diff --git a/gradle-plugins/README.rst b/gradle-plugins/README.rst
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+Gradle Plugins for Cordapps
+===========================
+
+The projects at this level of the project are gradle plugins for cordapps and are published to Maven Local with
+the rest of the Corda libraries.
+
+.. note::
+
+     Some of the plugins here are duplicated with the ones in buildSrc. While the duplication is unwanted any
+     currently known solution (such as publishing from buildSrc or setting up a separate project/repo) would
+     introduce a two step build which is less convenient.
+
+Version number
+--------------
+
+To modify the version number edit constants.properties in root dir
+
+Installing
+----------
+
+If you need to bootstrap the corda repository you can install these plugins with
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+    cd publish-utils
+    ../../gradlew -u install
+    cd ../
+    ../gradlew install
+
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/README.md b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/README.md
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+# API Scanner
+
+Generates a text summary of Corda's public API that we can check for API-breaking changes.
+
+```bash
+$ gradlew generateApi
+```
+
+See [here](../../docs/source/corda-api.rst) for Corda's public API strategy. We will need to
+apply this plugin to other modules in future Corda releases as those modules' APIs stabilise.
+
+Basically, this plugin will document a module's `public` and `protected` classes/methods/fields,
+excluding those from our `*.internal.*` packgages, any synthetic methods, bridge methods, or methods
+identified as having Kotlin's  `internal` scope. (Kotlin doesn't seem to have implemented `internal`
+scope for classes or fields yet as these are currently `public` inside the `.class` file.)
+
+## Usage
+Include this line in the `build.gradle` file of every Corda module that exports public API:
+
+```gradle
+apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.api-scanner'
+```
+
+This will create a Gradle task called `scanApi` which will analyse that module's Jar artifacts. More precisely,
+it will analyse all of the Jar artifacts that have not been assigned a Maven classifier, on the basis
+that these should be the module's main artifacts.
+
+The `scanApi` task supports the following configuration options:
+```gradle
+scanApi {
+    // Make the classpath-scanning phase more verbose.
+    verbose = {true|false}
+
+    // Enable / disable the task within this module.
+    enabled = {true|false}
+
+    // Names of classes that should be excluded from the output.
+    excludeClasses = [
+        ...
+    ]
+}
+```
+
+All of the `ScanApi` tasks write their output files to their own `$buildDir/api` directory, where they
+are collated into a single output file by the `GenerateApi` task. The `GenerateApi` task is declared
+in the root project's `build.gradle` file:
+
+```gradle
+task generateApi(type: net.corda.plugins.GenerateApi){
+    baseName = "api-corda"
+}
+```
+
+The final API file is written to `$buildDir/api/$baseName-$project.version.txt`
+
+### Sample Output
+```
+public interface net.corda.core.contracts.Attachment extends net.corda.core.contracts.NamedByHash
+  public abstract void extractFile(String, java.io.OutputStream)
+  @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull public abstract List getSigners()
+  @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull public abstract java.io.InputStream open()
+  @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull public abstract jar.JarInputStream openAsJAR()
+##
+public interface net.corda.core.contracts.AttachmentConstraint
+  public abstract boolean isSatisfiedBy(net.corda.core.contracts.Attachment)
+##
+public final class net.corda.core.contracts.AttachmentResolutionException extends net.corda.core.flows.FlowException
+  public <init>(net.corda.core.crypto.SecureHash)
+  @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull public final net.corda.core.crypto.SecureHash getHash()
+##
+```
+
+#### Notes
+The `GenerateApi` task will collate the output of every `ScanApi` task found either in the same project,
+or in any of that project's subprojects. So it is _theoretically_ possible also to collate the API output
+from subtrees of modules simply by defining a new `GenerateApi` task at the root of that subtree.
+
+## Plugin Installation
+See [here](../README.rst) for full installation instructions.
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/build.gradle
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+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
+apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
+
+description "Generates a summary of the artifact's public API"
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile gradleApi()
+    compile "io.github.lukehutch:fast-classpath-scanner:2.7.0"
+    testCompile "junit:junit:4.12"
+}
+
+publish {
+    name project.name
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/ApiScanner.java b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/ApiScanner.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75f238891c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/ApiScanner.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package net.corda.plugins;
+
+import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
+import org.gradle.api.Project;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ConfigurationContainer;
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskCollection;
+import org.gradle.jvm.tasks.Jar;
+
+public class ApiScanner implements Plugin<Project> {
+
+    /**
+     * Identify the Gradle Jar tasks creating jars
+     * without Maven classifiers, and generate API
+     * documentation for them.
+     * @param p Current project.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void apply(Project p) {
+        p.getLogger().info("Applying API scanner to {}", p.getName());
+
+        ScannerExtension extension = p.getExtensions().create("scanApi", ScannerExtension.class);
+
+        p.afterEvaluate(project -> {
+            TaskCollection<Jar> jarTasks = project.getTasks()
+                .withType(Jar.class)
+                .matching(jarTask -> jarTask.getClassifier().isEmpty() && jarTask.isEnabled());
+            if (jarTasks.isEmpty()) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            project.getLogger().info("Adding scanApi task to {}", project.getName());
+            project.getTasks().create("scanApi", ScanApi.class, scanTask -> {
+                scanTask.setClasspath(compilationClasspath(project.getConfigurations()));
+                // Automatically creates a dependency on jar tasks.
+                scanTask.setSources(project.files(jarTasks));
+                scanTask.setExcludeClasses(extension.getExcludeClasses());
+                scanTask.setVerbose(extension.isVerbose());
+                scanTask.setEnabled(extension.isEnabled());
+
+                // Declare this ScanApi task to be a dependency of any
+                // GenerateApi tasks belonging to any of our ancestors.
+                project.getRootProject().getTasks()
+                    .withType(GenerateApi.class)
+                    .matching(generateTask -> isAncestorOf(generateTask.getProject(), project))
+                    .forEach(generateTask -> generateTask.dependsOn(scanTask));
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Recurse through a child project's parents until we reach the root,
+     * and return true iff we find our target project along the way.
+     */
+    private static boolean isAncestorOf(Project target, Project child) {
+        Project p = child;
+        while (p != null) {
+            if (p == target) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            p = p.getParent();
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static FileCollection compilationClasspath(ConfigurationContainer configurations) {
+        return configurations.getByName("compile")
+                .plus(configurations.getByName("compileOnly"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/GenerateApi.java b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/GenerateApi.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c87224075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/GenerateApi.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package net.corda.plugins;
+
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFiles;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+
+import static java.util.Comparator.comparing;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class GenerateApi extends DefaultTask {
+
+    private final File outputDir;
+    private String baseName;
+
+    public GenerateApi() {
+        outputDir = new File(getProject().getBuildDir(), "api");
+        baseName = "api-" + getProject().getName();
+    }
+
+    public void setBaseName(String baseName) {
+        this.baseName = baseName;
+    }
+
+    @InputFiles
+    public FileCollection getSources() {
+        return getProject().files(getProject().getAllprojects().stream()
+            .flatMap(project -> project.getTasks()
+                         .withType(ScanApi.class)
+                         .matching(ScanApi::isEnabled)
+                         .stream())
+            .flatMap(scanTask -> scanTask.getTargets().getFiles().stream())
+            .sorted(comparing(File::getName))
+            .collect(toList())
+        );
+    }
+
+    @OutputFile
+    public File getTarget() {
+        return new File(outputDir, String.format("%s-%s.txt", baseName, getProject().getVersion()));
+    }
+
+    @TaskAction
+    public void generate() {
+        FileCollection apiFiles = getSources();
+        if (!apiFiles.isEmpty()) {
+            try (OutputStream output = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(getTarget()))) {
+                for (File apiFile : apiFiles) {
+                    Files.copy(apiFile.toPath(), output);
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                getLogger().error("Failed to generate API file", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/ScanApi.java b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/ScanApi.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb2b7e5599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/ScanApi.java
@@ -0,0 +1,389 @@
+package net.corda.plugins;
+
+import io.github.lukehutch.fastclasspathscanner.FastClasspathScanner;
+import io.github.lukehutch.fastclasspathscanner.scanner.ClassInfo;
+import io.github.lukehutch.fastclasspathscanner.scanner.FieldInfo;
+import io.github.lukehutch.fastclasspathscanner.scanner.MethodInfo;
+import io.github.lukehutch.fastclasspathscanner.scanner.ScanResult;
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
+import org.gradle.api.file.ConfigurableFileCollection;
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.CompileClasspath;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFiles;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFiles;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.*;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.*;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class ScanApi extends DefaultTask {
+    private static final int CLASS_MASK = Modifier.classModifiers();
+    private static final int INTERFACE_MASK = Modifier.interfaceModifiers() & ~Modifier.ABSTRACT;
+    private static final int METHOD_MASK = Modifier.methodModifiers();
+    private static final int FIELD_MASK = Modifier.fieldModifiers();
+    private static final int VISIBILITY_MASK = Modifier.PUBLIC | Modifier.PROTECTED;
+
+    private static final Set<String> ANNOTATION_BLACKLIST;
+    static {
+       Set<String> blacklist = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+       blacklist.add("kotlin.jvm.JvmOverloads");
+       ANNOTATION_BLACKLIST = unmodifiableSet(blacklist);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This information has been lifted from:
+     * @link <a href="https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/blob/master/core/runtime.jvm/src/kotlin/Metadata.kt">Metadata.kt</a>
+     */
+    private static final String KOTLIN_METADATA = "kotlin.Metadata";
+    private static final String KOTLIN_CLASSTYPE_METHOD = "k";
+    private static final int KOTLIN_SYNTHETIC = 3;
+
+    private final ConfigurableFileCollection sources;
+    private final ConfigurableFileCollection classpath;
+    private final Set<String> excludeClasses;
+    private final File outputDir;
+    private boolean verbose;
+
+    public ScanApi() {
+        sources = getProject().files();
+        classpath = getProject().files();
+        excludeClasses = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        outputDir = new File(getProject().getBuildDir(), "api");
+    }
+
+    @InputFiles
+    public FileCollection getSources() {
+        return sources;
+    }
+
+    void setSources(FileCollection sources) {
+        this.sources.setFrom(sources);
+    }
+
+    @CompileClasspath
+    @InputFiles
+    public FileCollection getClasspath() {
+        return classpath;
+    }
+
+    void setClasspath(FileCollection classpath) {
+        this.classpath.setFrom(classpath);
+    }
+
+    @Input
+    public Collection<String> getExcludeClasses() {
+        return unmodifiableSet(excludeClasses);
+    }
+
+    void setExcludeClasses(Collection<String> excludeClasses) {
+        this.excludeClasses.clear();
+        this.excludeClasses.addAll(excludeClasses);
+    }
+
+    @OutputFiles
+    public FileCollection getTargets() {
+        return getProject().files(
+            StreamSupport.stream(sources.spliterator(), false)
+                .map(this::toTarget)
+                .collect(toList())
+        );
+    }
+
+    public boolean isVerbose() {
+        return verbose;
+    }
+
+    void setVerbose(boolean verbose) {
+        this.verbose = verbose;
+    }
+
+    private File toTarget(File source) {
+        return new File(outputDir, source.getName().replaceAll(".jar$", ".txt"));
+    }
+
+    @TaskAction
+    public void scan() {
+        try (Scanner scanner = new Scanner(classpath)) {
+            for (File source : sources) {
+                scanner.scan(source);
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            getLogger().error("Failed to write API file", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    class Scanner implements Closeable {
+        private final URLClassLoader classpathLoader;
+        private final Class<? extends Annotation> metadataClass;
+        private final Method classTypeMethod;
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        Scanner(URLClassLoader classpathLoader) {
+            this.classpathLoader = classpathLoader;
+
+            Class<? extends Annotation> kClass;
+            Method kMethod;
+            try {
+                kClass = (Class<Annotation>) Class.forName(KOTLIN_METADATA, true, classpathLoader);
+                kMethod = kClass.getDeclaredMethod(KOTLIN_CLASSTYPE_METHOD);
+            } catch (ClassNotFoundException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
+                kClass = null;
+                kMethod = null;
+            }
+
+            metadataClass = kClass;
+            classTypeMethod = kMethod;
+        }
+
+        Scanner(FileCollection classpath) throws MalformedURLException {
+            this(new URLClassLoader(toURLs(classpath)));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() throws IOException {
+            classpathLoader.close();
+        }
+
+        void scan(File source) {
+            File target = toTarget(source);
+            try (
+                URLClassLoader appLoader = new URLClassLoader(new URL[]{ toURL(source) }, classpathLoader);
+                PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(target, "UTF-8")
+            ) {
+                scan(writer, appLoader);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                getLogger().error("API scan has failed", e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        void scan(PrintWriter writer, ClassLoader appLoader) {
+            ScanResult result = new FastClasspathScanner(getScanSpecification())
+                .overrideClassLoaders(appLoader)
+                .ignoreParentClassLoaders()
+                .ignoreMethodVisibility()
+                .ignoreFieldVisibility()
+                .enableMethodInfo()
+                .enableFieldInfo()
+                .verbose(verbose)
+                .scan();
+            writeApis(writer, result);
+        }
+
+        private String[] getScanSpecification() {
+            String[] spec = new String[2 + excludeClasses.size()];
+            spec[0] = "!";     // Don't blacklist system classes from the output.
