How to ssh into gcloud with SecureCRT?

[SimonHF]

Hello! I followed these instructions [1] to setup the gcloud tools locally on my Macbook Pro. Then I can ssh into a particular gcloud instance with this command using a non-SecureCRT client:

$ gcloud compute ssh --ssh-flag="-A" --tunnel-through-iap <instance name>

I installed SecureCRT on the same MacBook Pro, and imported the gcloud ssh keys into SecureCRT.

How can I use SecureCRT to ssh into the same gcloud instance? Same command but different somehow? Different way?

Thanks in advance!

[1] https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/quickstart#mac

[SimonHF]

Figured it out:

I need to create this tunnel using the gcloud tool:

$ gcloud compute start-iap-tunnel <instance name> 22 --project=<project name> --zone=us-west1-b --verbosity=warning --local-host-port=localhost:3333
Testing if tunnel connection works.
Listening on port [3333].

Then in SecureCRT I connect to localhost:3333 with the right name and cert et voila... :-)

[cboyack]

Hi Simon,

I'm glad that you were able to figure it out!

If you want to try it out, there's an option under the Session Options / Connection category called Pre-connect:.

You may be able to place your $ gcloud compute... command in this field on a per-session basis and point SecureCRT to localhost:3333 so that you don't have to run that command in an external application.

Unfortunately, there's no capability for any substitution variables within that pre-connect command, but I've added this thread to the feature request for said capability. If it does become an option in the future, we'll be sure to post here.

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