cf-node-debug - node-inspector for constrained PaaS's

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Patrick Mueller

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Jun 6, 2014, 9:51:06 PM6/6/14

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For folks who want to use node-inspector in cloud or other environments that might be constrained in some way, I've put together a package that may offer some help: cf-node-debug [1].

I built this specifically for IBM's Cloud Foundry based Paas - Bluemix - but figured it may be of use for others as well. Cloud Foundry's constraint is that each VM can only have one HTTP port open, so you couldn't debug a web server since you'd need two ports. I use an HTTP proxy to multiplex app and node-inspector traffic over a since HTTP port.

[1] http://pmuellr.blogspot.com/2014/06/debugging-node-apps-running-on-cloud.html