workspace from a local machine. A common use case is testing web applications in

a browser.

There arethree ways to forward ports in Coder:

There aremultiple ways to forward ports in Coder:

- The`coder port-forward` command

- Dashboard

- SSH

| Method| Details|

|:----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|[Coder Desktop](#coder-desktop)| Uses a VPN tunnel to your workspaces and provides access to all running ports. Supports peer-to-peer connections for the best performance.|

|[`coder port-forward` command](#the-coder-port-forward-command)| Can be used to forward specific TCP or UDP ports from the remote workspace so they can be accessed locally. Supports peer-to-peer connections for the best performance.|

|[Dashboard](#dashboard)| Proxies traffic through the Coder control plane.|

|[SSH](#ssh)| Forwards ports over an SSH connection.|

1. The Dashboard which proxies traffic through the Coder control plane versus

peer-to-peer which is possible with the Coder CLI

1.`sshd` which does double encryption of traffic with both Wireguard and SSH

[Coder Desktop](../desktop/index.md) provides seamless access to your remote workspaces, eliminating the need to install a CLI or manually configure port forwarding.

Access all your ports at`<workspace-name>.coder:PORT`.

name, agent name, workspace name and username exceed 63 characters in the

hostname, port forwarding via the dashboard will not work.

One way to port forward is to configure a`coder_app` resource in the

workspace's template. This approach shows a visual application icon in the