Debugging backend source code.

[sergibondarenko]

Hello.
How can I debug Node.js code in Kibana? In a simple apps I use node --debug server.js.
I presume, node --debug could be placed somewhere inside package.json to run debug at npm start. But I can't figure out the exact place and syntax.

[Bargs]

The debugger doesn't generally jive well with Kibana's dev mode in my experience, so what I usually do is run NODE_OPTIONS="--debug" ./bin/kibana when I want to debug. NODE_OPTIONS is a special env variable we use to pass options to node in the kibana start up script. You can also run Kibana with iron-node by passing it ${project_dir}/src/cli

[satyakonidala]

Hi I am using VS Code for debugging the backend. It would be great if you could help me with the same (seems similar to iron-node)

[Bargs]

@satya23k Could you post your question on our discussion forums? There's a higher chance you'll get an answer there rather than this old issue. I'm not familiar with VS Code myself.

[satyakonidala]

Sure. Thank you.