How to Install Sish on Arch Linux

Sish is a tool that allows you to create an SSH reverse tunnel using a single command from your remote server to your local machine. You can use it to access your local machine's services or to securely connect to other machines on your local network.

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Sish on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we start, ensure that you have the following:

• A remote server running Arch Linux
• SSH access to the remote server as a non-root user
• Pacman, Arch Linux's package manager, installed on the remote server

Step 1 - Install Go on Arch Linux

Sish is written in the Go programming language. So, we need to install the Go programming language on our Arch Linux system. We can install Go using the Pacman package manager.

$ sudo pacman -S go

Step 2 - Clone the Sish repository

We need to clone the Sish repository from its Github page to our remote server.

$ git clone https://github.com/antoniomika/sish.git

Step 3 - Build Sish using Go

We need to build Sish using the Go programming language. Navigate to the cloned Sish repository and run the build.sh script.

$ cd sish/
$ ./build.sh

This script will download the necessary dependencies, build the Sish binary file, and copy the built binary file to the /usr/local/bin/ directory.

Step 4 - Test the Sish installation

We have successfully installed Sish on our Arch Linux system. To test the installation, run the following command on your remote server:

$ sish -h

This command will display the help menu for Sish, which means that it is installed and ready to use.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Sish on Arch Linux. Now, you can use this tool to access your local machine's services or securely connect to other machines on your local network.

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