Hi im trying to create the ssh tunnel to my ec2 instance with

ssh -i $SSH_KEY -L 8000:localhost:8000 -L 8001:localhost:8001 -N -f ec2-user@$INSTANCE_IP

but im getting this error

ssh: Could not resolve hostname 8000:localhost:8000: Name or service not known

Can anybody help me ?

does just SSH-ing into your instance work with

ssh -i $SSH_KEY ec2-user@$INSTANCE_IP

?

yes, im connected to the instance by ssh but can't create the tunnel