I want to start the following command as a service on Mac OS X. Could anybody show me what is the correct way to do it on Catalina? Thanks.
ssh -D 1337 -q -C -N -f [email protected]
https://ma.ttias.be/socks-proxy-linux-ssh-bypass-content-filters/
Here is an example using autossh, registered as a launchd service.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>swinton.autossh</string>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<dict>
<key>NetworkState</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/bin/autossh</string>
<string>-M</string>
<string>20000</string>
<string>-D</string>
<string>9999</string>
<string>[email protected]</string>
<string>-N</string>
</array>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/Users/steve/Logs/autossh/autossh.stdout</string>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/Users/steve/Logs/autossh/autossh.stderr</string>
<key>User</key>
<string>steve</string>
<key>ThrottleInterval</key>
<integer>30</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
Some launchd documentation can be found here: https://www.launchd.info/
autossh come from, how does it need to be configured?
brew install autossh but it doesn't really matter where it comes from. It does not need any configuration. It's just a wrapper around ssh.