+            spec[1] = "-dir:"; // Ignore classes on the filesystem.
+
+            int i = 2;
+            for (String excludeClass : excludeClasses) {
+                spec[i++] = '-' + excludeClass;
+            }
+            return spec;
+        }
+
+        private void writeApis(PrintWriter writer, ScanResult result) {
+            Map<String, ClassInfo> allInfo = result.getClassNameToClassInfo();
+            result.getNamesOfAllClasses().forEach(className -> {
+                if (className.contains(".internal.")) {
+                    // These classes belong to internal Corda packages.
+                    return;
+                }
+                ClassInfo classInfo = allInfo.get(className);
+                if (classInfo.getClassLoaders() == null) {
+                    // Ignore classes that belong to one of our target ClassLoader's parents.
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                Class<?> javaClass = result.classNameToClassRef(className);
+                if (!isVisible(javaClass.getModifiers())) {
+                    // Excludes private and package-protected classes
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                int kotlinClassType = getKotlinClassType(javaClass);
+                if (kotlinClassType == KOTLIN_SYNTHETIC) {
+                    // Exclude classes synthesised by the Kotlin compiler.
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                writeClass(writer, classInfo, javaClass.getModifiers());
+                writeMethods(writer, classInfo.getMethodAndConstructorInfo());
+                writeFields(writer, classInfo.getFieldInfo());
+                writer.println("##");
+            });
+        }
+
+        private void writeClass(PrintWriter writer, ClassInfo classInfo, int modifiers) {
+            if (classInfo.isAnnotation()) {
+                /*
+                 * Annotation declaration.
+                 */
+                writer.append(Modifier.toString(modifiers & INTERFACE_MASK));
+                writer.append(" @interface ").print(classInfo);
+            } else if (classInfo.isStandardClass()) {
+                /*
+                 * Class declaration.
+                 */
+                List<String> annotationNames = toNames(readClassAnnotationsFor(classInfo));
+                if (!annotationNames.isEmpty()) {
+                    writer.append(asAnnotations(annotationNames));
+                }
+                writer.append(Modifier.toString(modifiers & CLASS_MASK));
+                writer.append(" class ").print(classInfo);
+                Set<ClassInfo> superclasses = classInfo.getDirectSuperclasses();
+                if (!superclasses.isEmpty()) {
+                    writer.append(" extends ").print(stringOf(superclasses));
+                }
+                Set<ClassInfo> interfaces = classInfo.getDirectlyImplementedInterfaces();
+                if (!interfaces.isEmpty()) {
+                    writer.append(" implements ").print(stringOf(interfaces));
+                }
+            } else {
+                /*
+                 * Interface declaration.
+                 */
+                List<String> annotationNames = toNames(readInterfaceAnnotationsFor(classInfo));
+                if (!annotationNames.isEmpty()) {
+                    writer.append(asAnnotations(annotationNames));
+                }
+                writer.append(Modifier.toString(modifiers & INTERFACE_MASK));
+                writer.append(" interface ").print(classInfo);
+                Set<ClassInfo> superinterfaces = classInfo.getDirectSuperinterfaces();
+                if (!superinterfaces.isEmpty()) {
+                    writer.append(" extends ").print(stringOf(superinterfaces));
+                }
+            }
+            writer.println();
+        }
+
+        private void writeMethods(PrintWriter writer, List<MethodInfo> methods) {
+            sort(methods);
+            for (MethodInfo method : methods) {
+                if (isVisible(method.getAccessFlags()) // Only public and protected methods
+                        && isValid(method.getAccessFlags(), METHOD_MASK) // Excludes bridge and synthetic methods
+                        && !isKotlinInternalScope(method)) {
+                    writer.append("  ").println(filterAnnotationsFor(method));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void writeFields(PrintWriter output, List<FieldInfo> fields) {
+            sort(fields);
+            for (FieldInfo field : fields) {
+                if (isVisible(field.getAccessFlags()) && isValid(field.getAccessFlags(), FIELD_MASK)) {
+                    output.append("  ").println(field);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private int getKotlinClassType(Class<?> javaClass) {
+            if (metadataClass != null) {
+                Annotation metadata = javaClass.getAnnotation(metadataClass);
+                if (metadata != null) {
+                    try {
+                        return (int) classTypeMethod.invoke(metadata);
+                    } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+                        getLogger().error("Failed to read Kotlin annotation", e);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private List<String> toNames(Collection<ClassInfo> classes) {
+            return classes.stream()
+                .map(ClassInfo::toString)
+                .filter(ScanApi::isApplicationClass)
+                .collect(toList());
+        }
+
+        private Set<ClassInfo> readClassAnnotationsFor(ClassInfo classInfo) {
+            Set<ClassInfo> annotations = new HashSet<>(classInfo.getAnnotations());
+            annotations.addAll(selectInheritedAnnotations(classInfo.getSuperclasses()));
+            annotations.addAll(selectInheritedAnnotations(classInfo.getImplementedInterfaces()));
+            return annotations;
+        }
+
+        private Set<ClassInfo> readInterfaceAnnotationsFor(ClassInfo classInfo) {
+            Set<ClassInfo> annotations = new HashSet<>(classInfo.getAnnotations());
+            annotations.addAll(selectInheritedAnnotations(classInfo.getSuperinterfaces()));
+            return annotations;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns those annotations which have themselves been annotated as "Inherited".
+         */
+        private List<ClassInfo> selectInheritedAnnotations(Collection<ClassInfo> classes) {
+            return classes.stream()
+                .flatMap(cls -> cls.getAnnotations().stream())
+                .filter(ann -> ann.hasMetaAnnotation(Inherited.class.getName()))
+                .collect(toList());
+        }
+
+        private MethodInfo filterAnnotationsFor(MethodInfo method) {
+            return new MethodInfo(
+                method.getClassName(),
+                method.getMethodName(),
+                method.getAccessFlags(),
+                method.getTypeDescriptor(),
+                method.getAnnotationNames().stream()
+                    .filter(ScanApi::isVisibleAnnotation)
+                    .collect(toList())
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isVisibleAnnotation(String annotationName) {
+        return !ANNOTATION_BLACKLIST.contains(annotationName);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isKotlinInternalScope(MethodInfo method) {
+        return method.getMethodName().indexOf('$') >= 0;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isValid(int modifiers, int mask) {
+        return (modifiers & mask) == modifiers;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isVisible(int accessFlags) {
+        return (accessFlags & VISIBILITY_MASK) != 0;
+    }
+
+    private static String stringOf(Collection<ClassInfo> items) {
+        return items.stream().map(ClassInfo::toString).collect(joining(", "));
+    }
+
+    private static String asAnnotations(Collection<String> items) {
+        return items.stream().collect(joining(" @", "@", " "));
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isApplicationClass(String typeName) {
+        return !typeName.startsWith("java.") && !typeName.startsWith("kotlin.");
+    }
+
+    private static URL toURL(File file) throws MalformedURLException {
+        return file.toURI().toURL();
+    }
+
+    private static URL[] toURLs(Iterable<File> files) throws MalformedURLException {
+        List<URL> urls = new LinkedList<>();
+        for (File file : files) {
+            urls.add(toURL(file));
+        }
+        return urls.toArray(new URL[urls.size()]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/ScannerExtension.java b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/ScannerExtension.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e77437cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/java/net/corda/plugins/ScannerExtension.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package net.corda.plugins;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class ScannerExtension {
+
+    private boolean verbose;
+    private boolean enabled = true;
+    private List<String> excludeClasses = emptyList();
+
+    public boolean isVerbose() {
+        return verbose;
+    }
+
+    public void setVerbose(boolean verbose) {
+        this.verbose = verbose;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isEnabled() {
+        return enabled;
+    }
+
+    public void setEnabled(boolean enabled) {
+        this.enabled = enabled;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getExcludeClasses() {
+        return excludeClasses;
+    }
+
+    public void setExcludeClasses(List<String> excludeClasses) {
+        this.excludeClasses = excludeClasses;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.api-scanner.properties b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.api-scanner.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc9e2277a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/api-scanner/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.api-scanner.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+implementation-class=net.corda.plugins.ApiScanner
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e04813546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// This script exists just to allow bootstrapping the gradle plugins if maven central or jcenter are unavailable
+// or if you are developing these plugins. See the readme for more information.
