This package lets you run and kill SSH tunnels. To use it: - Set the variable `ssh-tunnels-configurations', e.g.: (setq ssh-tunnels-configurations '((:name "my local tunnel" :local-port 1234 :remote-port 3306 :login "me@host") (:name "my remote tunnel" :type "-R" :local-port 1234 :remote-port 3306 :login "me@host") (:name "my local socket tunnel" :type "-L" :local-socket "/tmp/socket" :remote-socket "/tmp/socket" :login "me@host"))) - Type M-x ssh-tunnels RET - You should see the list of tunnels; running tunnels will have 'R' in their state column - To run the tunnel at the current line, type r - To kill a running tunnel, type k - You may want to temporarily change a tunnel's local port. To do that you may provide a prefix argument to the run command, for example by typing C-u 1235 r