Setup Remote debugging with IntelliJ

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Hi Team,

Background

I have pulled Ignition8 docker image and gateway application is running on port 9088.
I am able to access Ignition application on localhost:9088
Docker image : Docker

Now I want to setup Remote debugging profile to test a Driver module(OPC XML DA in my case).

Followed steps from here Debugging in IntelliJ - Ignition SDK Programmer's Guide - Ignition Documentation.

ignition.conf

wrapper.java.additional.2=-Xdebug
wrapper.java.additional.3=-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=*:8000

IntelliJ Remote debug command line arguments

-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=*:8000
Host : localhost
Port : 8000

Issue

When tried run in debug mode getting below error in IntelliJ

Error running 'Remote debug': Unable to open debugger port (localhost:8000): java.net.ConnectException "Connection ref

I'm missing some context here.

Can someone help me to resolve this issue and share any doc with all detailed steps to setup Remote debug in IntelliJ.

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You should be able to directly enable (without editing of the ignition.conf file) debug mode by using the -d flag of runtime arguments of the container. You’ll also want to probably publish port 8000, e.g.

docker run -p 9088:8088 -p 8000:8000 \
  -v your-vol-name:/usr/local/bin/ignition/data \
  inductiveautomation/ignition:8.1.15 \
  -d

Note: you can replace the backslashes \ with backticks ` for multi-line separators if you’re on Powershell on Windows.

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But you shouldn't go along with Microsoft's efforts to Embrace-Extend-Extinguish. ):

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4

I was able to resolve the issue.

docker run -d -p 9088:8088 -p 8000:8000 --name ignition-test inductiveautomation/ignition:8.1.13 -n docker-test -a localhost -h 9088 -s 9043

Thanks for the help.