Node.js via SSH

Make sure the JavaScript Debugger, Node.js, Node.js Remote Interpreter, and FTP/SFTP/WebDAV Connectivity required plugins are enabled on the Settings | Plugins page, tab Installed. For more information, refer to Managing plugins.

Configure access to an SSH server on the target remote host as described in Create SSH configurations and make sure this server is running.

Make sure your project sources are on the target remote host. This can be done in the following two ways:

• Upload your project sources to the target remote host as described in Upload and download files.

• Enable a network share on your local machine and mount your project folder in the target directory on the remote host.

  The way you share files and folders depends on the operating system you are using. For more information, refer to your OS instructions.

Open the Settings dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S) and go to Languages & Frameworks | Node.js.

Click next to the Node interpreter field.

In the Node.js Interpreters dialog with a list of all the currently configured interpreters, click on the toolbar and select Add Remote from the context menu.

In the Configure Node.js Remote Interpreter dialog that opens, select SSH.

Select an SSH configuration to use.

Alternatively, click and create a new SSH configuration as described in Create SSH configurations.

Click OK to return to the Node.js Interpreters dialog where the new interpreter is added to the list.

To set the newly configured interpreter as project default, select it in the list and click OK to return to the Node.js dialog.

WebStorm automatically uses this interpreter every time you select the Project alias from Node Interpreter lists, for example, when creating run/debug configurations.

To use the package manager associated with the new interpreter for managing your project dependencies, set this package manager as default in your project. To do that, specify the location of the package manager in the Package manager field.

The default location for npm executable is /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm.

Go to Run | Edit Configurations. In the Edit Configuration dialog that opens, click on the toolbar and select Node.js from the context menu. The Run/Debug Configuration dialog opens.

In the File field, specify the path to the main file of the application that starts it (for example, bin/www for Express applications).

If necessary, specify some optional settings as described in Running and debugging Node.js applications.

From the Node interpreter list, select the relevant remote Node.js interpreter accessible via SSH.

Alternatively, Click next to the Node interpreter field and configure a remote Node.js interpreter as described above.

Map the local folders with the folders on the remote host.

1. Click next to the Path mappings field or press Shift+Enter.

2. In the Edit Project Path Mappings dialog that opens, click on the toolbar.

   

3. Specify the paths to the local folders and the corresponding folders on the remote host. For example, you can map the project folder to /home/opc.

   

4. When you click OK, you return to the Run/Debug Configurations dialog where the new mapping is shown in the Path mappings field.

   

Set the breakpoints in the Node.js code as necessary.

Create a Node.js configuration as described above, select it from the Select run/debug configuration list on the toolbar, and click next to the list.

Proceed as when starting the debugger together with a Node.js application locally.