In practice we can only connect to a single remote log server. This is because different log servers at the Centre use the same port number (9316).
The timeline and server load functionality currently does not work.

Method 2: Dynamic Port Forwarding

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remove "127.0.01 localhost" alias from /etc/hosts
reconfigure connection settings in ecflow_ui - use actual ECMWF hostnames in the "Host", not "localhost".

Limitations of Dynamic Port Forwarding:

Connecting to restricted ecFlow servers

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Sometimes ecflow_ui fails to fetch the job output, job script and .sub files from the logserver. Refreshing the tab fixes the issue. The initial error looks like:
"Output directory: [1] Failed to fetch from cca-log@9316 error: The remote host closed the connection. [2] No access to path on disk!"
For some suites the ecflow_ui cannot retrieve job output, job script and .sub files no matter what. It happens when the log server at the centre doesn't have access to these files. ecflow_uis running at the centre have direct access to the files on disk so no problem, but remote ecflow_ui cannot access them.
The timeline and server load functionality currently doesn't work

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