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diff --git a/docs/hacking/index.rst b/docs/hacking/index.rst index c9143bde..af3c5f25 100644 --- a/docs/hacking/index.rst +++ b/docs/hacking/index.rst @@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ This extension gets published to the `mozilla addons page`_. .. _`this repo`: https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask_thunderbird .. _`mozilla addons page`: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/bitmask +Debugging Bitmask +--------------------------------- + +A must-read for debugging the Bitmask Core daemon is the :ref:`manhole HowTo <manhole>`. + How to contribute code --------------------------------- diff --git a/docs/hacking/manhole.rst b/docs/hacking/manhole.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cea3581d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/hacking/manhole.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.. _manhole: + +The manhole HowTo +------------------------------------------------- + +Troubles with Bitmask Daemon? Don't panic! Just SSH into it + +If you want to inspect the objects living in your application memory, in +realtime, you can ssh into it. + +For that, you must add the following section to your ``bitmaskd.cfg`` +configuration file:: + + [manhole] + user = bitmask + passwd = <yoursecret> + port = 22900 + + +And then you can ssh into your application:: + + ssh bitmask@localhost -p 22900 + +Did I mention how *awesome* twisted is?? ``:)`` |