Xdebug cannot connect to remote DBGp Proxy - visual-studio-code

I am running Xdebug extension on PHP webserver (IIS), and VSCode on different development machine.
When I start listening for Xdebug session in VSCode (with Felix Becker's PHP Debug) without proxy, everything works as expected.
Now I am trying to use dbgpProxy because there are multiple devs on the development machine.
I have tried to run dbgpProxy on the webserver and register to it by activating proxy settings in VSCode, but it fails with Connection refused. At the same time, Xdebug connects to the proxy just fine and proxy tries to forward incoming session based on IDE key but of course cannot find it because the registration failed.
So I tried running dbgpProxy on the development machine. This time VSCode registered successfully with the proxy, but when Xdebug tried to connect to the listening proxy, it failed.
I was pretty sure I knew what I was doing, ports were open, everything SHOULD work but it didn't.

It turned out to be a problem in the IP addresses.
I ran the proxy with default settings, which is localhost (127.0.0.1) for both server and client part with respective ports 9000 and 9001. Which was wrong (for my situation).
To listen to the incoming connections from another machine, proxy has to be configured with real IP address of the machine it is running on, otherwise it won't listen.
In my case I have decided to run the proxy on the server, so I run it with just one parameter for the incoming client connections and leave the server parameter default (which is 127.0.0.1:9000 and of course configure XDebug in php.ini to this address and port).
dbgpProxy.exe -i 10.123.54.76:9001

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Internet ports: connect to personal server from work, not on port 22 or 443

Sorry for the basic question but im a complete noob on those matters.
I have a cloud server where i run a jup[yter notebook server, which normally is run on port 8888.
However when i try to connect to it from work, it doesnt work, which i suspect is due to the firewall.
I can connect from work to a regular ssh session through port 22 or 443.
However the jupyter notebook refuses to be run on those ports, probably because they are allocated already.
I tried to run PortQry to get the open ports on my work server (which is windows) and it reurned port 50248. I tried to have my jupyter server to listen on that one but it didnt work.
I also tried to scan the open port of my work server, but i received a warning from AWS! And the few ports that were returned as seemingly opened didnt work either when i set up my jupyter notebook to listen on them.
I would like to understand:
On my own server: How can i identify which port the jupyter server program can listen on?
On my work machine: How can i identify which one of my own server port would be let through the firewall of my work?
You need to use SSH local port forwarding.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/PortForwarding
You will open a SSH connection to your server but a local port, lets say 4444, will connect over the SSH connection and resolve to 8888 on the remote server.
With this you'd be able to open a browser locally and go to localhost:4444 and it would resolve to your remote hosted site. The command for this locally would be something like -
ssh -L 4444:localhost:8080 yourremoteserveraddress
An alternative option would be to use a SOCKS proxy via dynamic forwarding but this would involve needing to reconfigure your browser.
Always keep in mind any company policies around this type of thing. Even though 22 and 443 are open to the internet, use of them in this manner may break a policy and there is always the possibility of the company using a MITM proxy to monitor for this type of usage, specifically on 443.

Unable to access jetty server with local IP address

I have configured jetty-maven-plugin in my eclipse Mars and I can run the server using jetty start and stop goals. I can able to access the website using http://localhost:8080/myapp but not using local IP address(i.e., http://192.168.0.5:8080/myapp) from my own computer or other computers connected in the same network via LAN and Wi-Fi.
As mentioned as a solution in these posts,
how to make jetty server accessible from LAN?
Configuring Jetty to accept connections from all hosts
I configured the server host to 0.0.0.0 from localhost to listen on all hosts. With this setting I can see on server start log,
INFO:oejs.AbstractConnector:Started SelectChannelConnector#0.0.0.0:8080
and it works only on http://localhost:8080 but it's not accessible from http://192.168.0.5:8080.
I also tried running that if the interface is accessible using the Networks Interface Listing as mentioned in this comment. and I got,
Display name: NETGEAR WNA1000M N150 Wireless USB Micro Adapter
Name: wlan4
InetAddress: /192.168.0.5
I also tried turning off my Windows Firewall/antivirus but din't help. My jetty version is <jetty.version>9.3.0.M1</jetty.version> and JDK 1.7. What could be the problem? Any help is appreciated.
McAfee Endpoint Security was the culprit here. It was blocking the requests with IP addresses from my very own computer. Turned off the firewall inside the Antivirus and I was able to access the site with http://192.168.0.5:8080/mysite from the browser and other devices connected through the network.
Sometimes some other program opens your port on external address before you do that with Jetty. It will receive all traffic instead. On Windows you will not know it if you reuse port (that is Jetty's default behavior). Check with netstat -ano what is the IP of the process that is indeed listening on 0.0.0.0:8080. Verify if it is your Jetty process only.
Then try connecting with telnet or netcat and see if you can open the connection and what is the response.

