.. highlight:: kotlin
.. raw:: html
Running our CorDapp
===================
Now that we've written a CorDapp, it's time to test it by running it on some real Corda nodes.
Deploying our CorDapp
---------------------
Let's take a look at the nodes we're going to deploy. Open the project's ``build.gradle`` file and scroll down to the
``task deployNodes`` section. This section defines three nodes. There are two standard nodes (``PartyA`` and
``PartyB``), plus a special Controller node that is running the network map service and advertises a validating notary
service.
.. code:: bash
task deployNodes(type: net.corda.plugins.Cordform, dependsOn: ['jar']) {
directory "./build/nodes"
node {
name "O=Controller,L=London,C=GB"
advertisedServices = ["corda.notary.validating"]
p2pPort 10002
rpcPort 10003
cordapps = ["net.corda:corda-finance:$corda_release_version"]
}
node {
name "O=PartyA,L=London,C=GB"
p2pPort 10005
rpcPort 10006
webPort 10007
cordapps = ["net.corda:corda-finance:$corda_release_version"]
rpcUsers = [[ user: "user1", "password": "test", "permissions": ["ALL]]]
}
node {
name "O=PartyB,L=New York,C=US"
p2pPort 10008
rpcPort 10009
webPort 10010
sshdPort 10024
cordapps = ["net.corda:corda-finance:$corda_release_version"]
rpcUsers = [[ user: "user1", "password": "test", "permissions": ["ALL"]]]
}
}
We can run this ``deployNodes`` task using Gradle. For each node definition, Gradle will:
* Package the project's source files into a CorDapp jar
* Create a new node in ``build/nodes`` with our CorDapp already installed
We can do that now by running the following commands from the root of the project:
.. code:: bash
// On Windows
gradlew clean deployNodes
// On Mac
./gradlew clean deployNodes
Running the nodes
-----------------
Running ``deployNodes`` will build the nodes under ``build/nodes``. If we navigate to one of these folders, we'll see
the three node folders. Each node folder has the following structure:
.. code:: bash
.
|____corda.jar // The runnable node
|____corda-webserver.jar // The node's webserver
|____node.conf // The node's configuration file
|____cordapps
|____java/kotlin-source-0.1.jar // Our IOU CorDapp
Let's start the nodes by running the following commands from the root of the project:
.. code:: bash
// On Windows
build/nodes/runnodes.bat
// On Mac
build/nodes/runnodes
This will start a terminal window for each node, and an additional terminal window for each node's webserver - eight
terminal windows in all. Give each node a moment to start - you'll know it's ready when its terminal windows displays
the message, "Welcome to the Corda interactive shell.".
.. image:: resources/running_node.png
:scale: 25%
:align: center
Interacting with the nodes
--------------------------
Now that our nodes are running, let's order one of them to create an IOU by kicking off our ``IOUFlow``. In a larger
app, we'd generally provide a web API sitting on top of our node. Here, for simplicity, we'll be interacting with the
node via its built-in CRaSH shell.
Go to the terminal window displaying the CRaSH shell of PartyA. Typing ``help`` will display a list of the available
commands.
.. note:: Local terminal shell is available only in a development mode. In production environment SSH server can be enabled.
More about SSH and how to connect can be found on :doc:`Shell` page.
We want to create an IOU of 100 with PartyB. We start the ``IOUFlow`` by typing:
.. code:: bash
start IOUFlow iouValue: 99, otherParty: "O=PartyB,L=New York,C=US"
This single command will cause PartyA and PartyB to automatically agree an IOU. This is one of the great advantages of
the flow framework - it allows you to reduce complex negotiation and update processes into a single function call.
If the flow worked, it should have recorded a new IOU in the vaults of both PartyA and PartyB. Let's check.
We can check the contents of each node's vault by running:
.. container:: codeset
.. code-block:: java
run vaultQuery contractStateType: com.template.state.IOUState
.. code-block:: kotlin
run vaultQuery contractStateType: com.template.IOUState
The vaults of PartyA and PartyB should both display the following output:
.. code:: bash
states:
- state:
data:
value: 99
lender: "C=GB,L=London,O=PartyA"
borrower: "C=US,L=New York,O=PartyB"
participants:
- "C=GB,L=London,O=PartyA"
- "C=US,L=New York,O=PartyB"
contract: "com.template.contract.IOUContract"
notary: "C=GB,L=London,O=Controller,CN=corda.notary.validating"
encumbrance: null
constraint:
attachmentId: "F578320232CAB87BB1E919F3E5DB9D81B7346F9D7EA6D9155DC0F7BA8E472552"
ref:
txhash: "5CED068E790A347B0DD1C6BB5B2B463406807F95E080037208627565E6A2103B"
index: 0
statesMetadata:
- ref:
txhash: "5CED068E790A347B0DD1C6BB5B2B463406807F95E080037208627565E6A2103B"
index: 0
contractStateClassName: "com.template.state.IOUState"
recordedTime: 1506415268.875000000
consumedTime: null
status: "UNCONSUMED"
notary: "C=GB,L=London,O=Controller,CN=corda.notary.validating"
lockId: null
lockUpdateTime: 1506415269.548000000
totalStatesAvailable: -1
stateTypes: "UNCONSUMED"
otherResults: []
This is the transaction issuing our ``IOUState`` onto a ledger.
Conclusion
----------
We have written a simple CorDapp that allows IOUs to be issued onto the ledger. Our CorDapp is made up of two key
parts:
* The ``IOUState``, representing IOUs on the ledger
* The ``IOUFlow``, orchestrating the process of agreeing the creation of an IOU on-ledger
Next steps
----------
There are a number of improvements we could make to this CorDapp:
* We chould add unit tests, using the contract-test and flow-test frameworks
* We chould change ``IOUState.value`` from an integer to a proper amount of a given currency
* We could add an API, to make it easier to interact with the CorDapp
But for now, the biggest priority is to add an ``IOUContract`` imposing constraints on the evolution of each
``IOUState`` over time. This will be the focus of our next tutorial.