autossh is a program to start a copy of ssh and monitor it
Features:
autossh is a program to start a copy of ssh and monitor it,
restarting it as necessary should it die or stop passing traffic.
The idea is from rstunnel (Reliable SSH Tunnel), but implemented in C.
The author's view is that it is not as fiddly as rstunnel to get
to work.
Connection monitoring using a loop of port forwardings or a remote
echo service.
Backs off on rate of connection attempts when experiencing rapid
failures such as connection refused.
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:
sudo snap install snapd
Install autossh
To install autossh, simply use the following command: