ssh -R 80:localhost:8080 ubuntu@some-ec2-instance -i key.pem

__david__ · on May 18, 2014

This has been my technique for a long time. I usually add -N, since there's usually no need to do anything on that host.

itsadok · on May 19, 2014

You'd need to tweak the server for this to actually work. By default, remote forwarded ports are not accessible from other hosts, and non-root cannot listen on port 80.

http://serverfault.com/a/133440/1726 http://serverfault.com/a/285617/1726