+
+buildscript {
+    // For sharing constants between builds
+    Properties constants = new Properties()
+    file("$projectDir/../constants.properties").withInputStream { constants.load(it) }
+
+    // If you bump this version you must re-bootstrap the codebase. See the README for more information.
+    ext {
+        gradle_plugins_version = constants.getProperty("gradlePluginsVersion")
+        bouncycastle_version = constants.getProperty("bouncycastleVersion")
+        typesafe_config_version = constants.getProperty("typesafeConfigVersion")
+        jsr305_version = constants.getProperty("jsr305Version")
+        kotlin_version = constants.getProperty("kotlinVersion")
+        artifactory_plugin_version = constants.getProperty('artifactoryPluginVersion')
+    }
+
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        jcenter()
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        classpath "net.corda.plugins:publish-utils:$gradle_plugins_version"
+        classpath 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.7.3'
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
+        classpath "org.jfrog.buildinfo:build-info-extractor-gradle:$artifactory_plugin_version"
+    }
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
+apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
+
+allprojects {
+    version gradle_plugins_version
+    group 'net.corda.plugins'
+}
+
+bintrayConfig {
+    user = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_USER')
+    key = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_KEY')
+    repo = 'corda'
+    org = 'r3'
+    licenses = ['Apache-2.0']
+    vcsUrl = 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
+    projectUrl = 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
+    gpgSign = true
+    gpgPassphrase = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_GPG_PASSPHRASE')
+    publications = ['cordformation', 'quasar-utils', 'cordform-common', 'api-scanner', 'cordapp']
+    license {
+        name = 'Apache-2.0'
+        url = 'https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0'
+        distribution = 'repo'
+    }
+    developer {
+        id = 'R3'
+        name = 'R3'
+        email = 'dev@corda.net'
+    }
+}
+
+artifactory {
+    publish {
+        contextUrl = 'https://ci-artifactory.corda.r3cev.com/artifactory'
+        repository {
+            repoKey = 'corda-dev'
+            username = 'teamcity'
+            password = System.getenv('CORDA_ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD')
+        }
+
+        defaults {
+            // Publish utils does not have a publish block because it would be circular for it to apply it's own
+            // extensions to itself
+            if(project.name == 'publish-utils') {
+                publications('publishUtils')
+            // Root project applies the plugin (for this block) but does not need to be published
+            } else if(project != rootProject) {
+                publications(project.extensions.publish.name())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordapp/README.md b/gradle-plugins/cordapp/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b0cebe690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordapp/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Cordapp Gradle Plugin
+
+## Purpose
+
+To transform any project this plugin is applied to into a cordapp project that generates a cordapp JAR.
+
+## Effects
+
+Will modify the default JAR task to create a CorDapp format JAR instead [see here](https://docs.corda.net/cordapp-build-systems.html) 
+for more information.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordapp/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/cordapp/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d1ecb6b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordapp/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apply plugin: 'kotlin'
+apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
+apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
+
+description 'Turns a project into a cordapp project that produces cordapp fat JARs'
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+    jcenter()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile gradleApi()
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre8:$kotlin_version"
+}
+
+publish {
+    name project.name
+}
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diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordapp/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/CordappPlugin.kt b/gradle-plugins/cordapp/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/CordappPlugin.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62119cf0f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordapp/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/CordappPlugin.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package net.corda.plugins
+
+import org.gradle.api.*
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.*
+import org.gradle.jvm.tasks.Jar
+import java.io.File
+
+/**
+ * The Cordapp plugin will turn a project into a cordapp project which builds cordapp JARs with the correct format
+ * and with the information needed to run on Corda.
+ */
+class CordappPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
+    override fun apply(project: Project) {
+        project.logger.info("Configuring ${project.name} as a cordapp")
+
+        Utils.createCompileConfiguration("cordapp", project)
+        Utils.createCompileConfiguration("cordaCompile", project)
+
+        val configuration: Configuration = project.configurations.create("cordaRuntime")
+        configuration.isTransitive = false
+        project.configurations.single { it.name == "runtime" }.extendsFrom(configuration)
+
+        configureCordappJar(project)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configures this project's JAR as a Cordapp JAR
+     */
+    private fun configureCordappJar(project: Project) {
+        // Note: project.afterEvaluate did not have full dependency resolution completed, hence a task is used instead
+        val task = project.task("configureCordappFatJar")
+        val jarTask = project.tasks.getByName("jar") as Jar
+        task.doLast {
+            jarTask.from(getDirectNonCordaDependencies(project).map { project.zipTree(it)}).apply {
+                exclude("META-INF/*.SF")
+                exclude("META-INF/*.DSA")
+                exclude("META-INF/*.RSA")
+            }
+        }
+        jarTask.dependsOn(task)
+    }
+
+    private fun getDirectNonCordaDependencies(project: Project): Set<File> {
+        project.logger.info("Finding direct non-corda dependencies for inclusion in CorDapp JAR")
+        val excludes = listOf(
+                mapOf("group" to "org.jetbrains.kotlin", "name" to "kotlin-stdlib"),
+                mapOf("group" to "org.jetbrains.kotlin", "name" to "kotlin-stdlib-jre8"),
+                mapOf("group" to "org.jetbrains.kotlin", "name" to "kotlin-reflect"),
+                mapOf("group" to "co.paralleluniverse", "name" to "quasar-core")
+        )
+
+        val runtimeConfiguration = project.configuration("runtime")
+        // The direct dependencies of this project
+        val excludeDeps = project.configuration("cordapp").allDependencies +
+                project.configuration("cordaCompile").allDependencies +
+                project.configuration("cordaRuntime").allDependencies
+        val directDeps = runtimeConfiguration.allDependencies - excludeDeps
+        // We want to filter out anything Corda related or provided by Corda, like kotlin-stdlib and quasar
+        val filteredDeps = directDeps.filter { dep ->
+            excludes.none { exclude -> (exclude["group"] == dep.group) && (exclude["name"] == dep.name) }
+        }
+        filteredDeps.forEach {
+            // net.corda or com.r3.corda may be a core dependency which shouldn't be included in this cordapp so give a warning
+            val group = it.group?.toString() ?: ""
+            if (group.startsWith("net.corda.") || group.startsWith("com.r3.corda.")) {
+                project.logger.warn("You appear to have included a Corda platform component ($it) using a 'compile' or 'runtime' dependency." +
+                        "This can cause node stability problems. Please use 'corda' instead." +
+                        "See http://docs.corda.net/cordapp-build-systems.html")
+            } else {
+                project.logger.info("Including dependency in CorDapp JAR: $it")
+            }
+        }
+        return filteredDeps.map { runtimeConfiguration.files(it) }.flatten().toSet()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordapp/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Utils.kt b/gradle-plugins/cordapp/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Utils.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7572cd9876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordapp/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Utils.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package net.corda.plugins
+
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.Task
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration
+import org.gradle.api.plugins.ExtraPropertiesExtension
+
+/**
+ * Mimics the "project.ext" functionality in groovy which provides a direct
+ * accessor to the "ext" extention (See: ExtraPropertiesExtension)
+ */
+@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+fun <T : Any> Project.ext(name: String): T = (extensions.findByName("ext") as ExtraPropertiesExtension).get(name) as T
+fun Project.configuration(name: String): Configuration = configurations.single { it.name == name }
+
+class Utils {
+    companion object {
+        @JvmStatic
+        fun createCompileConfiguration(name: String, project: Project) {
+            if(!project.configurations.any { it.name == name }) {
+                val configuration = project.configurations.create(name)
+                configuration.isTransitive = false
+                project.configurations.single { it.name == "compile" }.extendsFrom(configuration)
+            }
+        }
+        fun createRuntimeConfiguration(name: String, project: Project) {
+            if(!project.configurations.any { it.name == name }) {
+                val configuration = project.configurations.create(name)
+                configuration.isTransitive = false
+                project.configurations.single { it.name == "runtime" }.extendsFrom(configuration)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.cordapp.properties b/gradle-plugins/cordapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.cordapp.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90871e27c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.cordapp.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+implementation-class=net.corda.plugins.CordappPlugin
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/README.md b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b83c20e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Cordform Common
+
+This project contains common node types that both the Corda gradle plugin suite and Corda project
+require in order to build Corda nodes.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be2fa0cf16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
+apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+// This tracks the gradle plugins version and not Corda
+version gradle_plugins_version
+group 'net.corda.plugins'
+
+dependencies {
+    // JSR 305: Nullability annotations
+    compile "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:$jsr305_version"
+
+    // TypeSafe Config: for simple and human friendly config files.
+    compile "com.typesafe:config:$typesafe_config_version"
+}
+
+publish {
+    name project.name
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/CordformContext.java b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/CordformContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7687f68a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/CordformContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package net.corda.cordform;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+public interface CordformContext {
+    Path baseDirectory(String nodeName);
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/CordformDefinition.java b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/CordformDefinition.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc62b1bbee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/CordformDefinition.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package net.corda.cordform;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public abstract class CordformDefinition {
+    private Path nodesDirectory = Paths.get("build", "nodes");
+    private final List<Consumer<CordformNode>> nodeConfigurers = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final List<String> cordappPackages = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    public Path getNodesDirectory() {
+        return nodesDirectory;
+    }
+
+    public void setNodesDirectory(Path nodesDirectory) {
+        this.nodesDirectory = nodesDirectory;
+    }
+
+    public List<Consumer<CordformNode>> getNodeConfigurers() {
+        return nodeConfigurers;
+    }
+
+    public void addNode(Consumer<CordformNode> configurer) {
+        nodeConfigurers.add(configurer);
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getCordappPackages() {
+        return cordappPackages;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Make arbitrary changes to the node directories before they are started.
