Debugging

• Debug messages
• Inspector (--inspect flag)

Debug messages

To enable all debug logs, run your server using the DEBUG=colyseus:* environment variable:

DEBUG=colyseus:* npm start

Name	Description
colyseus:errors	Whenever unexpected (or expected, internally) errors happens on the server-side.
colyseus:matchmaking	Whenever a room is spanwed or disposed.
colyseus:message	Incoming and outgoing room messages
colyseus:patch	The number of bytes and interval between patches broadcasted to all clients.
colyseus:connection	Incoming and outgoing connections

Inspector

You can use the the built-in inspector from Node.js to debug your application.

Tip

Read more about Debugging Node.js Applications.

Using the inspector on production environment

Be careful when using the inspector on production. Using memory snapshots and breakpoints will impact the experience of your users directly.

1. Connect to the remote server:

ssh root@remote.example.com

2. Check the PID of the Node process

ps aux | grep node

3. Attach the inspector on the process

kill -usr1 PID

4. Create a SSH tunnel from your local machine to the remote inspector

ssh -L 9229:localhost:9229 root@remote.example.com

Your production server should now appear on chrome://inspect.