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Last active October 17, 2025 03:34
set up a ssh tunnel only user for ssh proxy jump

Set up a ssh tunnel only user

In order to give someone access to hosts that are available only by ssh "bouncing" (ProxyJump), add a user for this specific purpose.

We have an internal openstack where instances get IPs on per-tenant networks. Each tenant has a 'bastion' host that has a "public" ip (floating ip). You can access other instances by bouncing through the bastion. From time to time I want to let someone else into an instance. This could be done either with:

a.) just give them shell access to the bastion and let them hop through. Sharing an unrestricted shell account on my bastion is less than ideal. b.) assign a floating/"public" IP to the instance so they could go directly in. Floating IPs are limited, so this is less than ideal.

So instead, I have set up a single user as described here that can only be used for ProxyJump. It allows others proxied access to my instances but without granting them full shell access.