+     * @param context Lookup of node directory by node name.
+     */
+    public abstract void setup(@Nonnull CordformContext context);
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/CordformNode.java b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/CordformNode.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52300f0f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/CordformNode.java
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+package net.corda.cordform;
+
+import com.typesafe.config.Config;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigValueFactory;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+
+public class CordformNode implements NodeDefinition {
+    /**
+     * Path relative to the running node where the serialized NodeInfos are stored.
+     */
+    public static final String NODE_INFO_DIRECTORY = "additional-node-infos";
+
+    protected static final String DEFAULT_HOST = "localhost";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the node.
+     */
+    private String name;
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the RPC users for this node. This configuration block allows arbitrary configuration.
+     * The recommended current structure is:
+     * [[['username': "username_here", 'password': "password_here", 'permissions': ["permissions_here"]]]
+     * The above is a list to a map of keys to values using Groovy map and list shorthands.
+     *
+     * Incorrect configurations will not cause a DSL error.
+     */
+    public List<Map<String, Object>> rpcUsers = emptyList();
+
+    /**
+     * Apply the notary configuration if this node is a notary. The map is the config structure of
+     * net.corda.node.services.config.NotaryConfig
+     */
+    public Map<String, Object> notary = null;
+
+    public Map<String, Object> extraConfig = null;
+
+    protected Config config = ConfigFactory.empty();
+
+    public Config getConfig() {
+        return config;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the name of the node.
+     *
+     * @param name The node name.
+     */
+    public void name(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+        setValue("myLegalName", name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the artemis address for this node.
+     *
+     * @return This node's P2P address.
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    public String getP2pAddress() {
+        return config.getString("p2pAddress");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the Artemis P2P port for this node on localhost.
+     *
+     * @param p2pPort The Artemis messaging queue port.
+     */
+    public void p2pPort(int p2pPort) {
+        p2pAddress(DEFAULT_HOST + ':' + p2pPort);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the Artemis P2P address for this node.
+     *
+     * @param p2pAddress The Artemis messaging queue host and port.
+     */
+    public void p2pAddress(String p2pAddress) {
+        setValue("p2pAddress", p2pAddress);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the RPC address for this node, or null if one hasn't been specified.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public String getRpcAddress() {
+        if (config.hasPath("rpcSettings.address")) {
+            return config.getConfig("rpcSettings").getString("address");
+        }
+        return getOptionalString("rpcAddress");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the Artemis RPC port for this node on localhost.
+     *
+     * @param rpcPort The Artemis RPC queue port.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link CordformNode#rpcSettings(RpcSettings)} instead.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public void rpcPort(int rpcPort) {
+        rpcAddress(DEFAULT_HOST + ':' + rpcPort);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the Artemis RPC address for this node.
+     *
+     * @param rpcAddress The Artemis RPC queue host and port.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link CordformNode#rpcSettings(RpcSettings)} instead.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public void rpcAddress(String rpcAddress) {
+        setValue("rpcAddress", rpcAddress);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the address of the web server that will connect to the node, or null if one hasn't been specified.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public String getWebAddress() {
+        return getOptionalString("webAddress");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configure a webserver to connect to the node via RPC. This port will specify the port it will listen on. The node
+     * must have an RPC address configured.
+     */
+    public void webPort(int webPort) {
+        webAddress(DEFAULT_HOST + ':' + webPort);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configure a webserver to connect to the node via RPC. This address will specify the port it will listen on. The node
+     * must have an RPC address configured.
+     */
+    public void webAddress(String webAddress) {
+        setValue("webAddress", webAddress);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies RPC settings for the node.
+     */
+    public void rpcSettings(RpcSettings settings) {
+        config = settings.addTo("rpcSettings", config);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the path to a file with optional properties, which are appended to the generated node.conf file.
+     *
+     * @param configFile The file path.
+     */
+    public void configFile(String configFile) {
+        setValue("configFile", configFile);
+    }
+
+    private String getOptionalString(String path) {
+        return config.hasPath(path) ? config.getString(path) : null;
+    }
+
+    private void setValue(String path, Object value) {
+        config = config.withValue(path, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(value));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/NodeDefinition.java b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/NodeDefinition.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b86b98627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/NodeDefinition.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package net.corda.cordform;
+
+import com.typesafe.config.Config;
+
+public interface NodeDefinition {
+    String getName();
+
+    Config getConfig();
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/RpcSettings.java b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/RpcSettings.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e429bb0ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/RpcSettings.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package net.corda.cordform;
+
+import com.typesafe.config.Config;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigValueFactory;
+
+public final class RpcSettings {
+
+    private Config config = ConfigFactory.empty();
+
+    /**
+     * RPC address for the node.
+     */
+    public final void address(final String value) {
+        setValue("address", value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * RPC admin address for the node (necessary if [useSsl] is false or unset).
+     */
+    public final void adminAddress(final String value) {
+        setValue("adminAddress", value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies whether the node RPC layer will require SSL from clients.
+     */
+    public final void useSsl(final Boolean value) {
+        setValue("useSsl", value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies whether the RPC broker is separate from the node.
+     */
+    public final void standAloneBroker(final Boolean value) {
+        setValue("standAloneBroker", value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies SSL certificates options for the RPC layer.
+     */
+    public final void ssl(final SslOptions options) {
+        config = options.addTo("ssl", config);
+    }
+
+    final Config addTo(final String key, final Config config) {
+        if (this.config.isEmpty()) {
+            return config;
+        }
+        return config.withValue(key, this.config.root());
+    }
+
+    private void setValue(String path, Object value) {
+        config = config.withValue(path, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(value));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/SslOptions.java b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/SslOptions.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da3cc22288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordform-common/src/main/java/net/corda/cordform/SslOptions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package net.corda.cordform;
+
+import com.typesafe.config.Config;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigValueFactory;
+
+public final class SslOptions {
+
+    private Config config = ConfigFactory.empty();
+
+    /**
+     * Password for the keystore.
+     */
+    public final void keyStorePassword(final String value) {
+        setValue("keyStorePassword", value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Password for the truststore.
+     */
+    public final void trustStorePassword(final String value) {
+        setValue("trustStorePassword", value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Directory under which key stores are to be placed.
+     */
+    public final void certificatesDirectory(final String value) {
+        setValue("certificatesDirectory", value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Absolute path to SSL keystore. Default: "[certificatesDirectory]/sslkeystore.jks"
+     */
+    public final void sslKeystore(final String value) {
+        setValue("sslKeystore", value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Absolute path to SSL truststore. Default: "[certificatesDirectory]/truststore.jks"
+     */
+    public final void trustStoreFile(final String value) {
+        setValue("trustStoreFile", value);
+    }
+
+    final Config addTo(final String key, final Config config) {
+        if (this.config.isEmpty()) {
+            return config;
+        }
+        return config.withValue(key, this.config.root());
+    }
+
+    private void setValue(String path, Object value) {
+        config = config.withValue(path, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(value));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/README.rst b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f619737a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Please refer to the documentation in <corda-root>/doc/build/html/running-a-node.html#cordformation.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c22f78a9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
+    }
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'kotlin'
+apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
+apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
+
+description 'A small gradle plugin for adding some basic Quasar tasks and configurations to reduce build.gradle bloat.'
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+configurations {
+    noderunner
+    compile.extendsFrom noderunner
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    runnodes {
+        kotlin {
+            srcDir file('src/noderunner/kotlin')
+            compileClasspath += configurations.noderunner
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile gradleApi()
+    compile project(":cordapp")
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre8:$kotlin_version"
+
+    noderunner "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre8:$kotlin_version"
+
+    compile project(':cordform-common')
+}
+
+task createNodeRunner(type: Jar, dependsOn: [classes]) {
+    manifest {
+        attributes('Main-Class': 'net.corda.plugins.NodeRunnerKt')
+    }
+    classifier = 'fatjar'
+    from { configurations.noderunner.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) } }
+    from sourceSets.runnodes.output
+}
+
+jar {
+    from(createNodeRunner) {
+        rename { 'net/corda/plugins/runnodes.jar' }
+    }
+}
+
+publish {
+    name project.name
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Cordform.kt b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Cordform.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d44484eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Cordform.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+package net.corda.plugins
+
+import groovy.lang.Closure
+import net.corda.cordform.CordformDefinition
+import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.FixCrLfFilter
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
+import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPluginConvention
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSet.MAIN_SOURCE_SET_NAME
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
+import java.io.File
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
+import java.net.URLClassLoader
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+import java.util.jar.JarInputStream
+
+/**
+ * Creates nodes based on the configuration of this task in the gradle configuration DSL.
+ *
+ * See documentation for examples.
+ */
+@Suppress("unused")
+open class Cordform : DefaultTask() {
+    private companion object {
+        val nodeJarName = "corda.jar"
+        private val defaultDirectory: Path = Paths.get("build", "nodes")
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Optionally the name of a CordformDefinition subclass to which all configuration will be delegated.
+     */
+    @Suppress("MemberVisibilityCanPrivate")
+    var definitionClass: String? = null
+    private var directory = defaultDirectory
+    private val nodes = mutableListOf<Node>()
+
+    /**
+     * Set the directory to install nodes into.
+     *
+     * @param directory The directory the nodes will be installed into.
+     */
+    fun directory(directory: String) {
+        this.directory = Paths.get(directory)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a node configuration.
+     *
+     * @param configureClosure A node configuration that will be deployed.
+     */
+    @Suppress("MemberVisibilityCanPrivate")
+    fun node(configureClosure: Closure<in Node>) {
+        nodes += project.configure(Node(project), configureClosure) as Node
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a node configuration
+     *
+     * @param configureFunc A node configuration that will be deployed
+     */
+    @Suppress("MemberVisibilityCanPrivate")
+    fun node(configureFunc: Node.() -> Any?): Node {
+        val node = Node(project).apply { configureFunc() }
+        nodes += node
+        return node
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a node by name.
