To help you design, build and test applications on Corda, called CorDapps, a Corda network can be deployed on the `Microsoft Azure Marketplace <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/overview/what-is-azure>`_
This Corda network offering builds a pre-configured network of Corda nodes as Ubuntu virtual machines (VM). The network comprises of a Notary node and up to nine Corda nodes using a version of Corda of your choosing. The following guide will also show you how to load a simple Yo! CorDapp which demonstrates the basic principles of Corda. When you are ready to go further with developing on Corda and start making contributions to the project head over to the `Corda.net <https://www.corda.net/>`_.
* Ensure you have a registered Microsoft Azure account which can create virtual machines under your subscription(s) and you are logged on to the Azure portal (portal.azure.com)
* It is recommended you generate a private-public SSH key pair (see `here <https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys--2/>`_)
***Resource prefix**: Choose an appropriate descriptive name for your Corda nodes. This name will prefix the node hostnames
***VM user name**: This is the user login name on the Ubuntu VMs. Leave it as azureuser or define your own
***Authentication type**: Select 'SSH public key', then paste the contents of your SSH public key file (see pre-requisites, above) into the box. Alternatively select 'Password' to use a password of your choice to administer the VM
***Restrict access by IP address**: Leave this as 'No' to allow access from any internet host, or provide an IP address or a range of IP addresses to limit access
***Subscription**: Select which of your Azure subscriptions you want to use
***Resource group**: Choose to 'Create new' and provide a useful name of your choice
***Number of Network Map nodes**: There can only be one Network Map node in this network. Leave as '1'
***Number of Notary nodes**: There can only be one Notary node in this network. Leave as '1'
***Number of participant nodes**: This is the number of Corda nodes in your network. At least 2 nodes in your network is recommended (so you can send transactions between them). You can specific 1 participant node and use the Notary node as a second node. There is an upper limit of 9
***Storage performance**: Leave as 'Standard'
***Virtual machine size**: The size of the VM is automatically adjusted to suit the number of participant nodes selected. It is recommended to use the suggested values
***Corda version (as seen in Maven Central)**: Select the version of Corda you want your nodes to use from the drop down list. The version numbers can be seen in `Maven Central <http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/net/corda/corda/>`_, for example 0.11.0
***Notary type**: Select either 'Non Validating' (notary only checks whether a state has been previously used and marked as historic) or 'Validating' (notary performs transaction verification by seeing input and output states, attachments and other transaction information). More information on notaries can be found `here <https://vimeo.com/album/4555732/video/214138458>`_
Once deployed click 'Resources Groups', select the resource group you defined in Step 1 above and click 'Overview' to see the virtual machine details. The names of your VMs will be pre-fixed with the resource prefix value you defined in Step 1 above.
The Newtork Map Service node is suffixed nm0. The Notary node is suffixed not0. Your Corda participant nodes are suffixed node0, node1, node2 etc. Note down the **Public IP address** for your Corda nodes. You will need these to connect to UI screens via your web browser:
Loading the Yo! CordDapp on your Corda nodes lets you send simple Yo! messages to other Corda nodes on the network. A Yo! message is a very simple transaction. The Yo! CorDapp demonstrates:
Connect to one of your Corda nodes (make sure this is not the Notary node) using an SSH client of your choice (e.g. Putty) and log into the virtual machine using the public IP address and your SSH key or username / password combination you defined in Step 1 of the Azure build process. Type the following command:
where (public IP address) is the public IP address of one of your Corda nodes on the Azure Corda network and (port) is the web server port number for your Corda node, 10004 by default
where (public IP address) is the public IP address of one of your Corda nodes on the Azure Corda network and (port) is the web server port number for your Corda node, 10004 by default and (legalname of target node) is the Legal Name for the target node as defined in the node.conf file, for example:
Or to join the growing Corda community and get straight into the Corda open source codebase, head over to the `Github Corda repo <https://www.github.com/corda>`_
