SSH port forward in Golang

Do you ever use SSH port fowards to work with remote services locally?

ssh -L 9000:localhost:9999 user@server.com

Here’s how I figured out how to do it in Golang:

package main

// Forward from local port 9000 to remote port 9999

import (
	"code.google.com/p/go.crypto/ssh"
	"io"
	"log"
	"net"
	//  "fmt"
)

var (
	username         = "root"
	password         = clientPassword("password")
	serverAddrString = "192.168.1.100:22"
	localAddrString  = "localhost:9000"
	remoteAddrString = "localhost:9999"
)

type clientPassword string

func (password clientPassword) Password(user string) (string, error) {
	return string(password), nil
}

func forward(localConn net.Conn, config *ssh.ClientConfig) {
	// Setup sshClientConn (type *ssh.ClientConn)
	sshClientConn, err := ssh.Dial("tcp", serverAddrString, config)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("ssh.Dial failed: %s", err)
	}

	// Setup sshConn (type net.Conn)
	sshConn, err := sshClientConn.Dial("tcp", remoteAddrString)

	// Copy localConn.Reader to sshConn.Writer
	go func() {
		_, err = io.Copy(sshConn, localConn)
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("io.Copy failed: %v", err)
		}
	}()

	// Copy sshConn.Reader to localConn.Writer
	go func() {
		_, err = io.Copy(localConn, sshConn)
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("io.Copy failed: %v", err)
		}
	}()
}

func main() {
	// Setup SSH config (type *ssh.ClientConfig)
	config := &ssh.ClientConfig{
		User: username,
		Auth: []ssh.ClientAuth{
			ssh.ClientAuthPassword(password),
		},
	}

	// Setup localListener (type net.Listener)
	localListener, err := net.Listen("tcp", localAddrString)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("net.Listen failed: %v", err)
	}

	for {
		// Setup localConn (type net.Conn)
		localConn, err := localListener.Accept()
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("listen.Accept failed: %v", err)
		}
		go forward(localConn, config)
	}
}