+     *
+     * @param name The name of the node as specified in the node configuration DSL.
+     * @return A node instance.
+     */
+    private fun getNodeByName(name: String): Node? = nodes.firstOrNull { it.name == name }
+
+    /**
+     * Installs the run script into the nodes directory.
+     */
+    private fun installRunScript() {
+        project.copy {
+            it.apply {
+                from(Cordformation.getPluginFile(project, "net/corda/plugins/runnodes.jar"))
+                fileMode = Cordformation.executableFileMode
+                into("$directory/")
+            }
+        }
+
+        project.copy {
+            it.apply {
+                from(Cordformation.getPluginFile(project, "net/corda/plugins/runnodes"))
+                // Replaces end of line with lf to avoid issues with the bash interpreter and Windows style line endings.
+                filter(mapOf("eol" to FixCrLfFilter.CrLf.newInstance("lf")), FixCrLfFilter::class.java)
+                fileMode = Cordformation.executableFileMode
+                into("$directory/")
+            }
+        }
+
+        project.copy {
+            it.apply {
+                from(Cordformation.getPluginFile(project, "net/corda/plugins/runnodes.bat"))
+                into("$directory/")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The definitionClass needn't be compiled until just before our build method, so we load it manually via sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath.
+     */
+    private fun loadCordformDefinition(): CordformDefinition {
+        val plugin = project.convention.getPlugin(JavaPluginConvention::class.java)
+        val classpath = plugin.sourceSets.getByName(MAIN_SOURCE_SET_NAME).runtimeClasspath
+        val urls = classpath.files.map { it.toURI().toURL() }.toTypedArray()
+        return URLClassLoader(urls, CordformDefinition::class.java.classLoader)
+                .loadClass(definitionClass)
+                .asSubclass(CordformDefinition::class.java)
+                .newInstance()
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The NetworkBootstrapper needn't be compiled until just before our build method, so we load it manually via sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath.
+     */
+    private fun loadNetworkBootstrapperClass(): Class<*> {
+        val plugin = project.convention.getPlugin(JavaPluginConvention::class.java)
+        val classpath = plugin.sourceSets.getByName(MAIN_SOURCE_SET_NAME).runtimeClasspath
+        val urls = classpath.files.map { it.toURI().toURL() }.toTypedArray()
+        return URLClassLoader(urls, javaClass.classLoader).loadClass("net.corda.nodeapi.internal.network.NetworkBootstrapper")
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This task action will create and install the nodes based on the node configurations added.
+     */
+    @TaskAction
+    fun build() {
+        project.logger.info("Running Cordform task")
+        initializeConfiguration()
+        nodes.forEach(Node::installConfig)
+        installCordaJar()
+        installRunScript()
+        bootstrapNetwork()
+        nodes.forEach(Node::build)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Installs the corda fat JAR to the root directory, for the network bootstrapper to use.
+     */
+    private fun installCordaJar() {
+        val cordaJar = Cordformation.verifyAndGetRuntimeJar(project, "corda")
+        project.copy {
+            it.apply {
+                from(cordaJar)
+                into(directory)
+                rename(cordaJar.name, nodeJarName)
+                fileMode = Cordformation.executableFileMode
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun initializeConfiguration() {
+        if (definitionClass != null) {
+            val cd = loadCordformDefinition()
+            // If the user has specified their own directory (even if it's the same default path) then let them know
+            // it's not used and should just rely on the one in CordformDefinition
+            require(directory === defaultDirectory) {
+                "'directory' cannot be used when 'definitionClass' is specified. Use CordformDefinition.nodesDirectory instead."
+            }
+            directory = cd.nodesDirectory
+            val cordapps = cd.getMatchingCordapps()
+            cd.nodeConfigurers.forEach {
+                val node = node { }
+                it.accept(node)
+                node.additionalCordapps.addAll(cordapps)
+                node.rootDir(directory)
+            }
+            cd.setup { nodeName -> project.projectDir.toPath().resolve(getNodeByName(nodeName)!!.nodeDir.toPath()) }
+        } else {
+            nodes.forEach {
+                it.rootDir(directory)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun bootstrapNetwork() {
+        val networkBootstrapperClass = loadNetworkBootstrapperClass()
+        val networkBootstrapper = networkBootstrapperClass.newInstance()
+        val bootstrapMethod = networkBootstrapperClass.getMethod("bootstrap", Path::class.java).apply { isAccessible = true }
+        // Call NetworkBootstrapper.bootstrap
+        try {
+            val rootDir = project.projectDir.toPath().resolve(directory).toAbsolutePath().normalize()
+            bootstrapMethod.invoke(networkBootstrapper, rootDir)
+        } catch (e: InvocationTargetException) {
+            throw e.cause!!
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun CordformDefinition.getMatchingCordapps(): List<File> {
+        val cordappJars = project.configuration("cordapp").files
+        return cordappPackages.map { `package` ->
+            val cordappsWithPackage = cordappJars.filter { it.containsPackage(`package`) }
+            when (cordappsWithPackage.size) {
+                0 -> throw IllegalArgumentException("There are no cordapp dependencies containing the package $`package`")
+                1 -> cordappsWithPackage[0]
+                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("More than one cordapp dependency contains the package $`package`: $cordappsWithPackage")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun File.containsPackage(`package`: String): Boolean {
+        JarInputStream(inputStream()).use {
+            while (true) {
+                val name = it.nextJarEntry?.name ?: break
+                if (name.endsWith(".class") && name.replace('/', '.').startsWith(`package`)) {
+                    return true
+                }
+            }
+            return false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Cordformation.kt b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Cordformation.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82a818992d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Cordformation.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package net.corda.plugins
+
+import org.gradle.api.Plugin
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import java.io.File
+
+/**
+ * The Cordformation plugin deploys nodes to a directory in a state ready to be used by a developer for experimentation,
+ * testing, and debugging. It will prepopulate several fields in the configuration and create a simple node runner.
+ */
+class Cordformation : Plugin<Project> {
+    internal companion object {
+        const val CORDFORMATION_TYPE = "cordformationInternal"
+
+        /**
+         * Gets a resource file from this plugin's JAR file.
+         *
+         * @param project The project environment this plugin executes in.
+         * @param filePathInJar The file in the JAR, relative to root, you wish to access.
+         * @return A file handle to the file in the JAR.
+         */
+        fun getPluginFile(project: Project, filePathInJar: String): File {
+            val archive = project.rootProject.buildscript.configurations
+                    .single { it.name == "classpath" }
+                    .first { it.name.contains("cordformation") }
+            return project.rootProject.resources.text
+                    .fromArchiveEntry(archive, filePathInJar)
+                    .asFile()
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets a current built corda jar file
+         *
+         * @param project The project environment this plugin executes in.
+         * @param jarName The name of the JAR you wish to access.
+         * @return A file handle to the file in the JAR.
+         */
+        fun verifyAndGetRuntimeJar(project: Project, jarName: String): File {
+            val releaseVersion = project.rootProject.ext<String>("corda_release_version")
+            val maybeJar = project.configuration("runtime").filter {
+                "$jarName-$releaseVersion.jar" in it.toString() || "$jarName-r3-$releaseVersion.jar" in it.toString()
+            }
+            if (maybeJar.isEmpty) {
+                throw IllegalStateException("No $jarName JAR found. Have you deployed the Corda project to Maven? Looked for \"$jarName-$releaseVersion.jar\"")
+            } else {
+                val jar = maybeJar.singleFile
+                require(jar.isFile)
+                return jar
+            }
+        }
+
+        val executableFileMode = "0755".toInt(8)
+    }
+
+    override fun apply(project: Project) {
+        Utils.createCompileConfiguration("cordapp", project)
+        Utils.createRuntimeConfiguration(CORDFORMATION_TYPE, project)
+        // TODO: improve how we re-use existing declared external variables from root gradle.build
+        val jolokiaVersion = try { project.rootProject.ext<String>("jolokia_version") } catch (e: Exception) { "1.3.7" }
+        project.dependencies.add(CORDFORMATION_TYPE, "org.jolokia:jolokia-jvm:$jolokiaVersion:agent")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Node.kt b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Node.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f8cb543d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Node.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+package net.corda.plugins
+
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigRenderOptions
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigValueFactory
+import groovy.lang.Closure
+import net.corda.cordform.CordformNode
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.nio.file.Path
+
+/**
+ * Represents a node that will be installed.
+ */
+class Node(private val project: Project) : CordformNode() {
+    companion object {
+        @JvmStatic
+        val webJarName = "corda-webserver.jar"
+        private val configFileProperty = "configFile"
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the list of CorDapps to install to the plugins directory. Each cordapp is a fully qualified Maven
+     * dependency name, eg: com.example:product-name:0.1
+     *
+     * @note Your app will be installed by default and does not need to be included here.
+     * @note Type is any due to gradle's use of "GStrings" - each value will have "toString" called on it
+     */
+    var cordapps = mutableListOf<Any>()
+    internal var additionalCordapps = mutableListOf<File>()
+    internal lateinit var nodeDir: File
+        private set
+    internal lateinit var rootDir: File
+        private set
+
+    /**
+     * Sets whether this node will use HTTPS communication.
+     *
+     * @param isHttps True if this node uses HTTPS communication.
+     */
+    fun https(isHttps: Boolean) {
+        config = config.withValue("useHTTPS", ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(isHttps))
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the H2 port for this node
+     */
+    fun h2Port(h2Port: Int) {
+        config = config.withValue("h2port", ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(h2Port))
+    }
+
+    fun useTestClock(useTestClock: Boolean) {
+        config = config.withValue("useTestClock", ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(useTestClock))
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies RPC settings for the node.
+     */
+    fun rpcSettings(configureClosure: Closure<in RpcSettings>) {
+        val rpcSettings = project.configure(RpcSettings(project), configureClosure) as RpcSettings
+        config = rpcSettings.addTo("rpcSettings", config)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Enables SSH access on given port
+     *
+     * @param sshdPort The port for SSH server to listen on
+     */
+    fun sshdPort(sshdPort: Int?) {
+        config = config.withValue("sshd.port", ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(sshdPort))
+    }
+
+    internal fun build() {
+        if (config.hasPath("webAddress")) {
+            installWebserverJar()
+        }
+        installAgentJar()
+        installBuiltCordapp()
+        installCordapps()
+    }
+
+    internal fun rootDir(rootDir: Path) {
+        if (name == null) {
+            project.logger.error("Node has a null name - cannot create node")
+            throw IllegalStateException("Node has a null name - cannot create node")
+        }
+        // Parsing O= part directly because importing BouncyCastle provider in Cordformation causes problems
+        // with loading our custom X509EdDSAEngine.
