iex: run compiled elixir binary in iex console

Question

I have binary file compiled using mix release : bin/app .

How can I run it using iex so that I will be attached to process console and will be able to call functions from bin/app ?

Answer 1

There are two ways:

• bin/foo start_iex
• connect to the running remote from iex (for this the application should have been started named.)

Assuming the application was run as foo@192.168.1.42 , and local host is 192.168.1.10 , this would open a remote shell:

iex --name remote@192.168.1.10 \
    --remsh foo@192.168.1.42 \
    --cookie COOKIE