is SSH Gateway (jump host) available in connection - VPN/SSH/Gateway?

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is SSH Gateway (jump host) available in connection - VPN/SSH/Gateway?

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RDM version: 2023.1.5.0 (MAC)

I hope you are doing well.

Is SSH Gateway (Jump host) available in Connection - VPN/SSH/Gateway? I know there is an option available in SSH entry - General - SSH Shell - Gateway, but I am looking for the option in Connection - VPN/SSH/Gateway so we can use a single gateway entry for multiple SSH entries and avoid to update every single SSH entry if there is change to SSH Gateway. The idea is similar to assign RDP Gateway for multiple RDP entries.

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Hi pirate585,

Yes there is:



That being said, there is a bug in RDM Mac 2023.1.5.0 with the VPN/SSH/Gateway tab that prevent properly configuring it. We should soon publish a new version with a fix for this.

Best regards,

Xavier Fortin

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Hi Xavier,

Thank your for your reply. I had seen the Jump host option, but I was unable to get it to work. Could you please elaborate more details about how-to? I understand there is a bug in RDM Mac 2023.1.5.0 that prevent it to work so I use RDM Windows 2023.1.13.0 instead (to test steps and config)

The goal can be done easy with ssh command "ssh -J user@jumphost user@destination_server" or option "ProxyJump" in ssh config file.

Regards,
Eric

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Oh. There is a misunderstanding. "Jump host" here does not refer to a SSH feature of that name, but to RDM-specific feature. For what you want to do, you'll probably want to select SSH in the popup (instead of Jump Host):



The "jump host" settings for SSH are under the "Gateway" tab:



Best regards,

Xavier Fortin

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sorry for response late. I had tried the setting, but it didnt work.

RDM popup an error if I dont keyin hostname in the general tab.


If I keyin the hostname of the "jump host (SSH feature)" and select dynamic mode, I got this error after connecting.


If I choose local or remote mode, there are different errors.

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Hi,

I might have misunderstood what you are trying to do. Are you trying to have multiple SSH entries for which what would usually be configured under the SSH "Gateway" tab (not to be confused with the entry "VPN/SSH/Gateway" tab) would actually be a link to a "SSH Gateway/Jump Host" entries that can then be shared among different SSH entries?

Best regards,

Xavier Fortin

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I meant the similar use case to use SSH Gateway as use RDP Gateway in "VPN/SSH/Gateway" that you just need to create an RDP Gateway entry to be shared and used by any RDP entries.

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Hi,

I see. This is not supported at the moment. I will open a ticket for this and keep this in mind.

Best regards,

Xavier Fortin

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thanks a lot.

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Hi pirate585,

The SSH Gateway VPN entry is now available. And it can be linked directly in a SSH Shell, Tunnel or Port Forward entries in their respective Gateway tab.

Best regards,

Xavier Fortin

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thanks a lot. it is a life saver