Re: Tunneling DBD::mysql connections over SSH without using external programs

Whereas Net::SSH::Perl seems the first natural choice, it looks like that module isn't ready for tunneling. Although there is a way to specify a number of options with the constructor,

"Net::SSH::Perl::Config understands a subset of the configuration directives that can live in these files; this subset matches up with the functionality that Net::SSH::Perl can support. Unknown keywords will simply be skipped."

LocalForward is _not_among the known options, so...

Other possible choices could be Net::SSH, Net::SSH2 or Net::SSH::Tunnel. However, these are just wrappers over the sytem-installed ssh and not pure Perl solutions, so if they 'hide the underlying system' enough or not for you remains your decision.

Maybe Net-OpenSSH-0.60 would work - but I haven't tried.

Krambambuli
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Re^2: Tunneling DBD::mysql connections over SSH without using external programs by wwinfrey (Acolyte) on Apr 12, 2013 at 15:15 UTC
Net::OpenSSH looks like a prime candidate. In my original post, I wrote: I've also looked for similar questions about tunneling in general, and have looked at say, the Tunnels section of the Net::OpenSSH perldoc, but can't wrap my head around how I would create a driver handle that connects over the pipes created by Net::OpenSSH's open_ex method... So really, I suppose my entire post could have been distilled down to "How do you make DBI connect with DBD::mysql over Net::OpenSSH tunnels?" but I did not want to necessarily dis-avail myself of other possible solutions. I shouldn't have been so quick to dismiss the VPN solution out-of-hand, especially seeing that is, as Salva alluded to above, what Net::OpenSSH's perldoc "Tunnels" section is referring to. However, these are just wrappers over the sytem-installed ssh and not pure Perl solutions, so if they 'hide the underlying system' enough or not for you remains your decision. In the absence of any other viable solution, I suppose I may have to settle for something in this approach. The reason I'm hesitant to use wrappers for system binaries is because I'd like to wrap this up in an easily-distributed module to my local team of co-devs, and did I mention the target OS will eventually be Windows?	[reply]
Re^3: Tunneling DBD::mysql connections over SSH without using external programs by wwinfrey (Acolyte) on Apr 12, 2013 at 16:48 UTC
Looks like Net::OpenSSH isn't supported on Windows, so that's out. Probably should have checked that requirement beforehand. Tunneling and VPNs likely would not have worked here either because, Windows. I suppose I'll have to find another path.	[reply]
Re^4: Tunneling DBD::mysql connections over SSH without using external programs by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 12, 2013 at 16:49 UTC
In my experience, the MinGW `ssh` client (as distributed with "Git for Windows") and the `plink.exe` as distributed with PuTTy work very well with port forwarding.	[reply] [d/l] [select]