weird hanging on dev server, trying to debug

src/app/authorisation.service.ts

@@ -168,21 +168,26 @@ export class AuthorisationService {
  public getCert() {
    var token: AuthToken;
    token = this.token.value;
+   console.log('entered getCert');
    if (token === null || token === undefined || token.token === undefined || token.token === '' || token.token === null) {
-     this.token.pipe(skip(1),take(1)).subscribe(() => this.getCert())
+     console.log('getCert token not defined, setting callback');
+     this.token.pipe(skip(1),take(1)).subscribe(() => this.getCert());
      return
    }
    if (this.backendSelectionService.apiserver.value === null || this.backendSelectionService.apiserver.value === undefined) {
-     this.backendSelectionService.apiserver.pipe(skip(1),take(1)).subscribe(() => this.getCert())
+     console.log('getCert api server not defined, setting callback');
+     this.backendSelectionService.apiserver.pipe(skip(1),take(1)).subscribe(() => this.getCert());
      return
    }
 
 
+   console.log('generating ssh key');
    let starttime = new Date();
    let newkeypair = keypair();
    let publicKey = forge.pki.publicKeyFromPem(newkeypair.public);
    let sshpub = forge.ssh.publicKeyToOpenSSH(publicKey, 'sv2@monash.edu');
    let endtime = new Date();
+   console.log('created a private key, getting it signed');
 
    let headers = new HttpHeaders();
    let options = { headers: headers, withCredentials: true};

src/app/backend-selection.service.ts

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class BackendSelectionService {
          this.saveLastApiServer(this.apiserver.value)
      }
 
-     storeLocalAPIServers(apiservers) {
+    /*     storeLocalAPIServers(apiservers) {
          localStorage.setItem('localAPIServers',JSON.stringify(apiservers));
          this.getAPIServers();
      }
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class BackendSelectionService {
      removeLocalAPIServer() {
          localStorage.removeItem('localAPIServers');
          this.getAPIServers();
-     }
+     }*/
 
      getAPIServers() {
        console.log('retrieving api servers');