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SSH tunnel systemd service
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ssh_tunnel.service
[Unit]
Description=SSH Tunnel
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/ssh_tunnel
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssh -fN -D "$SOCKS_PORT" -i "$SSH_KEY" -o ServerAliveInterval=60 -o ExitOnForwardFailure=yes "$USER"@"$SSH_SERVER"
ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/curl --silent --fail --max-time 10 -x socks5h://localhost:$SOCKS_PORT http://ifconfig.me/ip || /bin/kill -9 -- $MAINPID"
ExecReload=/bin/kill -1 -- $MAINPID
ExecStop=/bin/kill -9 -- $MAINPID
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
KillMode=process
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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MParvin commented Jul 3, 2023

Content of /etc/default/ssh_tunnel

SSH_SERVER=
USER=
SOCKS_PORT=
SSH_KEY=

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