rsa | |
| [Install] | |
| WantedBy=multi-user.target |
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On Ubuntu (at least from version 16.x Xenual Xerus), create the above file as a normal user, then install it with:
$ sudo mv autossh.service /etc/systemd/system/
Make it visible for systemd with
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Enable as follows:
$ sudo sudo systemctl enable autossh.service