+        val organizationName = name.trim().split(",").firstOrNull { it.startsWith("O=") }?.substringAfter("=")
+        val dirName = organizationName ?: name
+        this.rootDir = rootDir.toFile()
+        nodeDir = File(this.rootDir, dirName.replace("\\s", ""))
+        Files.createDirectories(nodeDir.toPath())
+    }
+
+    private fun configureProperties() {
+        config = config.withValue("database.runMigration", ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(true))
+        config = config.withValue("rpcUsers", ConfigValueFactory.fromIterable(rpcUsers))
+        if (notary != null) {
+            config = config.withValue("notary", ConfigValueFactory.fromMap(notary))
+        }
+        if (extraConfig != null) {
+            config = config.withFallback(ConfigFactory.parseMap(extraConfig))
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Installs the corda webserver JAR to the node directory
+     */
+    private fun installWebserverJar() {
+        val webJar = Cordformation.verifyAndGetRuntimeJar(project, "corda-webserver")
+        project.copy {
+            it.apply {
+                from(webJar)
+                into(nodeDir)
+                rename(webJar.name, webJarName)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Installs this project's cordapp to this directory.
+     */
+    private fun installBuiltCordapp() {
+        val cordappsDir = File(nodeDir, "cordapps")
+        project.copy {
+            it.apply {
+                from(project.tasks.getByName("jar"))
+                into(cordappsDir)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Installs the jolokia monitoring agent JAR to the node/drivers directory
+     */
+    private fun installAgentJar() {
+        // TODO: improve how we re-use existing declared external variables from root gradle.build
+        val jolokiaVersion = try { project.rootProject.ext<String>("jolokia_version") } catch (e: Exception) { "1.3.7" }
+        val agentJar = project.configuration("runtime").files {
+            (it.group == "org.jolokia") &&
+                    (it.name == "jolokia-jvm") &&
+                    (it.version == jolokiaVersion)
+            // TODO: revisit when classifier attribute is added. eg && (it.classifier = "agent")
+        }.first()  // should always be the jolokia agent fat jar: eg. jolokia-jvm-1.3.7-agent.jar
+        project.logger.info("Jolokia agent jar: $agentJar")
+        if (agentJar.isFile) {
+            val driversDir = File(nodeDir, "drivers")
+            project.copy {
+                it.apply {
+                    from(agentJar)
+                    into(driversDir)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun createTempConfigFile(): File {
+        val options = ConfigRenderOptions
+                .defaults()
+                .setOriginComments(false)
+                .setComments(false)
+                .setFormatted(true)
+                .setJson(false)
+        val configFileText = config.root().render(options).split("\n").toList()
+        // Need to write a temporary file first to use the project.copy, which resolves directories correctly.
+        val tmpDir = File(project.buildDir, "tmp")
+        Files.createDirectories(tmpDir.toPath())
+        var fileName = "${nodeDir.name}.conf"
+        val tmpConfFile = File(tmpDir, fileName)
+        Files.write(tmpConfFile.toPath(), configFileText, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+        return tmpConfFile
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Installs the configuration file to the root directory and detokenises it.
+     */
+    internal fun installConfig() {
+        configureProperties()
+        val tmpConfFile = createTempConfigFile()
+        appendOptionalConfig(tmpConfFile)
+        project.copy {
+            it.apply {
+                from(tmpConfFile)
+                into(rootDir)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Appends installed config file with properties from an optional file.
+     */
+    private fun appendOptionalConfig(confFile: File) {
+        val optionalConfig: File? = when {
+            project.findProperty(configFileProperty) != null -> //provided by -PconfigFile command line property when running Gradle task
+                File(project.findProperty(configFileProperty) as String)
+            config.hasPath(configFileProperty) -> File(config.getString(configFileProperty))
+            else -> null
+        }
+
+        if (optionalConfig != null) {
+            if (!optionalConfig.exists()) {
+                project.logger.error("$configFileProperty '$optionalConfig' not found")
+            } else {
+                confFile.appendBytes(optionalConfig.readBytes())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Installs other cordapps to this node's cordapps directory.
+     */
+    internal fun installCordapps() {
+        additionalCordapps.addAll(getCordappList())
+        val cordappsDir = File(nodeDir, "cordapps")
+        project.copy {
+            it.apply {
+                from(additionalCordapps)
+                into(cordappsDir)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a list of cordapps based on what dependent cordapps were specified.
+     *
+     * @return List of this node's cordapps.
+     */
+    private fun getCordappList(): Collection<File> {
+        // Cordapps can sometimes contain a GString instance which fails the equality test with the Java string
+        @Suppress("RemoveRedundantCallsOfConversionMethods")
+        val cordapps: List<String> = cordapps.map { it.toString() }
+        return project.configuration("cordapp").files {
+            cordapps.contains(it.group + ":" + it.name + ":" + it.version)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/RpcSettings.kt b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/RpcSettings.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f46f0b2c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/RpcSettings.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package net.corda.plugins
+
+import com.typesafe.config.Config
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigValueFactory
+import groovy.lang.Closure
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+
+class RpcSettings(private val project: Project) {
+    private var config: Config = ConfigFactory.empty()
+
+    /**
+     * RPC address for the node.
+     */
+    fun address(value: String) {
+        config += "address" to value
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * RPC admin address for the node (necessary if [useSsl] is false or unset).
+     */
+    fun adminAddress(value: String) {
+        config += "adminAddress" to value
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies whether the node RPC layer will require SSL from clients.
+     */
+    fun useSsl(value: Boolean) {
+        config += "useSsl" to value
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies whether the RPC broker is separate from the node.
+     */
+    fun standAloneBroker(value: Boolean) {
+        config += "standAloneBroker" to value
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies SSL certificates options for the RPC layer.
+     */
+    fun ssl(configureClosure: Closure<in SslOptions>) {
+        val sslOptions = project.configure(SslOptions(), configureClosure) as SslOptions
+        config = sslOptions.addTo("ssl", config)
+    }
+
+    internal fun addTo(key: String, config: Config): Config {
+        if (this.config.isEmpty) {
+            return config
+        }
+        return config + (key to this.config.root())
+    }
+}
+
+internal operator fun Config.plus(entry: Pair<String, Any>): Config {
+
+    return withValue(entry.first, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(entry.second))
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/SslOptions.kt b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/SslOptions.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb8fed288e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/SslOptions.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package net.corda.plugins
+
+import com.typesafe.config.Config
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+
+class SslOptions {
+    private var config: Config = ConfigFactory.empty()
+
+    /**
+     * Password for the keystore.
+     */
+    fun keyStorePassword(value: String) {
+        config += "keyStorePassword" to value
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Password for the truststore.
+     */
+    fun trustStorePassword(value: String) {
+        config += "trustStorePassword" to value
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Directory under which key stores are to be placed.
+     */
+    fun certificatesDirectory(value: String) {
+        config += "certificatesDirectory" to value
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Absolute path to SSL keystore. Default: "[certificatesDirectory]/sslkeystore.jks"
+     */
+    fun sslKeystore(value: String) {
+        config += "sslKeystore" to value
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Absolute path to SSL truststore. Default: "[certificatesDirectory]/truststore.jks"
+     */
+    fun trustStoreFile(value: String) {
+        config += "trustStoreFile" to value
+    }
+
+    internal fun addTo(key: String, config: Config): Config {
+        if (this.config.isEmpty) {
+            return config
+        }
+        return config + (key to this.config.root())
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.cordformation.properties b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.cordformation.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4475d5c692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.cordformation.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+implementation-class=net.corda.plugins.Cordformation
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/net/corda/plugins/runnodes b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/net/corda/plugins/runnodes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e3ba4c5be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/net/corda/plugins/runnodes
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Allow the script to be run from outside the nodes directory.
