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 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.                                                                                                                                  |

 The `coder port-forward` command is generally more performant than:
 ## Coder Desktop

 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`.

 ## The `coder port-forward` command

 name, agent name, workspace name and username exceed 63 characters in the
 hostname, port forwarding via the dashboard will not work.

 ### Froman coder_app resource
 ### Froma coder_app resource

 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
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Expand Up		@@ -6,17 +6,19 @@ Port forwarding lets developers securely access processes on their Coder
		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. \|

		The `coder port-forward` command is generally more performant than:
		## Coder Desktop

		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`.

		## The `coder port-forward` command

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		name, agent name, workspace name and username exceed 63 characters in the
		hostname, port forwarding via the dashboard will not work.

		### Froman coder_app resource
		### Froma coder_app resource

		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
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