warp-tech/warpgate

Generic TCP targets (tunnels)

Open

#766 opened on May 5, 2023

View on GitHub
 (1 comment) (14 reactions) (0 assignees)Rust (281 forks)github user discovery
help wantedprotocol/ssh

Repository metrics

Stars
 (7,061 stars)
PR merge metrics
 (Avg merge 3d 5h) (70 merged PRs in 30d)

Description

Discussed in https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/discussions/762

Originally posted by lavrd May 5, 2023 Hi, thanks for the project!

As I can see there is source code to access MySQL through Warpgate and for PostgreSQL source code is need too. But I am thinking about different approaches to achieve it:

  • SSH Tunnel / Port Forwarding - add a public key in admin UI and (or use password like it works now) and then make ssh connecting with port forwarding (as I understand at the moment we can't do it because Warpgate tries to make a hop to another server)
  • TCP Proxy - it requires cli tool, which will do auth and start local tcp server, then start tcp server using Warpgate and make proxy to services like databases

What do you think?

If it is valid proposals and you need it I can try to help with implementation.

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate how to extend Warpgate's protocol support to add generic TCP tunnel targets, considering SSH port forwarding and TCP proxy approaches. Look at existing MySQL/Postgres implementations for reference.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Mostly clear
Prerequisites
RustGit
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
35