Tunnel AFP over SSH over Internet

Question

I can't seem to figure out how to connect to AFP over SSH. Here is my setup:

[Raspberry Pi] <---> [router] <---> (Internet) <---> [Client]

I'd like to be able to connect to my home's WAN IP address on port 5123 to access the AFP server running on my Raspberry Pi over SSH.

I've already:

And yes, I've tried googling for instructions but I couldn't get it to work.

xx4h · Answer 1 · 2013-02-13 10:22:48Z

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Don't forward to AFP-Port on Pi. For Security Reasons. That's probably the reason why you want to use a ssh-tunnel.

Forward from [Router] to SSH-Port on [Raspberry Pi]
On your [Client] you should now setup the port forward:
ssh -p PORT -Nf raspberry-user@WAN-IP -L 5123:localhost:5123
(switch "-N" is for not executing remote-commands, "-f" forks to background)
The "PORT" is the external port from your [Router], which is forwarded to [Raspberry Pi]
Connect AFP on [Client] to localhost:5123

edited Feb 13 at 10:22

answered Feb 13 at 10:14

xx4h
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	cl.ly/image/142V1M1O3X1z :( – XAleXOwnZX Feb 14 at 3:46
	Please paste ssh-command, afp-connect (command or gui-screenshot). maybe also do a `lsof -i \| egrep ^afpd` on the [Raspberry Pi] and paste that output too. – xx4h Feb 14 at 5:25
	I can only test the connection through LAN for now, so that's the IP i used: "$sudo -p 5123 -Nf pi@192.168.146.155 -L 5123:localhost:5123" and accessed via "afp://localhost:5123" from my web browser (which sends off the command to Finder to handle) – XAleXOwnZX Feb 14 at 6:46
	first of all, you can not use same port for ssh and afp. the `-p` switch from ssh-command is for the ssh server port (default is 22, if you didn't changed this, you don't need `-p`, but you can `-p 22`. i think it should work for you with: `ssh -Nf pi@192.168.146.155 -L 5123:localhost:5123` and then access via browser. – xx4h Feb 14 at 6:53
	I'd need the "-p 5123" because i've configured that as my SSH port, so should i tunnel a different port? (for example, 5124) – XAleXOwnZX Feb 15 at 15:52

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