# SSH ProxyJump and ProxyCommand: How to Use Jump Hosts (2026) | Teleport

DevFeed: [SSH ProxyJump and ProxyCommand: How to Use Jump Hosts (2026) | Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ssh-proxyjump-and-proxycommand-how-to-use-jump-hosts-2026-teleport-29875.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/ssh-proxyjump-ssh-proxycommand/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Zephyr Iglesias)

Published: 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>), [OpenSSH](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openssh.md>), [gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gateway.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>)

Tags: [bastion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bastion.md>), [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [config](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/config.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [jump-host](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jump-host.md>), [openssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openssh.md>), [proxycommand](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proxycommand.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on using SSH ProxyJump and the older ProxyCommand approach to reach private hosts through one or more jump hosts. It covers command-line usage, SSH configuration, multi-hop connections, and the limitations of managing bastions at scale.

## Source excerpt

Use SSH ProxyJump and ProxyCommand to reach private hosts through a jump host. Copy-paste config for single and multi-hop jumps, plus what replaces bastions at scale.