PhpStorm remote debugging Node.js on a foreign host (JetBrains, Webstorm, RubyMine)

node-inspector is the de-facto standard Node.js debugger, but runs in another browser window. For those that like their IDEs fully integrated, PhpStorm should support remote debugging functionality for Node.js but is currently buggy - it will only connect to servers on the same host. The bug is here.

For when the bug is fixed, here are RHEL/CentOS instructions on how to connect to a remote Node.js process (Node.js currrently only allows its debugger to listen for connections on 127.0.0.1, which isn't much use for remote debugging).

On VM console 1 (-df debug mode on for diagnosis):

yum install balance -yt
balance -df 8585 127.0.0.1.5858

On VM console 2:

node --debug app.js 

On host:

telnet {VM IP} 8585

Should output

Type: connect
V8-Version: 3.6.6.14
Protocol-Version: 1
Embedding-Host: node v0.6.6
Content-Length: 0

VM console 1:

$ balance -df 8585 127.0.0.1:5858
argv[0]=balance
bindhost=NULL
source port 8585
file /var/run/balance/balance.8585.0.0.0.0 already exists
the following channels are active:
  0  0 127.0.0.1:5858:0
connect from 172.27.4.11
trying group 0 channel 0 ... connect to channel 0 successful
connect from 172.27.4.11
trying group 0 channel 0 ... connect to channel 0 successful

The connection is working, so attach the remote debugger in PhpStorm (this is the step that's currently broken):

Debug on!