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How to connect to KVM-QEMU guests over SSH SOCKS Proxy. EXAMPLE of how to setup VNC for ALL your guests, without having to port forward/port tunnel every single 590# number
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KVM-QEMU VNC over SOCKS
$ # EXAMPLE of how to setup VNC for ALL your guests, without having to port forward/port tunnel every single 590# number
$ cat ~/.ssh/config
# Host Machines
Host host_a.prod.domain.com
User diginc
DynamicForward 127.0.0.1:1080
# Used with VNCViewer (RealVNC) like so (FullColor fixes the immediate disconnect bug)
# `vncviewer --ProxyServer=127.0.0.1:1080 --ProxyType=socks --FullColor 127.0.0.1:5901`
$ cat ~/.bash_aliases
# VNC Aliases for hosts
for PORT in `seq 5900 5920` ; do
alias host_a_${PORT}="vncviewer --ProxyServer=127.0.0.1:1080 --ProxyType=socks --FullColor 127.0.0.1:${PORT}"
done
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