How can I forward web traffic from Mac to iPad?

I am trying to setup the iPad as a development station. Managed to ssh from it to my Mac, but the thing is, on the Mac I need to connect to a VPN to be able to access some websites. Those websites would be accessible from the Mac, and I would like to use the Mac as a proxy somehow, so that also the iPad would be able to have access to the same kind of resources.

Does anyone have any tips as to how I could get them to work on the iPad?

I have a similar situation and resolved it by setting up a VPN client on the iPad so that it connects directly to those addresses.

• The built in VPN client in IPSec mode works great with Cisco.
• The L2TP works great with most standard commercial VPN solutions (like Meraki)
• OpenVPN works with many consumer grade VPNs (like NetGear Orbi)

Doing this allows me to use the iPad directly with remote resources behind my company or home firewall.

If your VPN is a "tunnel-all (traffic)" VPN, and runs as software on your Mac, which most are, it's not going to be possible to get your iPad to connect to it / the tunnel.

Most VPNs establish a routing rule that renders local WiFi devices (other hosts, WiFi printers, etc.) unavailable. I live this life nearly 24/7 which makes my work machine unsuitable for anything with personal use, even things that involve communication between my work phone and work laptop (eg. Handoff) which is particularly obnoxious.

In the (low) chance that your VPN is via an external ethernet-wired hardware device, you should be able to accomplish this via MacOS' built in "Internet Sharing" (System Preferences -> Sharing, Internet Sharing checkbox.) Your iPad would then connect to the WiFi provided by your Mac, rather than the wireless router that everything else connects to.