Mirth Connect Docker Debug Setup

[jbravo94]

Introduction

Mirth Nextgen Connect introduced since version 4 a debugger feature.
Nevertheless this feature only works in environments where the server installation has a user interface and the installation is not headless.

This means that for dockerized deployments are some workarounds necessary which are demonstrated in this repository.
It adds some X server dependencies to the official image and forwards the DISPLAY env variable and X11 unix socket.

The Debugger usually enable better productivity by offering features:

• Ability to step through code, settings break points and introspect variables
• Direct evaluation of variables and expressions within the console
• Introspection of deployed interfaces at runtime without requiring interface modification e.g. debug print statements

Results

I published the working setup under https://github.com/jbravo94/mirth-connect-docker-debug-setup for the community.