for anyone tunnelling with SSH; you can create a version of the gem command that uses SOCKS proxy:
socksify with gem install socksify (you'll need to be able to do this step without proxy, at least)Copy your existing gem exe
cp $(command which gem) /usr/local/bin/proxy_gem
Open it in your favourite editor and add this at the top (after the shebang)
require 'socksify'
if ENV['SOCKS_PROXY']
require 'socksify'
host, port = ENV['SOCKS_PROXY'].split(':')
TCPSocket.socks_server = host || 'localhost'
TCPSocket.socks_port = port.to_i || 1080
end
Set up your tunnel
ssh -D 8123 -f -C -q -N user@proxy
Run your gem command with proxy_gem
SOCKS_PROXY=localhost:8123 proxy_gem push mygem