80.9 Remote debug a Spring Boot application started with Gradle

To attach a remote debugger to a Spring Boot application started with Gradle you can use the jvmArgs property of bootRun task or --debug-jvm command line option.

build.gradle:

bootRun {
    jvmArgs "-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5005"
}

Command line:

$ gradle bootRun --debug-jvm

Check Gradle Application Plugin for more details.