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[![Packagist Downloads](https://img.shields.io/packagist/dt/clue/reactphp-ssh-proxy?color=blue)](https://packagist.org/packages/clue/reactphp-ssh-proxy)

Async SSH proxy connector and forwarder, tunnel any TCP/IP-based protocol through an SSH server,
built on top of [ReactPHP](https://reactphp.org).
built on top of [ReactPHP](https://reactphp.org/).

[Secure Shell (SSH)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell) is a secure
network protocol that is most commonly used to access a login shell on a remote
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plaintext HTTP request to google.com through a remote SSH server:

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('user@example.com');
<?php

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('alice@example.com');

$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
'tcp' => $proxy,
'dns' => false
));

$connector->connect('tcp://google.com:80')->then(function (React\Socket\ConnectionInterface $connection) {
$connection->write("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: google.com\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n");
$connection->on('data', function ($chunk) {
echo $chunk;
});
$connection->on('close', function () {
echo '[DONE]';
});
}, 'printf');
$browser = new React\Http\Browser($connector);

$browser->get('http://example.com/')->then(function (Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface $response) {
var_dump($response->getHeaders(), (string) $response->getBody());
}, function (Exception $e) {
echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
});
```

See also the [examples](examples).
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This class is implemented as a lightweight process wrapper around the `ssh`
client binary, so it will spawn one `ssh` process for each connection. For
example, if you [open a connection](#plain-tcp-connections) to
`tcp://reactphp.org:80`, it will run the equivalent of `ssh -W reactphp.org:80 user@example.com`
`tcp://reactphp.org:80`, it will run the equivalent of `ssh -W reactphp.org:80 alice@example.com`
and forward data from its standard I/O streams. For this to work, you'll have to
make sure that you have a suitable SSH client installed. On Debian/Ubuntu-based
systems, you may simply install it like this:
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Its constructor simply accepts an SSH proxy server URL:

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('alice@example.com');
```

The proxy URL may or may not contain a scheme and port definition. The default
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```diff
- $acme = new AcmeApi($connector);
+ $proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('user@example.com');
+ $proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('alice@example.com');
+ $acme = new AcmeApi($proxy);
```

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client binary and it will spawn one `ssh` process on demand for multiple
connections. For example, once you [open a connection](#plain-tcp-connections)
to `tcp://reactphp.org:80` for the first time, it will run the equivalent of
`ssh -D 1080 user@example.com` to run the SSH client in local SOCKS proxy server
`ssh -D 1080 alice@example.com` to run the SSH client in local SOCKS proxy server
mode and will then create a SOCKS client connection to this server process. You
can create any number of connections over this one process and it will keep this
process running while there are any open connections and will automatically
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Its constructor simply accepts an SSH proxy server URL:

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('alice@example.com');
```

The proxy URL may or may not contain a scheme and port definition. The default
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servers, you may optionally pass a unique bind address like this:

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('user@example.com?bind=127.1.1.1:1081',);
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('alice@example.com?bind=127.1.1.1:1081');
```

> *Security note for multi-user systems*: This class will spawn the SSH client
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```diff
- $acme = new AcmeApi($connector);
+ $proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('user@example.com');
+ $proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('alice@example.com');
+ $acme = new AcmeApi($proxy);
```

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and use any higher level protocol like so:

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('alice@example.com');
// or
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('alice@example.com');

$proxy->connect('tcp://smtp.googlemail.com:587')->then(function (React\Socket\ConnectionInterface $connection) {
$connection->write("EHLO local\r\n");
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may want to wrap this connector in ReactPHP's [`Connector`](https://github.com/reactphp/socket#connector):

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('alice@example.com');
// or
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('alice@example.com');

$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
'tcp' => $proxy,
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The `SshSocksConnector` can also be used if you want to establish a secure TLS connection
(formerly known as SSL) between you and your destination, such as when using
secure HTTPS to your destination site. You can simply wrap this connector in
ReactPHP's [`Connector`](https://github.com/reactphp/socket#connector) or the
low-level [`SecureConnector`](https://github.com/reactphp/socket#secureconnector):
ReactPHP's [`Connector`](https://github.com/reactphp/socket#connector):

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('alice@example.com');

$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
'tcp' => $proxy,
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This allows you to send both plain HTTP and TLS-encrypted HTTPS requests like this:

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('alice@example.com');

$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
'tcp' => $proxy,
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$browser = new React\Http\Browser($connector);

$browser->get('https://example.com/')->then(function (Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface $response) {
$browser->get('http://example.com/')->then(function (Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface $response) {
var_dump($response->getHeaders(), (string) $response->getBody());
}, function (Exception $e) {
echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
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server through an SSH tunnel. Here's the gist:

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('alice@example.com');

$uri = 'test:test@localhost/test';
$factory = new React\MySQL\Factory(null, $proxy);
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smaller, usually in the range of a few seconds only.

