Local port forwarding Command explanation To forward port of remote host use the following command ssh -L :: @ -L stands for local adress because we are tunneling connection on local machine, TUNNEL_IP is 127.0.0.1 ssh -L :127.0.0.1: @ Real life example I have a server with ip 69.69.69.69 I have user on a server called gnumik My public key is recognized by this server and I can establish ssh connection like this: ssh gnumik@69.69.69.69 I have postgresql data base running on the server on port 5432 I want to have access to this postgre instance from my local machine using local port 5433 I need to execute the following command on my local machine: ssh -L 5433:127.0.0.1:5432 gnumik@69.69.69.69 P.S. I use arch btw