How to debug WSO2 ESB code

Question

How do you typically debug the ESB code? I am using log statements but they are kind of lost in system logs. Is there a better mechanism to be used?

Thanks,

Answer 1

You can do remote debugging from your IDE with ESB code.

First start the ESB server script with debug option as follows.

wso2server.sh -debug 5005

where the number is any port number used for remote debugging from your IDE.

Then run debug in your IDE with whatever the port number you assigned.

Answer 2

First, you have to setup debug configurations in your IDE which is can be learned using this wso2 article

Then start the ESP server with debug option as follows.

<esb_home>/bin/wso2server.sh -debug 5005

After you start the server you will get this message:

Listening for transport dt_socket at address: 5005

Then start debugging from your IDE!

This is the debug configuration I used: