Deploying and publishing
If you created the project as an IDEA Platform Plugin project, the proper run/debug configuration should already be present in the Run/Debug Configurations drop down. Otherwise, if you decided to start from the Java project, you will need to define the run/debug configuration on your own. Refer to the Running your project section of Chapter 5, Make It Happen – Running Your Project, for information on how to create a runtime or debug configuration.
When developing plugins, the required profile type is Plugin, as shown here:
Running or debugging a configuration profile defined in this way will spawn a second instance of IntelliJ. ...
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