Debugging in Intellij IDEA - LibreHIS/librehis GitHub Wiki

  1. Start Tomcat in debug mode:

    tomcat_install_dir/bin/catalina.bat jpda start

  2. Setup debugging mode via Intellij IDEA:

    2.1 Edit configurations -> Add new -> Remote. Set "name" to "Tomcat remote" and port to 8000.

  3. Run:

    Once Tomcat debug mode is on, use debug running configuration in Intellij IDEA.

    If connection successful, in log you will see: Connected to the target VM, address: 'localhost:8000', transport: 'socket'