What happends when we can´t install and application in a local tomcat in order to debug some issue o bug?
The answer is easy, remote debug y the key. It allows you to debug the code in the same way like if your web application was installed in your machine.
Note: You have to have installed in your local machine the same code that is in the remote machine to do properly remote debug.
Configuration:
1 - Remote server´s configuration: The remote server have to be setted with params to determine a port (8000 for example) where the server will listen to a remote debug connection.
When you run tomcat you have to pass to virtual machine this params:
-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8000,server=y,suspend=n
The easy way to do it is to edit the file [tomcat_installation]\bin\setenv.bat and add this lines
set DEBUG=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8000,server=y,suspend=n
set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% %DEBUG%
2 - Local configuration (eclipse):
You have to create a Remote Java Application in Debug Configurations:
With the next options, setting a socket with the remote server host and port 8000 .
don´t forget to select the Project where the source code is located.
Happy Debug!!!
