diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62289122564a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "run_ws_heartbeat",
+      "type": "debugpy",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "manage.py",
+      "args": ["run_ws_heartbeat"],
+      "django": true,
+      "preLaunchTask": "stop awx-ws-heartbeat",
+      "postDebugTask": "start awx-ws-heartbeat"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "run_cache_clear",
+      "type": "debugpy",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "manage.py",
+      "args": ["run_cache_clear"],
+      "django": true,
+      "preLaunchTask": "stop awx-cache-clear",
+      "postDebugTask": "start awx-cache-clear"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "run_callback_receiver",
+      "type": "debugpy",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "manage.py",
+      "args": ["run_callback_receiver"],
+      "django": true,
+      "preLaunchTask": "stop awx-receiver",
+      "postDebugTask": "start awx-receiver"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "run_dispatcher",
+      "type": "debugpy",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "manage.py",
+      "args": ["run_dispatcher"],
+      "django": true,
+      "preLaunchTask": "stop awx-dispatcher",
+      "postDebugTask": "start awx-dispatcher"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "run_rsyslog_configurer",
+      "type": "debugpy",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "manage.py",
+      "args": ["run_rsyslog_configurer"],
+      "django": true,
+      "preLaunchTask": "stop awx-rsyslog-configurer",
+      "postDebugTask": "start awx-rsyslog-configurer"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "run_cache_clear",
+      "type": "debugpy",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "manage.py",
+      "args": ["run_cache_clear"],
+      "django": true,
+      "preLaunchTask": "stop awx-cache-clear",
+      "postDebugTask": "start awx-cache-clear"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "run_wsrelay",
+      "type": "debugpy",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "manage.py",
+      "args": ["run_wsrelay"],
+      "django": true,
+      "preLaunchTask": "stop awx-wsrelay",
+      "postDebugTask": "start awx-wsrelay"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "daphne",
+      "type": "debugpy",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "/var/lib/awx/venv/awx/bin/daphne",
+      "args": ["-b", "127.0.0.1", "-p", "8051", "awx.asgi:channel_layer"],
+      "django": true,
+      "preLaunchTask": "stop awx-daphne",
+      "postDebugTask": "start awx-daphne"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "runserver(uwsgi alternative)",
+      "type": "debugpy",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "manage.py",
+      "args": ["runserver", "127.0.0.1:8052"],
+      "django": true,
+      "preLaunchTask": "stop awx-uwsgi",
+      "postDebugTask": "start awx-uwsgi"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "runserver_plus(uwsgi alternative)",
+      "type": "debugpy",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "manage.py",
+      "args": ["runserver_plus", "127.0.0.1:8052"],
+      "django": true,
+      "preLaunchTask": "stop awx-uwsgi and install Werkzeug",
+      "postDebugTask": "start awx-uwsgi"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "shell_plus",
+      "type": "debugpy",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "manage.py",
+      "args": ["shell_plus"],
+      "django": true,
+    },
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b878663c311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+{
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "start awx-cache-clear",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl start tower-processes:awx-cache-clear"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "stop awx-cache-clear",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl stop tower-processes:awx-cache-clear"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "start awx-daphne",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl start tower-processes:awx-daphne"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "stop awx-daphne",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl stop tower-processes:awx-daphne"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "start awx-dispatcher",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl start tower-processes:awx-dispatcher"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "stop awx-dispatcher",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl stop tower-processes:awx-dispatcher"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "start awx-receiver",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl start tower-processes:awx-receiver"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "stop awx-receiver",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl stop tower-processes:awx-receiver"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "start awx-rsyslog-configurer",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl start tower-processes:awx-rsyslog-configurer"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "stop awx-rsyslog-configurer",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl stop tower-processes:awx-rsyslog-configurer"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "start awx-rsyslogd",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl start tower-processes:awx-rsyslogd"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "stop awx-rsyslogd",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl stop tower-processes:awx-rsyslogd"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "start awx-uwsgi",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl start tower-processes:awx-uwsgi"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "stop awx-uwsgi",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl stop tower-processes:awx-uwsgi"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "stop awx-uwsgi and install Werkzeug",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "pip install Werkzeug; supervisorctl stop tower-processes:awx-uwsgi"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "start awx-ws-heartbeat",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl start tower-processes:awx-ws-heartbeat"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "stop awx-ws-heartbeat",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl stop tower-processes:awx-ws-heartbeat"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "start awx-wsrelay",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl start tower-processes:awx-wsrelay"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "stop awx-wsrelay",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "supervisorctl stop tower-processes:awx-wsrelay"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/awx/settings/development.py b/awx/settings/development.py
index bdf882c795b5..e518c1204f78 100644
--- a/awx/settings/development.py
+++ b/awx/settings/development.py
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
 # Allows user to trigger task managers directly for debugging and profiling purposes.
 # Only works in combination with settings.SETTINGS_MODULE == 'awx.settings.development'
 AWX_DISABLE_TASK_MANAGERS = False
+
+# Needed for launching runserver in debug mode
+CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = ["https://localhost:8043"]
 # ======================!!!!!!! FOR DEVELOPMENT ONLY !!!!!!!=================================
 
 # Store a snapshot of default settings at this point before loading any
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
index b5084695b9ab..4d087803fda0 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ jupyter
 # matplotlib - Caused issues when bumping to setuptools 58
 backports.tempfile  # support in unit tests for py32+ tempfile.TemporaryDirectory
 git+https://github.com/artefactual-labs/mockldap.git@master#egg=mockldap
-sdb
-remote-pdb
 gprof2dot
 atomicwrites==1.4.0
 flake8
 yamllint
 pip>=21.3 # PEP 660 – Editable installs for pyproject.toml based builds (wheel based)
+
+# python debuggers
+debugpy
+remote-pdb
+sdb
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index 7115e155823b..e0be1528181d 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ http {
         server localhost:8050;
     }
 
+    upstream runserver {
+        server localhost:8052;
+    }
+
     upstream daphne {
         server localhost:8051;
     }
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/nginx.locations.conf.j2 b/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/nginx.locations.conf.j2
index fd2b89a69133..404be4ade26b 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/nginx.locations.conf.j2
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/nginx.locations.conf.j2
@@ -38,4 +38,12 @@ location {{ ingress_path }} {
     uwsgi_read_timeout 120s;
     uwsgi_pass uwsgi;
     include /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params;
+    error_page 502 = @fallback;
+}
+
+# Enable scenario where we shutdown uwsgi and launching runserver for debugging purposes
+location @fallback {
+    # Add trailing / if missing
+    rewrite ^(.*)$http_host(.*[^/])$ $1$http_host$2/ permanent;
+    proxy_pass http://runserver;
 }