# tunnelkeeper ### TunnelKeeper keeps SSH tunnels open Install it as a service with `tunnelkeeper install`. Edit the config file `/opt/tunnelkeeper/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf`. If you make changes to tunnelkeeper.conf, run `systemctl restart tunnelkeeper`. There are 3 sections: #### settings - `debug [0..3]`: Debug logging levels 0 (no logging) to 3 (too much logging) #### ssh - It's an ssh config file, so see `man ssh_config` for information. TunnelKeeper will connect to each host listed, and make sure every connection in `tunnelkeeper.conf` stays open in the background. #### passwords - `host password`: Passwords of the hosts in the ssh section. They are stored in plaintext, so don't use it if you can avoid it.