With Public IPs in Jelastic you can use remote debugging. Now you can debug your application running on Jelastic Platform by connecting it with code in your IDE. First of all, let's consider the basic aspects of remote debugging.
How does remote debugging work?
Java provides this feature using listener binding mechanism. Basic concept is pretty easy and elementary:
- Application to be debugged would attach a socket to itself and then would listen debug instructions on that socket.
- Debugger would bind itself to that socket and then send instructions on that socket.