Thank you!

How can I enable the similar VM connection by using a Smartphone or Tablet
(Android). I used the App ConnectBot up to now. But this doesn't work any
more because of the change.

Martin


Martin Urbanec <[email protected]> schrieb am Di., 14. Okt. 2025,
18:43:

> Hi Martin,
>
> PuTTY supports a proxy setting, which allows you to proxy the connection
> to the VM via bastion, without setting two separate SSH connections.
> https://superuser.com/questions/1448180/how-to-setup-proxy-jump-with-putty
> should cover that.
>
> Martin
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM Martin Domdey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have to use PuTTY on Windows 11 for SSH from bastion-eqiad1-5 to
>> taxonbot4.dwl.eqiad1.wikimedia.cloud - that's why I needed a SSH agent.
>>
>> I know no other way to ssh a session than PuTTY. What can I do know to
>> get access? I have to work on bot codes.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> Taavi Väänänen <[email protected]> schrieb am Di., 14. Okt. 2025,
>> 16:34:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Starting today, Cloud VPS hosts no longer support forwarding in your
>>> SSH agent[0]. This should not break any modern setups, but in case
>>> your access is impacted by this change, please see the documentation
>>> on Wikitech[1] on what to use instead. This change is being done due
>>> to the security risks that SSH agent forwarding have, especially in
>>> shared environments like Cloud VPS.
>>>
>>> [0]:
>>> https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/using-ssh-agent-forwarding
>>> [1]:
>>> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Accessing_Cloud_VPS_instances
>>>
>>> Taavi
>>>
>>>
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>>> Wikimedia Foundation
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