You can use ReactPHP's [`Connector`](https://github.com/reactphp/socket#connector)
or the low-level
[`TimeoutConnector`](https://github.com/reactphp/socket#timeoutconnector)
to decorate any given `ConnectorInterface` instance.
It provides the same `connect()` method, but will automatically reject the
underlying connection attempt if it takes too long:

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('alice@example.com');
// or
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('alice@example.com');

$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
'tcp' => $proxy,
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other examples explicitly disable DNS resolution like this:

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('alice@example.com');
// or
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('alice@example.com');

$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
'tcp' => $proxy,
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If you want to explicitly use *local DNS resolution*, you can use the following code:

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('alice@example.com');
// or
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('user@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('alice@example.com');

// set up Connector which uses Google's public DNS (8.8.8.8)
$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
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```bash
# test SSH access
$ ssh user@example.com echo hello
$ ssh alice@example.com echo hello
```

Because this class is designed to be used to create any number of connections,
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username and password as part of the SSH proxy server URL like this:

```php
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('user:pass@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector('alice:password@example.com');
// or
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('user:pass@example.com');
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector('alice:password@example.com');
```

For this to work, you will have to have the `sshpass` binary installed. On
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```php
$user = 'he:llo';
$pass = 'p@ss';
$url = rawurlencode($user) . ':' . rawurlencode($pass) . '@example.com';

$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector(
rawurlencode($user) . ':' . rawurlencode($pass) . '@example.com:2222'
);
$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector($url);
```

## Install

The recommended way to install this library is [through Composer](https://getcomposer.org).
The recommended way to install this library is [through Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).
[New to Composer?](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md)

This project follows [SemVer](https://semver.org/).
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## Tests

To run the test suite, you first need to clone this repo and then install all
dependencies [through Composer](https://getcomposer.org):
dependencies [through Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```bash
$ composer install
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To run the test suite, go to the project root and run:

```bash
$ php vendor/bin/phpunit
$ vendor/bin/phpunit
```

The test suite contains a number of tests that require an actual SSH proxy server.
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not stored in your bash history like this:

```bash
$ export SSH_PROXY=user:secret@example.com
$ php vendor/bin/phpunit --exclude-group internet
$ export SSH_PROXY=alice:password@example.com
$ vendor/bin/phpunit
```

## License
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"authors": [
{
"name": "Christian Lück",
"email": "christian@lueck.tv"
"email": "christian@clue.engineering"
}
],
"autoload": {
"psr-4": { "Clue\\React\\SshProxy\\": "src/" },
"files": [ "src/Io/functions.php" ]
},
"autoload-dev": {
"psr-4": { "Clue\\Tests\\React\\SshProxy\\": "tests/"}
},
"require": {
"php": ">=5.3",
"clue/socks-react": "^1.0",
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"phpunit/phpunit": "^9.3 || ^5.7 || ^4.8.36",
"react/http": "^1.5",
"react/mysql": "^0.5.5"
},
"autoload": {
"psr-4": { "Clue\\React\\SshProxy\\": "src/" },
"files": [ "src/Io/functions.php" ]
},
"autoload-dev": {
"psr-4": { "Clue\\Tests\\React\\SshProxy\\": "tests/"}
}
}
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// You can assign the SSH_PROXY environment and prefix this with a space to make
// sure your login credentials are not stored in your bash history like this:
//
// $ export SSH_PROXY=user:secret@example.com
// $ export SSH_PROXY=alice:password@example.com
// $ php examples/01-https-request.php

require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

$url = getenv('SSH_PROXY') !== false ? getenv('SSH_PROXY') : 'ssh://localhost:22';
$url = getenv('SSH_PROXY') !== false ? getenv('SSH_PROXY') : 'alice@localhost';

$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector($url);

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// You can assign the SSH_PROXY environment and prefix this with a space to make
// sure your login credentials are not stored in your bash history like this:
//
// $ export SSH_PROXY=user:secret@example.com
// $ export SSH_PROXY=alice:password@example.com
// $ php examples/02-optional-proxy-https-request.php

require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
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// You can assign the SSH_PROXY environment and prefix this with a space to make
// sure your login credentials are not stored in your bash history like this:
//
// $ export SSH_PROXY=user:secret@example.com
// $ export SSH_PROXY=alice:password@example.com
// $ php examples/11-proxy-raw-http-protocol.php
//
// For illustration purposes only. If you want to send HTTP requests in a real
// world project, take a look at example #01, example #02 and https://github.com/reactphp/http#client-usage.

require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

$url = getenv('SSH_PROXY') !== false ? getenv('SSH_PROXY') : 'ssh://localhost:22';
$url = getenv('SSH_PROXY') !== false ? getenv('SSH_PROXY') : 'alice@localhost';

$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshProcessConnector($url);

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// You can assign the SSH_PROXY environment and prefix this with a space to make
// sure your login credentials are not stored in your bash history like this:
//
// $ export SSH_PROXY=user:secret@example.com
// $ export SSH_PROXY=alice:password@example.com
// $ php examples/12-optional-proxy-raw-http-protocol.php
//
// This example highlights how changing from direct connection to using a proxy
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// You can assign the SSH_PROXY environment and prefix this with a space to make
// sure your login credentials are not stored in your bash history like this:
//
// $ export SSH_PROXY=user:secret@example.com
// $ export SSH_PROXY=alice:password@example.com
// $ php examples/21-proxy-raw-https-protocol.php
//
// For illustration purposes only. If you want to send HTTP requests in a real
// world project, take a look at example #01, example #02 and https://github.com/reactphp/http#client-usage.

require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

$url = getenv('SSH_PROXY') !== false ? getenv('SSH_PROXY') : 'ssh://localhost:22';
$url = getenv('SSH_PROXY') !== false ? getenv('SSH_PROXY') : 'alice@localhost';

$proxy = new Clue\React\SshProxy\SshSocksConnector($url);

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// You can assign the SSH_PROXY environment and prefix this with a space to make
// sure your login credentials are not stored in your bash history like this:
//
// $ export SSH_PROXY=user:secret@example.com
// $ export SSH_PROXY=alice:password@example.com
// $ php examples/22-optional-proxy-raw-https-protocol.php
//
// This example highlights how changing from direct connection to using a proxy
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