To forward requests coming to a local TCP port to another server [host:port] connected via SSH we can use a config file or direct command line arguments. To use a config file, it should be named config and placed inside the ~/.ssh folder. Here is a sample ~/.ssh/config file with some options:

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Host my-ssh-connection
  Hostname 10.20.30.40
  User penkovski
  LocalForward 7070 localhost:8080
  LocalForward 7171 localhost:8181
  ControlMaster auto

This will forward all requests hitting the local (client) TCP port 7070 to the localhost:8080 on the server and all requests for local TCP port 7171 to the localhost:8181 on the server. The above configuration will be used automatically when initiating an SSH connection by the alias:

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ssh my-ssh-connection