I'm trying to debug a Node Express application with the WebStorm debugger
The thing is that the WebStorm debugger doesn't hit the breakpoint although I think it set up correctly.
I run my application by:
node --inspect server.js
and then the server is up, accepting requests, it logged:
Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/5790aa86-c46c-48bc-998c-e014244440b7
(I've also tried: "node --inspect=127.0.0.1:9229" server.js which didn't worked)
My WebStorm debugger config is:
Node.js Remote Debug
Host: 127.0.0.1
Port: 9229
Node version is: v8.11.4
WebStorm version: WebStorm 2016.3.4
Eventually I want to run it with pm2, so an answer which will guide me how to set the process.yml would be great. I've tried to put in the node_args ['--inspect'] but the same results, it did not worked.
Node.js Remote run configuration can only be used when debugging with TCP-based Protocol (Node.js < 7.x).
To remotely debug application with Chrome Debugging Protocol (with --inspect/--inspect-brk), you need using Chromium Remote run configuration
run your app with node --inspect-brk=<my custom port here> index.js
create a Chromium Remote run configuration, specify your custom port as a Port: there, press Debug
Note: these instructions refer to WebStorm < 2018.x. With recent WebStorm releases, you need using Attach to Node.js/Chrome configuration for attaching to a running process