SSH Jump Host via Eclipse

Question

I have the following environment configuration:

Client -> HOST_A (public IP address) -> HOST_B (private IP address)

That being said, to avoid connecting manually to HOST_A and then to HOST_B, I'm using the jump host configuration below in the .ssh/config file.

Host HOST_B
  ProxyCommand ssh -q HOST_A nc -q0 HOST_B 22

This solution works well when I'm using a regular terminal, but it doesn't work when using "Remote Systems" in Eclipse IDE. I'm not sure if I have to enforce the config file or how to configure jump hosts in Eclipse.

Does anyone have an idea how to sort this out in Eclipse?

Answer 1

What about an ssh tunnel?

ssh -L 2222:HOST_B:22 -N HOST_A

Then you can use localhost:2222 to connect to HOST_B with ssh. You just need Eclipse to allow you to specify a port in the ssh configuration.