Question

I want to remote debug the nodejs program in Eclipse. I start the node script with the debug option.

$node debug script.js

But I can’t connect to the node in Eclispe. When I netstat the node’s TCP port. I found that node only listen 127.0.0.1 in debug mode. So I can’t connect it from different computer.

But I can’t find any startup options that can change to listen to any address.

Anyone know to make it listen to any address to remote debug in other computer?

Answer 1

Here’s a great tut on debugging nodejs from eclipse. Note at the bottom there is a script the author uses to forward localhost:5858 to the remote server’s 127.0.0.1. You could also just use an SSH tunnel.

So, to summarize:

1. start your script with node --debug app.js
2. configure eclipse as if you were debugging locally
3. use the node_g script or configure an SSH tunnel
4. go on vacation now that your code is bug-free