+basedir=$( dirname "$0" )
+cd "$basedir"
+
+if which osascript >/dev/null; then
+    /usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8 --exec java -jar runnodes.jar "$@"
+else
+    "${JAVA_HOME:+$JAVA_HOME/bin/}java" -jar runnodes.jar "$@"
+fi
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/net/corda/plugins/runnodes.bat b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/net/corda/plugins/runnodes.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6acf1f737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/net/corda/plugins/runnodes.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+@echo off
+
+REM Change to the directory of this script (%~dp0)
+Pushd %~dp0
+
+java -jar runnodes.jar %*
+
+Popd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/noderunner/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/NodeRunner.kt b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/noderunner/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/NodeRunner.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb308a8191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/noderunner/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/NodeRunner.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+package net.corda.plugins
+
+import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.util.*
+
+private val HEADLESS_FLAG = "--headless"
+private val CAPSULE_DEBUG_FLAG = "--capsule-debug"
+
+private val os by lazy {
+    val osName = System.getProperty("os.name", "generic").toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH)
+    if ("mac" in osName || "darwin" in osName) OS.MACOS
+    else if ("win" in osName) OS.WINDOWS
+    else OS.LINUX
+}
+
+private enum class OS { MACOS, WINDOWS, LINUX }
+
+private object debugPortAlloc {
+    private var basePort = 5005
+    internal fun next() = basePort++
+}
+
+private object monitoringPortAlloc {
+    private var basePort = 7005
+    internal fun next() = basePort++
+}
+
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    val startedProcesses = mutableListOf<Process>()
+    val headless = GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless() || args.contains(HEADLESS_FLAG)
+    val capsuleDebugMode = args.contains(CAPSULE_DEBUG_FLAG)
+    val workingDir = File(System.getProperty("user.dir"))
+    val javaArgs = args.filter { it != HEADLESS_FLAG && it != CAPSULE_DEBUG_FLAG }
+    val jvmArgs = if (capsuleDebugMode) listOf("-Dcapsule.log=verbose") else emptyList<String>()
+    println("Starting nodes in $workingDir")
+    workingDir.listFiles { file -> file.isDirectory }.forEach { dir ->
+        listOf(NodeJarType, WebJarType).forEach { jarType ->
+            jarType.acceptDirAndStartProcess(dir, headless, javaArgs, jvmArgs)?.let { startedProcesses += it }
+        }
+    }
+    println("Started ${startedProcesses.size} processes")
+    println("Finished starting nodes")
+}
+
+private abstract class JarType(private val jarName: String) {
+    internal abstract fun acceptNodeConf(nodeConf: File): Boolean
+    internal fun acceptDirAndStartProcess(dir: File, headless: Boolean, javaArgs: List<String>, jvmArgs: List<String>): Process? {
+        if (!File(dir, jarName).exists()) {
+            return null
+        }
+        if (!File(dir, "node.conf").let { it.exists() && acceptNodeConf(it) }) {
+            return null
+        }
+        val debugPort = debugPortAlloc.next()
+        val monitoringPort = monitoringPortAlloc.next()
+        println("Starting $jarName in $dir on debug port $debugPort")
+        val process = (if (headless) ::HeadlessJavaCommand else ::TerminalWindowJavaCommand)(jarName, dir, debugPort, monitoringPort, javaArgs, jvmArgs).start()
+        if (os == OS.MACOS) Thread.sleep(1000)
+        return process
+    }
+}
+
+private object NodeJarType : JarType("corda.jar") {
+    override fun acceptNodeConf(nodeConf: File) = true
+}
+
+private object WebJarType : JarType("corda-webserver.jar") {
+    // TODO: Add a webserver.conf, or use TypeSafe config instead of this hack
+    override fun acceptNodeConf(nodeConf: File) = Files.lines(nodeConf.toPath()).anyMatch { "webAddress" in it }
+}
+
+private abstract class JavaCommand(
+        jarName: String,
+        internal val dir: File,
+        debugPort: Int?,
+        monitoringPort: Int?,
+        internal val nodeName: String,
+        init: MutableList<String>.() -> Unit, args: List<String>,
+        jvmArgs: List<String>
+) {
+    private val jolokiaJar by lazy {
+        File("$dir/drivers").listFiles { _, filename ->
+            filename.matches("jolokia-jvm-.*-agent\\.jar$".toRegex())
+        }.first().name
+    }
+
+    internal val command: List<String> = mutableListOf<String>().apply {
+        add(getJavaPath())
+        addAll(jvmArgs)
+        add("-Dname=$nodeName")
+        val jvmArgs: MutableList<String> = mutableListOf()
+        null != debugPort && jvmArgs.add("-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=$debugPort")
+        null != monitoringPort && jvmArgs.add("-javaagent:drivers/$jolokiaJar=port=$monitoringPort")
+        if (jvmArgs.isNotEmpty()) {
+            add("-Dcapsule.jvm.args=${jvmArgs.joinToString(separator = " ")}")
+        }
+        add("-jar")
+        add(jarName)
+        init()
+        addAll(args)
+    }
+
+    internal abstract fun processBuilder(): ProcessBuilder
+    internal fun start() = processBuilder().directory(dir).start()
+    internal abstract fun getJavaPath(): String
+}
+
+private class HeadlessJavaCommand(jarName: String, dir: File, debugPort: Int?, monitoringPort: Int?, args: List<String>, jvmArgs: List<String>)
+    : JavaCommand(jarName, dir, debugPort, monitoringPort, dir.name, { add("--no-local-shell") }, args, jvmArgs) {
+    override fun processBuilder() = ProcessBuilder(command).redirectError(File("error.$nodeName.log")).inheritIO()
+    override fun getJavaPath() = File(File(System.getProperty("java.home"), "bin"), "java").path
+}
+
+private class TerminalWindowJavaCommand(jarName: String, dir: File, debugPort: Int?, monitoringPort: Int?, args: List<String>, jvmArgs: List<String>)
+    : JavaCommand(jarName, dir, debugPort, monitoringPort, "${dir.name}-$jarName", {}, args, jvmArgs) {
+    override fun processBuilder() = ProcessBuilder(when (os) {
+        OS.MACOS -> {
+            listOf("osascript", "-e", """tell app "Terminal"
+    activate
+    delay 0.5
+    tell app "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down
+    delay 0.5
+    do script "bash -c 'cd \"$dir\" ; \"${command.joinToString("""\" \"""")}\" && exit'" in selected tab of the front window
+end tell""")
+        }
+        OS.WINDOWS -> {
+            listOf("cmd", "/C", "start ${command.joinToString(" ") { windowsSpaceEscape(it) }}")
+        }
+        OS.LINUX -> {
+            // Start shell to keep window open unless java terminated normally or due to SIGTERM:
+            val command = "${unixCommand()}; [ $? -eq 0 -o $? -eq 143 ] || sh"
+            if (isTmux()) {
+                listOf("tmux", "new-window", "-n", nodeName, command)
+            } else {
+                listOf("xterm", "-T", nodeName, "-e", command)
+            }
+        }
+    })
+
+    private fun unixCommand() = command.map(::quotedFormOf).joinToString(" ")
+    override fun getJavaPath(): String = File(File(System.getProperty("java.home"), "bin"), "java").path
+
+    // Replace below is to fix an issue with spaces in paths on Windows.
+    // Quoting the entire path does not work, only the space or directory within the path.
+    private fun windowsSpaceEscape(s:String) = s.replace(" ", "\" \"")
+}
+
+private fun quotedFormOf(text: String) = "'${text.replace("'", "'\\''")}'" // Suitable for UNIX shells.
+private fun isTmux() = System.getenv("TMUX")?.isNotEmpty() ?: false
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/README.rst b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1657ee5fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+Publish Utils
+=============
+
+Publishing utilities adds a couple of tasks to any project it is applied to that hide some boilerplate that would
+otherwise be placed in the Cordapp template's build.gradle.
+
+There are two tasks exposed: `sourceJar` and `javadocJar` and both return a `FileCollection`.
+
+It is used within the `publishing` block of a build.gradle as such;
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+    // This will publish the sources, javadoc, and Java components to Maven.
+    // See the `maven-publish` plugin for more info: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/publishing_maven.html
+    publishing {
+        publications {
+            jarAndSources(MavenPublication) {
+                from components.java
+                // The two lines below are the tasks added by this plugin.
+                artifact sourceJar
+                artifact javadocJar
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+Bintray Publishing
+------------------
+
+For large multibuild projects it can be inconvenient to store the entire configuration for bintray and maven central
+per project (with a bintray and publishing block with extended POM information). Publish utils can bring the number of
+configuration blocks down to one in the ideal scenario.
+
+To use this plugin you must first apply it to both the root project and any project that will be published with
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+    apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
+
+Next you must setup the general bintray configuration you wish to use project wide, for example:
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+    bintrayConfig {
+        user = <your bintray username>
+        key = <your bintray user key>
+        repo = 'example repo'
+        org = 'example organisation'
+        licenses = ['a license']
+        vcsUrl = 'https://example.com'
+        projectUrl = 'https://example.com'
+        gpgSign = true // Whether to GPG sign
+        gpgPassphrase = <your bintray GPG key passphrase> // Only required if gpgSign is true and your key is passworded
+        publications = ['example'] // a list of publications (see below)
+        license {
+            name = 'example'
+            url = 'https://example.com'
+            distribution = 'repo'
+        }
+        developer {
+            id = 'a developer id'
+            name = 'a developer name'
+            email = 'example@example.com'
+        }
+    }
+
+.. note:: You can currently only have one license and developer in the maven POM sections
+
+**Publications**
+
+This plugin assumes, by default, that publications match the name of the project. This means, by default, you can
+just list the names of the projects you wish to publish (e.g. to publish `test:myapp` you need  `publications = ['myapp']`.
+If a project requires a different name you can configure it *per project* with the project configuration block.
+
+The project configuration block has the following structure:
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+    publish {
+        disableDefaultJar = false // set to true to disable the default JAR being created (e.g. when creating a fat JAR)
+        name 'non-default-project-name' // Always put this last because it causes configuration to happen
+    }
+
+**Artifacts**
+
+To add additional artifacts to the project you can use the default gradle `artifacts` block with the `publish`
+configuration. For example:
+
+    artifacts {
+         publish buildFatJar {
+            // You can configure this as a regular maven publication
+         }
+    }
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da9c659498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+apply plugin: 'groovy'
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
+apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
+
+// Used for bootstrapping project
+buildscript {
+    Properties constants = new Properties()
+    file("../../constants.properties").withInputStream { constants.load(it) }
+
+    ext {
+        gradle_plugins_version = constants.getProperty("gradlePluginsVersion")
+        artifactory_plugin_version = constants.getProperty('artifactoryPluginVersion')
+    }
+
+    repositories {
+        jcenter()
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.4'
+        classpath "org.jfrog.buildinfo:build-info-extractor-gradle:$artifactory_plugin_version"
+    }
+}
+
+version "$gradle_plugins_version"
+
+dependencies {
+    compile gradleApi()
+    compile localGroovy()
+}
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+task("sourceJar", type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
+    classifier = 'sources'
+    from sourceSets.main.allSource
+}
+
+task("javadocJar", type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
+    classifier = 'javadoc'
+    from javadoc.destinationDir
+}
+
+bintray {
+    user = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_USER')
+    key = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_KEY')
+    publications = ['publishUtils']
+    dryRun = false
+    pkg {
+        repo = 'corda'
+        name = 'publish-utils'
+        userOrg = 'r3'
+        licenses = ['Apache-2.0']
+
+        version {
+            gpg {
+                sign = true
+                passphrase = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_GPG_PASSPHRASE')
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        publishUtils(MavenPublication) {
+            from components.java
+            groupId  'net.corda.plugins'
+            artifactId 'publish-utils'
+
+            artifact sourceJar
+            artifact javadocJar
+
+            pom.withXml {
+                asNode().children().last() + {
+                    resolveStrategy = Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST
+                    name 'publish-utils'
+                    description 'A small gradle plugin that adds a couple of convenience functions for publishing to Maven'
+                    url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
+                    scm {
+                        url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
+                    }
+
+                    licenses {
+                        license {
+                            name 'Apache-2.0'
+                            url 'https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0'
+                            distribution 'repo'
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    developers {
+                        developer {
+                            id 'R3'
+                            name 'R3'
+                            email 'dev@corda.net'
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Aliasing the publishToMavenLocal for simplicity.
