JBoss debugging in Eclipse

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How do you configure JBoss to debug an application in Eclipse

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If you set up a JBoss server using the Eclipse WebTools  you can simply start the server in debug mode  debug button in the servers view   This will allow you to set breakpoints in the application that is running inside the JBoss

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VonC mentioned in his answer how to remote debug from Eclipse   I would like to add that the JAVA OPTS settings are already in run conf bat   You just have to uncomment them   in JBOSS HOME bin run conf bat on Windows   rem   Sample JPDA settings for remote socket debugging set  JAVA OPTS  JAVA OPTS  -Xrunjdwp transport dt socket address 8787 server y suspend n    The Linux version is similar and is located at JBOSS HOME bin run conf

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You mean remote debug JBoss from Eclipse    From Configuring Eclipse for Remote Debugging      Set the JAVA OPTS variable as follows    set JAVA OPTS  -Xdebug -Xnoagent     -Xrunjdwp transport dt socket address 8787 server y suspend n  JAVA OPTS       or    JAVA OPTS  -Xdebug -Xnoagent    -Xrunjdwp transport dt socket address 8787 server y suspend n  JAVA OPTS    In the Debug frame  select the Remote Java Application node   In the Connection Properties  specify localhost as the Host and specify the Port as the port that was specified in the run batch script of the JBoss server  8787

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You need to define a Remote Java Application in the Eclipse debug configurations   Open the debug configurations  select project  then open from menu run debug configurations  Select Remote Java Application in the left tree and press  New  button On the right panel select your web app project and enter 8787 in the port field  Here is a link to a detailed description of this process   When you start the remote debug configuration Eclipse will attach to the JBoss process  If successful the debug view will show the JBoss threads  There is also a disconnect icon in the toolbar menu to stop remote debugging

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Here  if you want to directly debug the server then you can use   1  Windows -   2  Show View -  Server  Right click on server then run In debug mode

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What  VonC says is correct  but you can put the commands to set debug directly into VM arguments on jBoss Launch    To do that  open jBoss server inside Eclipse  go to Open launch configuration and put this in VM arguments textbox  vm args

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