I configurated a bastion server on AWS on my public subnet. I can make direct ssh to the ec2 instance inside the private subnet, using the bastion host.
I can connect to the bastion host and check if the 7474 port on the private ec2 istance is opened.
nc -v -z -w 5 10.0.3.102 7474; echo $?
Connection to 10.0.3.102 7474 port [tcp/*] succeeded!
0
I want to ssh tunnel from a localhost (my home machine) to a ec2 instance on private network.
ssh -v -C -N -L 9000:PRIVATE_MDM:7474 BASTION
But i getting:
open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed
Authenticated to 52.32.240.40 ([52.32.240.40]:22).
debug1: Local connections to LOCALHOST:9000 forwarded to remote address PRIVATE_MDM:7474
debug1: Local forwarding listening on ::1 port 9000.
debug1: channel 0: new [port listener]
debug1: Local forwarding listening on 127.0.0.1 port 9000.
debug1: channel 1: new [port listener]
debug1: Requesting no-more-sessions@openssh.com
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug1: Connection to port 9000 forwarding to PRIVATE_MDM port 7474 requested.
debug1: channel 2: new [direct-tcpip]
debug1: Connection to port 9000 forwarding to PRIVATE_MDM port 7474 requested.
debug1: channel 3: new [direct-tcpip]
channel 2: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed
channel 3: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed
debug1: channel 2: free: direct-tcpip: listening port 9000 for PRIVATE_MDM port 7474, connect from 127.0.0.1 port 42685 to 127.0.0.1 port 9000, nchannels 4
debug1: channel 3: free: direct-tcpip: listening port 9000 for PRIVATE_MDM port 7474, connect from 127.0.0.1 port 42686 to 127.0.0.1 port 9000, nchannels 3
debug1: Connection to port 9000 forwarding to PRIVATE_MDM port 7474 requested.
debug1: channel 2: new [direct-tcpip]
channel 2: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed
debug1: channel 2: free: direct-tcpip: listening port 9000 for PRIVATE_MDM port 7474, connect from 127.0.0.1 port 42687 to 127.0.0.1 port 9000, nchannels 3
BASTION machine has forbidden to create port forwarding by option AllowTcpForwarding. If you want to have port-forwarding working, you need to allow this option on this machine.
EDIT: Now I see the flaw there. Can you add description what are you trying to achieve? Forwarding your non-used local port to non-used remote port does not make sense. You either forward existing service on remote side to your local port (then use -L -- local port forwarding) or the other way round, your local service to remote port (then you use -R -- remote port forwarding). Without this, you can't proceed further.
SOLUTION: Difference between nc and ssh command in examples is in usage of direct IP address and hostname. The BASTION was not able to resolve PRIVATE_MDM which caused the problem.