No one answered this? Did you figure anything out? I am experimenting with a few ideas, based on Pavel's blog: http://pavelpolyakov.com/2015/12/05/node-js-remote-debug-in-webstorm/
In the node application you can specify some convenience functions, e.g. "scripts": { "start": "node server.js", "debug": "node --debug=5858 server.js" }, Afterwards, you can override the runtime command line to specify *npm start* or *npm debug*. If you use docker-compose, you can specify a *.env* file, a default variable: MODE=start Then in your *docker-compose.yml* command: npm ${MODE} Then on the command line you can do *MODE=debug docker-compose up -d * Make sure that you point the default server from localhost to whatever the output of *docker-machine ip*, if you are on OS X. If on Linux, then localhost is fine. Another idea I thought about was to specify a *DEBUG_OPTS* environment variable, which is an empty string, but if *NODE_DEBUG=1*, then I set *DEBUG_OPTS* to be equal to "*--debug=5858*". The only way to get programatic functionality in Docker is to use a wrapper script, and bootstrap the wrapper script instead of calling node directly. Most shops that have to do complex things, seed/migrate an external database or other application orchestration, then wrapper scripts are used. Otherwise, for simple applications, *package.json* method is easier. - Joaquin On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 11:57:54 AM UTC-8, Nik Sumeiko wrote: > > I have found Google provides some guidelines on how to run Nodejs on a > custom runtime environment: https://cloud.google.com/solutions/nodejs > Everything seems fine and I am managing to start my Nodejs app on local > machine running `gcloud preview app run .`. > As I can see, it probably creates a Docker container and runs Nodejs > program in there. I am saying "probably", because it is my first experience > with Docker, however I am 2+ years experienced Nodejs developer. > > So my question is how to debug (with breakpoint stops) my Nodejs program > when it is running inside Docker container? Using Chrome Developer Tools or > how can I set up Webstorm debug configuration to make it stop on > breakpoints. Is it possible to configure Docker on how it starts node or > even start Docker via `gcloud` inside Webstorm to assure debugging is > working? Any help or clarifications are appreciated. > > Nik Sumeiko > > > -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/baba3920-2035-4f5e-a67e-9690f83efbfb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.