I need to consume a web service from my local computer but the web service allows only the predefined ip's so i need to consume the service via a middle host which has an ip defined to reach the web service host. So i need to do something like ssh tunnel hopping:
Local computer(mac) ---> middle host(ubuntu) ---> https soap web service
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My local computer is a mac, middle host is ubuntu linux and the service is a https service.
First i want to ask is this a possible scenarion?
Then what i've tried and what i've achieved:
I initiated a tunnel with ssh command:
ssh -L 8443:service_url:443 -Nf root@middle_host_ip
I'm using SoapUi app. to test the conenction but i got javax.net.ssl.sslexception connection reset
error.
On the ssh connection side i got channel 2: open failed: connect failed: Name or service not known
error.
The url i tried in SoapUi application are https://localhost:8443
and https://127.0.0.1:8443
I also updated the /etc/host file; to check if the problem was about it; as:
127.0.0.1 service_url
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
But i still got the same error.
Is there an easier way to test the connection and is there an obvious mistake i'm making?
Thanks.
Edit:
For testing i tried connecting to a non https server with the ssh command
ssh -L 8443:[regular_web_site_url]:80 [user]@[server_ip]
and in a web browser typed the url localhost:8443
and retrieved the web site succesfully.
But when i try to do the same for the https web service which i want to consume i get the error on the shell which i created the ssh connection:
channel 3: open failed: connect failed: Name or service not known
And when i try to retriev a https web site, for testing purposes, i have the invalid certificate error even i change the /etc/hosts
file as:
127.0.0.1 [https_web_site_url]
Why i'm trying to achieve this is i need to test a https web service which allows only the predefined ip's to consume so i need to connect to the middle host which has predefined ip for the service to be consumed.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks again