@kapa.ai I deployed airbyte on a GKE cluster. My pods are succesfully deployed and I can reach the localhost webpage from my VM. However, I can’t reach the localhost webpage when I do the port forwarding outside my VM.

It seems like you're having trouble accessing the Airbyte UI from outside your VM even though port forwarding is set up. Here are a few things you could check: 1. Port Forwarding Command: Make sure you're using the correct command for port forwarding. If you're using a custom namespace, you need to specify the namespace in the port-forward command. The command should look something like this:

bash kubectl port-forward svc/airbyte-webapp-svc 8000:80 --namespace yournamespace

(Source: [Forum Post: Airbyte port forwarding in Kubernetes namespace](https://discuss.airbyte.io/t/259)) 2. Ingress Configuration: If you're trying to access Airbyte outside of

localhost

, you might need to set up an ingress configuration. This allows external access to services in a cluster. You can use NGINX or Amazon ALB for this. Here's a skimmed down definition of an ingress resource you could use:

yaml apiVersion: <http://networking.k8s.io/v1|networking.k8s.io/v1>   kind: Ingress   metadata:     name: # ingress name, example: enterprise-demo     annotations:       <http://ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect|ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect>: "false"   spec:     ingressClassName: nginx     rules:       - host: # host, example: <http://enterprise-demo.airbyte.com|enterprise-demo.airbyte.com>         http:           paths:             - backend:                 service:                   # format is ${RELEASE_NAME}-airbyte-webapp-svc                   name: airbyte-enterprise-airbyte-webapp-svc                   port:                     number: 80 # service port, example: 8080               path: /               pathType: Prefix             - backend:                 service:                   # format is ${RELEASE_NAME}-airbyte-keycloak-svc                   name: airbyte-enterprise-airbyte-keycloak-svc                   port:                     number: 8180               path: /auth               pathType: Prefix

(Source: [Configuring Ingress](https://docs.airbyte.com/enterprise-setup/implementation-guide#configuring-ingress)) 3. Check Connectivity: You can check if all the services are started correctly on your host before figuring out external networking concerns. You can do this by SSHing into your VM and reaching

<http://localhost:8000>

with

curl

.

bash curl <http://localhost:8000>

(Source: [Forum Post: Localhost refused to connect > Answers Part 1](https://discuss.airbyte.io/t/385)) If you're still having trouble, it might be helpful to provide more information or error messages you're encountering.

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The error was because of

AllowTcpForwarding

= no in

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

@kapa.ai. Now, I can access the localhost in my browser. How can I do the ssh command from my local machine and do the port-forward at the same time?

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You can set up SSH and port-forwarding at the same time using the

-L

option in the SSH command. The

-L

option specifies that the given port on the local (client) host is to be forwarded to the given host and port on the remote side. Here is the general format of the command:

bash ssh -L local_port:remote_host:remote_port username@server

In the context of Airbyte and Kubernetes, you would use the

kubectl port-forward

command to forward a local port to a port on the Pod. The command should look something like this:

bash kubectl --namespace airbyte port-forward $POD_NAME 8080:$CONTAINER_PORT

This command forwards the local port 8080 to the

CONTAINER_PORT

on the Pod with the name

POD_NAME

in the

airbyte

namespace [^1^]. Please replace

$POD_NAME

and

$CONTAINER_PORT

with your actual Pod name and container port. [^1^]: (https://docs.airbyte.com/deploying-airbyte/#6-set-up-port-forward-for-ui-access)