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11.15.3. Gear Port Forwarding

Diagnosing problems with scalable applications is easier with port forwarding specific gears.
After you have determined the gear's ID, port forward that gear with the following command: 
$ rhc port-forward App_Name -g gear_ID
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Example 11.22. Port Forwarding a Specific Gear

$ rhc port-forward racer -g 522d59745973caccab0000c1
Checking available ports ... done
Forwarding ports ...

To connect to a service running on OpenShift, use the Local address

Service Local               OpenShift
------- -------------- ---- -------------------
httpd   127.0.0.1:8080  =>  127.12.166.129:8080

Press CTRL-C to terminate port forwarding
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