+task(install, dependsOn: 'publishToMavenLocal')
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/ProjectPublishExtension.groovy b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/ProjectPublishExtension.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edb543fa51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/ProjectPublishExtension.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package net.corda.plugins
+
+class ProjectPublishExtension {
+    private PublishTasks task
+
+    void setPublishTask(PublishTasks task) {
+        this.task = task
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Use a different name from the current project name for publishing.
+     * Set this after all other settings that need to be configured
+     */
+    void name(String name) {
+        task.setPublishName(name)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the publishing name for this project.
+     */
+    String name() {
+        return task.getPublishName()
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * True when we do not want to publish default Java components
+     */
+    Boolean disableDefaultJar = false
+
+    /**
+     * True if publishing a WAR instead of a JAR. Forces disableDefaultJAR to "true" when true
+     */
+    Boolean publishWar = false
+
+    /**
+     * True if publishing sources to remote repositories
+     */
+    Boolean publishSources = true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/PublishTasks.groovy b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/PublishTasks.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7112ee8117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/PublishTasks.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+package net.corda.plugins
+
+import org.gradle.api.*
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.javadoc.Javadoc
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPublication
+import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPom
+import net.corda.plugins.bintray.*
+
+/**
+ * A utility plugin that when applied will automatically create source and javadoc publishing tasks
+ * To apply this plugin you must also add 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.4' to your
+ * buildscript's classpath dependencies.
+ *
+ * To use this plugin you can add a new configuration block (extension) to your root build.gradle. See the fields
+ * in BintrayConfigExtension.
+ */
+class PublishTasks implements Plugin<Project> {
+    Project project
+    String publishName
+    ProjectPublishExtension publishConfig
+
+    void apply(Project project) {
+        this.project = project
+        this.publishName = project.name
+
+        createTasks()
+        createExtensions()
+        createConfigurations()
+    }
+
+    void setPublishName(String publishName) {
+        project.logger.info("Changing publishing name from ${project.name} to ${publishName}")
+        this.publishName = publishName
+        checkAndConfigurePublishing()
+    }
+
+    void checkAndConfigurePublishing() {
+        project.logger.info("Checking whether to publish $publishName")
+        def bintrayConfig = project.rootProject.extensions.findByType(BintrayConfigExtension.class)
+        if((bintrayConfig != null) && (bintrayConfig.publications) && (bintrayConfig.publications.findAll { it == publishName }.size() > 0)) {
+            configurePublishing(bintrayConfig)
+        }
+    }
+
+    void configurePublishing(BintrayConfigExtension bintrayConfig) {
+        project.logger.info("Configuring bintray for ${publishName}")
+        configureMavenPublish(bintrayConfig)
+        configureBintray(bintrayConfig)
+    }
+
+    void configureMavenPublish(BintrayConfigExtension bintrayConfig) {
+        project.apply([plugin: 'maven-publish'])
+        project.publishing.publications.create(publishName, MavenPublication) {
+            groupId project.group
+            artifactId publishName
+
+            if (publishConfig.publishSources) {
+                artifact project.tasks.sourceJar
+            }
+            artifact project.tasks.javadocJar
+
+            project.configurations.publish.artifacts.each {
+                project.logger.debug("Adding artifact: $it")
+                delegate.artifact it
+            }
+
+            if (!publishConfig.disableDefaultJar && !publishConfig.publishWar) {
+                from project.components.java
+            } else if (publishConfig.publishWar) {
+                from project.components.web
+            }
+
+            extendPomForMavenCentral(pom, bintrayConfig)
+        }
+        project.task("install", dependsOn: "publishToMavenLocal")
+    }
+
+    // Maven central requires all of the below fields for this to be a valid POM
+    void extendPomForMavenCentral(MavenPom pom, BintrayConfigExtension config) {
+        pom.withXml {
+            asNode().children().last() + {
+                resolveStrategy = Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST
+                name publishName
+                description project.description
+                url config.projectUrl
+                scm {
+                    url config.vcsUrl
+                }
+
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name config.license.name
+                        url config.license.url
+                        distribution config.license.url
+                    }
+                }
+
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        id config.developer.id
+                        name config.developer.name
+                        email config.developer.email
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void configureBintray(BintrayConfigExtension bintrayConfig) {
+        project.apply([plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'])
+        project.bintray {
+            user = bintrayConfig.user
+            key = bintrayConfig.key
+            publications = [ publishName ]
+            dryRun = bintrayConfig.dryRun ?: false
+            pkg {
+                repo = bintrayConfig.repo
+                name = publishName
+                userOrg = bintrayConfig.org
+                licenses = bintrayConfig.licenses
+
+                version {
+                    gpg {
+                        sign = bintrayConfig.gpgSign ?: false
+                        passphrase = bintrayConfig.gpgPassphrase
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void createTasks() {
+        if(project.hasProperty('classes')) {
+            project.task("sourceJar", type: Jar, dependsOn: project.classes) {
+                classifier = 'sources'
+                from project.sourceSets.main.allSource
+            }
+        }
+
+        if(project.hasProperty('javadoc')) {
+            project.task("javadocJar", type: Jar, dependsOn: project.javadoc) {
+                classifier = 'javadoc'
+                from project.javadoc.destinationDir
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void createExtensions() {
+        if(project == project.rootProject) {
+            project.extensions.create("bintrayConfig", BintrayConfigExtension)
+        }
+        publishConfig = project.extensions.create("publish", ProjectPublishExtension)
+        publishConfig.setPublishTask(this)
+    }
+
+    void createConfigurations() {
+        project.configurations.create("publish")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/bintray/BintrayConfigExtension.groovy b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/bintray/BintrayConfigExtension.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a1c4e49e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/bintray/BintrayConfigExtension.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package net.corda.plugins.bintray
+
+import org.gradle.util.ConfigureUtil
+
+class BintrayConfigExtension {
+    /**
+     * Bintray username
+     */
+    String user
+    /**
+     * Bintray access key
+     */
+    String key
+    /**
+     * Bintray repository
+     */
+    String repo
+    /**
+     * Bintray organisation
+     */
+    String org
+    /**
+     * Licenses for packages uploaded by this configuration
+     */
+    String[] licenses
+    /**
+     * Whether to sign packages uploaded by this configuration
+     */
+    Boolean gpgSign
+    /**
+     * The passphrase for the key used to sign releases.
+     */
+    String gpgPassphrase
+    /**
+     * VCS URL
+     */
+    String vcsUrl
+    /**
+     * Project URL
+     */
+    String projectUrl
+    /**
+     * The publications that will be uploaded as a part of this configuration. These must match both the name on
+     * bintray and the gradle module name. ie; it must be "some-package" as a gradle sub-module (root project not
+     * supported, this extension is to improve multi-build bintray uploads). The publication must also be called
+     * "some-package". Only one publication can be uploaded per module (a bintray plugin restriction(.
+     * If any of these conditions are not met your package will not be uploaded.
+     */
+    String[] publications
+    /**
+     * Whether to test the publication without uploading to bintray.
+     */
+    Boolean dryRun
+    /**
+     * The license this project will use (currently limited to one)
+     */
+    License license = new License()
+    /**
+     * The developer of this project (currently limited to one)
+     */
+    Developer developer = new Developer()
+
+    void license(Closure closure) {
+        ConfigureUtil.configure(closure, license)
+    }
+
+    void developer(Closure closure) {
+        ConfigureUtil.configure(closure, developer)
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/bintray/Developer.groovy b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/bintray/Developer.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d66f68c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/bintray/Developer.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package net.corda.plugins.bintray
+
+class Developer {
+    /**
+     * A unique identifier the developer (eg; organisation ID)
+     */
+    String id
+    /**
+     * The full name of the developer
+     */
+    String name
+    /**
+     * An email address for contacting the developer
+     */
+    String email
+}
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diff --git a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/bintray/License.groovy b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/bintray/License.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d06867bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/bintray/License.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package net.corda.plugins.bintray
+
+class License {
+    /**
+     * The name of license (eg; Apache 2.0)
+     */
+    String name
+    /**
+     * URL to the full license file
+     */
+    String url
+    /**
+     * The distribution level this license corresponds to (eg: repo)
+     */
+    String distribution
+}
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diff --git a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.publish-utils.properties b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.publish-utils.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b680f7d301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.publish-utils.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+implementation-class=net.corda.plugins.PublishTasks
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/README.rst b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..481d8ec66b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Quasar Utils
+============
+
+Quasar utilities adds several tasks and configuration that provide a default Quasar setup and removes some boilerplate.
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diff --git a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f9eca30f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apply plugin: 'groovy'
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
+apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
+
+description 'A small gradle plugin for adding some basic Quasar tasks and configurations to reduce build.gradle bloat.'
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile gradleApi()
+    compile localGroovy()
+}
+
+publish {
+    name project.name
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/QuasarPlugin.groovy b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/QuasarPlugin.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a4ffaf25a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/QuasarPlugin.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package net.corda.plugins
+
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.Plugin
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.Test
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.JavaExec
+
+/**
+ * QuasarPlugin creates a "quasar" configuration and adds quasar as a dependency.
+ */
+class QuasarPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
+    void apply(Project project) {
+        project.configurations.create("quasar")
+//        To add a local .jar dependency:
+//        project.dependencies.add("quasar", project.files("${project.rootProject.projectDir}/lib/quasar.jar"))
+        project.dependencies.add("quasar", "co.paralleluniverse:quasar-core:${project.rootProject.ext.quasar_version}:jdk8@jar")
+        project.dependencies.add("runtime", project.configurations.getByName("quasar"))
+
+        project.tasks.withType(Test) {
+            jvmArgs "-javaagent:${project.configurations.quasar.singleFile}"
+            jvmArgs "-Dco.paralleluniverse.fibers.verifyInstrumentation"
+        }
+        project.tasks.withType(JavaExec) {
+            jvmArgs "-javaagent:${project.configurations.quasar.singleFile}"
+            jvmArgs "-Dco.paralleluniverse.fibers.verifyInstrumentation"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.quasar-utils.properties b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.quasar-utils.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb7042bb42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/net.corda.plugins.quasar-utils.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+implementation-class=net.corda.plugins.QuasarPlugin
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/settings.gradle b/gradle-plugins/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..995cd8c899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+rootProject.name = 'corda-gradle-plugins'
+include 'publish-utils'
+include 'quasar-utils'
+include 'cordformation'
+include 'cordform-common'
+include 'api-scanner'
+include 'cordapp'
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