SSH Config for Simple Pairing Tunnels

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# Put this in your ~/.ssh/config

Host pairgate
  Hostname <central-pairing-server>
  User <your-user-name>

Host pairhost
  Hostname <central-pairing-server>
  User <your-user-name>
  RemoteForward localhost:2222 localhost:22

Host *.pair
  ProxyCommand ssh -e none -ax pairgate nc -w 5 localhost %p 2>/dev/null  # proxy via the shared machine
  User <pairing-user-on-host-machine>
  LocalForward localhost:3000 localhost:3000  # for rails development, everyone gets a local server
  Port 2222

# To host the pairing session
#
# ssh pairhost -N
#
# To join a pairing session
#
# ssh <name-of-host>.pair
#
# We then use tmux to share a terminal.