Cannot create SSH Tunnel on AWS Lightsail Instance configured with bncert tool

darin 2020-03-04 23:32:34 UTC #1

Keywords: WordPress - AWS - Technical issue - Connectivity (SSH/FTP)
bnsupport ID: 7853cb98-1d59-24c3-3a26-8f7aff76e768
Description:
Hello Bitnami

I'm having technical problems creating an SSH tunnel to access phpmyadmin on one of my AWS lightsail instances.

On this particular instance, I have run the bncert too, which has created an SSL redirect to https://www.

This seems to have impacted how this SSH tunnel works, as there are now redirects to SSL/www.

This works fine on instances that have not been configured with the bncert tool.

I have tried this: ssh -N -L 8443:127.0.0.1:443 -i KEYFILE bitnami@ip but the browser states that the server could not be found.

How do I get around this?

Thank you for your support.

michiel 2020-03-05 08:09:29 UTC #2

Hi @darin,

Can you try the following command:

 ssh -N -L 8080:127.0.0.1:80 -i KEYFILE bitnami@ip

Regards,
Michiel

darin 2020-03-05 09:34:51 UTC #3

Greetings Michiel

Thank you, I tried that but still cannot access phpmyadmin. I tried the url https://127.0.0.1:8080/phpmyadmin and I also tried https://127.0.0.1:8443/phpmyadmin

Am I using the wrong url? The browser simply states that a secure connection cannot be established.

Thank you for your support.

amoreno 2020-03-05 09:58:37 UTC #4

Hi, @darin.

You should use http://127.0.0.1:8080/phpmyadmin

Regards,
Alejandro

darin 2020-03-05 13:25:37 UTC #5

Thank you, Alejandro.

This is just not working for me. There I something fundamentally broken with this, when the bncert tool has been used to create the SSL/www. redirect.

My bowser just states that it cannot connect to the server. Very strange and I am unable to get to phpmyadmin. On other instances, where the bncert tool hasn't been used to configure the Let's Encrypt certificate, I can create an SSH tunnel no problem.

I'm at a loss now...

Thank you for your support.

amoreno 2020-03-05 13:53:00 UTC #6

Sorry, @darin, I think I didn't understand your issue. Tell me if this is what happens: when you try to access http://127.0.0.1:8080/phpmyadmin, does it redirect you to https://www.127.0.0.1:8080/phpmyadmin?

If that is the case, can you tell me what happens if you try to access http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin instead?

darin 2020-03-05 14:38:32 UTC #7

That's it! Nice one, Alejandro. I did not think to try 'localhost'!!

So, if I now go to http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin - I get to phpmyadmin It works.

Thank you for your help here - much appreciated.

Best,

Darin

darin 2020-03-06 10:02:55 UTC #8

Alejandro - apologies to hijack this topic, but how do I change my email address for my account here on Bitnami Community. There doesn't seem to be a way to change this in Account Preferences.

Thank you for your support.

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