This script forwards a number of configured local ports to local or remote socket servers.
git clone git@github.com:vinodpandey/python-port-forward.git
cd python-port-forward
# update port-forward.config file
# default port forward is localhost:80 > localhost:8080 (80 localhost 8080)
sudo python port-forward.py
# with default port-forward.config, access: http://localhost/ -> this should now show content from http://localhost:8080/
# you can run a test python http server using below command to check the default configuration
# python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080
Rename port-forward-sample.config to port-forward.config
Add to the config file port-forward.config lines with contents as follows:
<local incoming port> <dest hostname> <dest port>
Start the application at command line with 'sudo python port-forward.py' and stop the application by keying in <ctrl-c>.
Error messages are stored in file 'error.log'.