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Expand Up @@ -23,24 +23,32 @@ The Docker DX extension will fill in a debug configuration on a best effort basi

### Debugging with a Launch Configuration

For more complicated build configurations, you can use the `launch.json` to define launch configurations for the buildx debugger.
For more complicated build configurations, you can use the `launch.json` file to define launch configurations for the buildx debugger.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->
```jsonc
{
"type": "dockerfile", // required, must not be modified
"request": "launch", // required, must not be modified
"name": "Docker: Build", // required, configurable
"dockerfile": "Dockerfile", // required, configurable
"contextPath": "${workspaceFolder}", // optional, defaults to ${workspaceFolder}
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}", // optional, defaults to ${workspaceFolder}
"target": "test", // optional, should be a build stage in the Dockerfile
"args": [
// additional arguments for the build command
"--build-arg",
"NODE_ENV=development"
],
"stopOnEntry": true, // if the debugger should suspend on the first line, defaults to false
// Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
// Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
// For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "dockerfile", // required, must not be modified
"request": "launch", // required, must not be modified
"name": "Docker: Build", // required, configurable
"dockerfile": "Dockerfile", // required, configurable
"contextPath": "${workspaceFolder}", // optional, defaults to ${workspaceFolder}
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}", // optional, defaults to ${workspaceFolder}
"target": "test", // optional, should be a build stage in the Dockerfile
"args": [
// additional arguments for the build command
"--build-arg",
"NODE_ENV=development"
],
"stopOnEntry": true, // if the debugger should suspend on the first line, defaults to false
}
]
}
```

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