Spyder does not connect to remote kernel with manual port tunneling

[mattare2]

Description of your problem

1. Turn on kernel on remote server.
2. Set up manual SSH Tunnels. (As per https://github.com/ipython/ipython/wiki/Cookbook:-Connecting-to-a-remote-kernel-via-ssh)
3. Successful connect to remote kernel from the command line:

jupyter qtconsole --existing kernel-1234.json

4. When attempted in Spyder, the kernel keeps restarting. :(

(Right click, connect to existing, go to Json file in security path c:... ....ipython\profile_default\security)

Versions and main components

• Spyder Version: 2.3.8
• Python Version: 2.7
• Operating system: Windows 8

Dependencies

IPython >=1.0 : 4.1.2 (OK)
jedi >=0.8.1;<0.9.0: 0.8.1 (OK)
matplotlib >=1.0 : 1.5.0 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1 : 0.17.1 (OK)
pep8 >=0.6 : 1.6.2 (OK)
pyflakes >=0.5.0 : 0.8.1 (OK)
pygments >=1.6 : 2.1.1 (OK)
pylint >=0.25 : None (NOK)
qtconsole >=4.0 : 4.2.0 (OK)
rope >=0.9.2 : 0.9.4 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6 : 1.2.3 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3 : 0.7.6 (OK)
zmq >=2.1.11 : 15.2.0 (OK)

[ccordoba12]

What does this mean exactly Set up manual port forwarding?

[mattare2]

Sorry, that was incorrect. Comment updated with the appropriate info:

"2) Set up manual SSH Tunnels. (As per https://github.com/ipython/ipython/wiki/Cookbook:-Connecting-to-a-remote-kernel-via-ssh)"

Basically, I should be able to connect to the kernel as if it was local, which is what I manage to do successfully in 3). However, while this works using the command shown in 3), this does not work for spyder.

[ccordoba12]

Ok, now I understand :-)

Unfortunately, we don't support manual tunnels. So unless someone wants to help us with this, I'm marking it as wishlist.