I run a nodejs app in Google cloud shell. now I want to debug this app using google devtools by node --inspect flag.

I know how to use this feature with an app that runs locally, but I want to use this feature with an app that runs in gcloud shell as if it runs locally.

CodePudding user response：

Please check official Google documentation about it

Cloud Debugger

CodePudding user response：

I've not tried this!

When you start Cloud Shell using gcloud cloud-shell ssh, you can append --verbosity=debug to determine the instance's IP. When you next restart it, port-forward to 8080 (IIRC Cloud Shell permits traffic on 8080 and maybe other ports.):

gcloud cloud-shell ssh --command="-L 8080:localhost:8080"

NOTE I'm unsure how you can determine the Cloud Shell instance's IP using the browser client.

Then you can probably run node --inspect using --inspect=0.0.0.0:8080

If this works correctly, from your localhost (!) Chrome DevTools you should be able to chrome://inspect and select localhost:8080 (because the Cloud Shell port is being forwarded to your localhost).

Again, I've not tried this but that should work.