Debugging with XDebug and Netbeans from Windows to Ubuntu remote server

I'm trying to debug a Drupal 7 app with Xdebug. My app resides remotely in a server with Ubuntu running Apache.
In Netabeans, I started a proyect with "Application From Remote Server", connected with SFTP.
In the remote server I have installed Xdebug as zend_extension, also i configured xdebug.remote_connect_back=1, xdebug.remote_autostart=1, etc... I've tried everything with no luck.
The log from Xdebug has entries like this one:
Log opened at 2014-12-24 13:01:31
I: Checking remote connect back address.
I: Remote address found, connecting to 181.175.73.24:9000
E: Time-out connecting to client. :-(
Log closed at 2014-12-24 13:01:32
Based on the log it seems that my computer is not visible from outside on port 9000. But port 9000 in my laptop is opened, listening, with Netbeans, that's what happens when a debug sessions starts.
I think it's a problem with my ISP. My IP is not only for me, so I can't manage it's ports or other configuration. I think my PC is not visible from outside.
So, the question is, how can I avoid this limitation? What could I debug my APP from my computer on a remote server?
Every answer is welcome. Using a program, using a service, both... I tried using pagekite but honestly I couldn't find a configuration that works for me.
Thanks everyone.
PD: I don't want Xdebug alternatives that don't do step by step debugging.
PD2: My Xdebug config is attached.
remote_connect_back won't do it for you, it just tries to connect to the public ip, it's nothing magic.
Can you ssh on the remote server ? You might want to try port forwarding over a reverse ssh tunnel.
Full details from the creator of xdebug:
http://derickrethans.nl/debugging-with-xdebug-and-firewalls.html

Netbeans & Eclipse hang when I attempt remote EC2 debugging via Xdebug

Already, I've checked at least 20 resources and am out of ideas:
I have a clean, remote Ubuntu EC2 instance, fresh from the AMI, having stopped only to install LAMP, phpmyadmin, and xdebug on it. Yes, I have configured my remote EC2 instance's php.ini file as follows:
Meanwhile, back on my laptop I have Netbeans & Eclipse installed. While I can get either to seamlessly upload and Run my php web app on my EC2 site (via SSH/SFTP) as soon as I hit "Debug" from either, index.php gets uploaded, a browser window opens, and then NOTHING HAPPENS. The page doesn't load, the Debug perspective doesn't open, breakpoints don't get triggered, nothing. Netbeans just hangs out saying "waiting for connection" whereas Eclipse just sits at the notorious 57% level (& yes, I toggled the xdebug.idekey before testing with Eclipse)).
So I tested xdebug's functionality on my server according to the instructions found here and here (both passed). I tried changing to port 9001 (in remote php.ini as well as in local Netbeans/Eclipse), I even tried launching this brand spanking-new EC2 instance with pretty much open Security group settings (SSH=0.0.0.0/0), but nothing seems to be working. I am out & out flummoxed, a self-confessed noob, and appreciative of any insight seasoned professionals in the community may have to offer.
Thanks,
Debbie
This feels like a networking issue to me. Port 9000 may not be accessible. The quickest way to test is to telnet to port 9000 on the remote system (if you have a telnet client installed that allows you to specify which port to telnet to). If the telnet attempt times out or is closed by the remote system you will see the error and this verifies that there is a networking issue.
I would check /etc/services to make sure that port 9000 is not reserved for use of something else. If port 9000 exists and is uncommented then something else is using the port and that services does not know how to respond to your request so it hangs.
I would do a netstat (lookup params to see "all" listening ports) and make sure the remote system is listening on port 9000. If you don't see port 9000 then the remote system is not configured to establish the connection.
If you are on a WIFI network then port 9000 may need to be port forwarded to the remote system using the internal cable modem configuration menu/utility. This is the scenerio I favor because I've wasted so much time solving this kind of problem with different software.
Good luck, you have more troubleshooting ahead of you and different questions to ask to resolve your problem.

Must I use port 9000 for XDebug?

I am using:
WAMP
PHP 5.3
XDebug
NetBeans
I want to debug and have the debug port in Netbeans set as 9000 (after following various tutorials, including this one --> Xdebug And Netbeans Problem ). The problem is, I'm unsure as to the purpose of the port 9000.
Does debug port 9000 mean that I must run Wamp on port 9000?
You don't run Wamp on port 9000: it's NetBeans that runs on port 9000!
Your debug client (NetBeans, in this case) needs to listen for incoming connections so Xdebug is able to establish a connection and send the apporpriate info. Please note that there're two requests involved:
Someone (possibly NetBeans) connects to the web server to request the HTML document and start a debug session.
Xdebug connects to whoever requested the debug session (NetBeans) and sends some XML with variables and other debug info.
Details can vary depending on your settings but this is the general idea.
The port you choose is irrelevant as far as:
It's available (no other app is using it) at this moment.
It's reachable from the web server (no firewall / router issues).