ForwardingTool

ForwardingTool is a simple GUI tool for easy setup of multiple SSH tunnels using the same jump server. Soucre code is available on GitHub (https://github.com/Slarag/forwardingtool). It was designed to work on Windows and Linux.

It heavily depends on the sshtunnel module (https://pypi.org/project/sshtunnel/)

Tunnel icons created by Freepik - Flaticon (https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/tunnel)

Installation (Windows)

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   C:\Users\slarag> git clone https://github.com/Slarag/forwardingtool.git

2. Create a virtual environment for the project and activate it:

   C:\Users\slarag> cd forwardingtool

   C:\Users\slarag\forwardingtool> python -m venv env

   C:\Users\slarag\forwardingtool> env\Scripts\activate.bat

3. Upgrade pip:

   (env) C:\Users\slarag\forwardingtool> python -m pip install --upgrade pip (env) C:\Users\slarag\forwardingtool> python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the tool:

   (env) C:\Users\slarag\forwardingtool> python main.py

5. If you want to create an executable (=freeze the application with cx_freeze), run the following steps:

   (env) C:\Users\slarag\forwardingtool> python freeze.py build

Installation (Linux)

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   slarag@ubuntu> git clone https://github.com/Slarag/forwardingtool.git

2. Create a virtual environment for the project and activate it:

   slarag@ubuntu: cd forwardingtool

   slarag@ubuntu:~/forwardingtool> python -m venv env

   slarag@ubuntu:~/forwardingtool> source env\bin\activate

3. Upgrade pip:

   slarag@ubuntu:~/forwardingtool> python -m pip install --upgrade pip

4. Install required package in the virtual environment:

   slarag@ubuntu:~/forwardingtool> python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Make "main.py" executable:

   slarag@ubuntu:~/forwardingtool> chmod +x main.py

6. Run the tool:

   slarag@ubuntu:~/forwardingtool> python main.py

Known Issues/Limitations

• freeze.py script only available/tested for Windows OS

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