Remotely Debugging a Java Application Running in EC2 Using JPDA

Introduction

As hard as we try it’s not always possible to get our development environment to exactly match where our applications are running. This is especially true when our applications are running in a cloud environment, such as on Amazon Web Service’s EC2 service. Sometimes issues will arise that are difficult, or maybe even impossible, to troubleshoot and diagnose without actually being able to see what is happening on your remote running instance.