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Use a Bastion Host

Login

At least two techniques exist for jumping "through" a bastion host to a "hidden" server. In the following examples, the bastion host has the hostname BastionHost whereas the target host has the hostname TargetHost.

Agent Forwarding

First, we log in to the bastion host

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'use strict';

const aws = require('aws-sdk');

const dynamoDB = new aws.DynamoDB.DocumentClient();

exports.handler = async (event, context) => {
  return await getItems();
};

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#!/bin/bash

DISTRIBUTION_ID=

#Invalidate the CloudFront Distribution
invalidation_id=$(aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id $DISTRIBUTION_ID --paths "/*" --query Invalidation.Id)
length=${#invalidation_id}

# Wait for invalidation to finish
aws cloudfront wait invalidation-completed --distribution-id $DISTRIBUTION_ID --id ${invalidation_id:1:$length-2}

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const AWS = require('aws-sdk');

exports.handler = (event, context, callback) => {
  assumeRole('123456789012', 'RoleName', null, (error, credentials) => {
    if(error) {
      console.log('Failed to assume role: ' + error);
      callback(error);
    } else {
      assumeRole('098765432109', 'OrganizationAccountAccessRole', credentials, (error, credentials) => {
        if(error) {