Connecting WebStorm to a remote node.js debugging session

Question

I am running a Node.js application within a Linux VM in Oracle VirtualBox. The port 5858 on the VM is forwarded to the port 5858 on the localhost.<

Answer 1

This is what I do in my linux Debian VM:

install balancer

sudo apt-get install balance -y

create a route in balancer to reroute your 5858 port to 5859

balance 5859 127.0.0.1:5858

start your app

node --debug app.js

now you can access it from outside the VM on port 5859