diff --git a/onap/gateway/onap-tunnel.service b/onap/gateway/onap-tunnel.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=SSH tunnel for stable neworking connection
+ConditionPathExists=|/usr/bin
+After=network.target
+Conflicts=ssh-tunnel.service
+
+[Service]
+User=cloud
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssh -NT -o ServerAliveInterval=60 -o ExitOnForwardFailure=yes -i /home/cloud/.ssh/intelvm-rsa.key -L 28888:10.7.211.16:1080 onap@onap-1.sc.intel.com
+
+# Restart every >2 seconds to avoid StartLimitInterval failure
+RestartSec=5
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target