# Is it possible to launch a Ruby debugger from within the Logstash Ruby filter plugin?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-launch-a-ruby-debugger-from-within-the-logstash-ruby-filter-plugin/64017>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 26, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-launch-a-ruby-debugger-from-within-the-logstash-ruby-filter-plugin/64017 "2016-10-26T14:30:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidpellerin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidpellerin/32/12742_2.png) [@davidpellerin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davidpellerin)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-launch-a-ruby-debugger-from-within-the-logstash-ruby-filter-plugin/64017/1 "2016-10-26T14:30:15Z")

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Is it possible to launch a Ruby debugger from within the Logstash Ruby filter plugin? It would be very handy for debugging.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-launch-a-ruby-debugger-from-within-the-logstash-ruby-filter-plugin/64017/2 "2017-07-06T04:32:36Z")

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