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Use AWS Windows instance as an SSH proxy? (lemmy.ml)

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My work has given me a remote windows desktop to use, that I access using AWS.

Through this windows desktop (accessed via a chrome web-browser), I can SSH into a compute node to do work.

I dont actually need this virtual desktop, I'd rather just SSH from my local machine directly to the compute node, using the remote desktop's network without having to spawn the desktop itself.

Ive been reading up about SSM agents[0] as a solution, but am unsure if I have the priveledges to do this myself.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager-getting-started-enable-ssh-connections.html#ssh-connections-enable

Is this something I can easily do using the AWS credentials that I have?

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[–] carl_dungeon 6 points 19 hours ago

If they require you to use the bastion, then trying to avoid it is probably a bad idea.

If the bastion is running an ssh server, you can jump through it with ssh pass through (using -J).

SSM provides session manager which allows you to skip having a bastion altogether- it basically lets you start an “ssh” session to a private instance without opening ports or networking using aws creds. This requires that you have access permissions to do this and that ssm is enabled.

But… if the reason you are using the bastion is so that they can inspect the traffic, then they’re not gonna let you bypass it via ssm because that also bypasses the managed networking.