Debug NodeJS in Chrome

On server running Kubernetes cluster

1. Set up inspection in Node container:

kubectl edit deployment api-gateway

Containers:
 api-gateway:
     Command:
         ...
            node --inspect-brk=0.0.0.0:9229 app.js;

1. Forward container debugging port (9229) to Kubernetes node:

kubectl port-forward $POD_NAME --address=0.0.0.0 9229:9229

On local machine

1. Create ssh session to remote machine that will forward connection to port 9221:

ssh -L 9221:localhost:9229 user@host

1. Open Chrome and visit:

chrome://inspect

Click on Configure and add:

localhost:9221

To Target discovery settings.

1. Under Remote Target #LOCALHOST you should see app.js.
2. Go to Sources tab, Node and there will be the tree of the project.
3. Set debugger.