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href="_sources/azure-vm.txt" rel="nofollow"> View page source</a> </li> </ul> <hr/> </div> <div role="main" class="document" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="section" id="working-with-the-corda-demo-on-azure-marketplace"> <h1>Working with the Corda Demo on Azure Marketplace<a class="headerlink" href="#working-with-the-corda-demo-on-azure-marketplace" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>Corda ships with a VM image which can be used to deploy a pre-configured virtual machine on the <a class="reference external" href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/overview/what-is-azure">Microsoft Azure Marketplace</a></p> <p>This Corda Demo VM is an easy option for running the demos; it is <em>NOT</em> a development environment. When you are ready to get developing on Corda and start making contributions to the project please clone the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/corda/">GitHub Repos</a> instead.</p> <div class="section" id="pre-requisites"> <h2>Pre-requisites<a class="headerlink" href="#pre-requisites" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <ul class="simple"> <li>Ensure you have a registered Microsoft Azure account and are logged on to the Azure portal.</li> <li>It is recommended you generate a private-public SSH key pair (see <a class="reference external" href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys--2/">here</a>)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section" id="deploying-the-vm"> <h2>Deploying the VM<a class="headerlink" href="#deploying-the-vm" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Search the Azure Marketplace for Corda. Click the ‘Create’ button.</p> <p>STEP 1: Basics</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><strong>Name</strong>: Choose an appropriate descriptive name for the VM</li> <li><strong>VM Disk Type</strong>: Select ‘SSD’</li> <li><strong>Username</strong>: Your preferred user name for the administrator account when accessing via SSH</li> <li><strong>Authentication type</strong>: Select ‘SSH public key’, then paste the contents of your SSH public key file (see pre-requisites, above) into the box below. Alternatively select ‘Password’ to use a password of your choice to administer the VM</li> <li><strong>Subscription</strong>: Select your subscription name</li> <li><strong>Resource group</strong>: Select ‘Use existing’. From the drop-down menu, select your account group</li> <li><strong>Location</strong>: Select the geographical location physically closest to you</li> </ul> <a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/azure_vm_10_00_1.png"><img alt="_images/azure_vm_10_00_1.png" src="_images/azure_vm_10_00_1.png" style="width: 300px;" /></a> <p>Click ‘OK’</p> <p>STEP 2: Size</p> <p>A range of available hardware configurations will be presented, along with estimated costs. For the purposes of running the demos, a configuration of 2 cores and at least 14GB is recommended</p> <a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/azure_vm_10_05_1.png"><img alt="_images/azure_vm_10_05_1.png" src="_images/azure_vm_10_05_1.png" style="width: 300px;" /></a> <p>Choose the required configuration and click ‘Select’.</p> <p>STEP 3: Settings</p> <p>Adjust any configuration settings required. For the purposes of running the Corda demos, all settings may be left as default.</p> <a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/azure_vm_10_16_1.png"><img alt="_images/azure_vm_10_16_1.png" src="_images/azure_vm_10_16_1.png" style="width: 300px;" /></a> <p>STEP 4: Summary</p> <p>The banner at the top of the dialog should read ‘Validation passed’ otherwise go back and adjust settings where needed.</p> <a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/azure_vm_10_19.png"><img alt="_images/azure_vm_10_19.png" src="_images/azure_vm_10_19.png" style="width: 300px;" /></a> <p>Click ‘OK’ to proceed.</p> <p>STEP 5: Buy</p> <p>Click ‘Purchase’ to complete the configuration and start the VM deployment.</p> <p>The VM will begin the deployment process, which typically takes 4-5 minutes to complete. To see progress, click on the “Deploying” icon displayed.</p> <a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/azure_vm_10_20.png"><img alt="_images/azure_vm_10_20.png" src="_images/azure_vm_10_20.png" style="width: 300px;" /></a> <p>Once deployed, click ‘Overview’ to see the virtual machine details. Note down the <strong>Public IP address</strong>. You will need this to connect to the demo screens via your web browser:</p> <a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/azure_vm_10_26.png"><img alt="_images/azure_vm_10_26.png" src="_images/azure_vm_10_26.png" style="width: 300px;" /></a> </div> <div class="section" id="viewing-the-simm-valuation-demo"> <h2>Viewing the SIMM Valuation demo<a class="headerlink" href="#viewing-the-simm-valuation-demo" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>The SIMM Valuation demo creates three nodes, representing three parties in the example workflow (Bank A, Bank B, Bank C). Each node listens on a different port - those used by the demo are:</p> <p><strong>SIMM Valuation Demo ports:</strong> <strong>12005 (node A for Bank A)</strong>, <strong>12007 (node B for Bank B)</strong>, <strong>12009 (node C for Bank C)</strong></p> <p>Open three browser tabs and direct each one to</p> <div class="highlight-shell"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>http://<span class="o">(</span>public IP address<span class="o">)</span>:<span class="o">(</span>port<span class="o">)</span>/web/simmvaluationdemo </pre></div> </div> <p>specifying each of the three ports above in different windows, e.g.</p> <div class="highlight-shell"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>http://51.140.41.48/12005/web/simmvaluationdemo </pre></div> </div> <p>You will be able to view the basic web interface identifying the different banks.</p> <p>Now let’s take a look at a transaction between Bank A and B which is not visible to Bank C. This illustrates the restricted data sharing feature of Corda, i.e. data is shared on a need-to-know basis. Nodes provide the dependency graph of a transaction they are sending to another node on demand, but there is no global broadcast of all transactions.</p> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li>In the browser tab for Bank A (the top right hand corner shows which bank you are administering) click ‘Create New Trade’ from the top navigation bar</li> <li>Select to trade with Bank B</li> <li>Select ‘EUR Fixed 1y EURIBOR 3m’ from the drop down</li> <li>Click ‘Submit’ to create the trade</li> <li>In the browser tab for Bank B click ‘View Portfolio’ from the top navigation bar to see this new trade</li> <li>In the browser tab for Bank C click ‘View Portfolio’ from the top navigation bar and you will not be able to see the trade, as expected</li> </ol> <a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/azure_vm_10_51.png"><img alt="_images/azure_vm_10_51.png" src="_images/azure_vm_10_51.png" style="width: 300px;" /></a> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">There is a known issue whereby some users may see a 400 error when navigating the SIMM Valuation demo. If you encounter this error, simply navigate back to the root page (<a class="reference external" href="http://">http://</a><em>(public IP address)</em>:<em>(port)</em>/<em>web</em>/<em>simmvaluationdemo</em>) in the browser before continuing.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="viewing-the-irs-demo"> <h2>Viewing the IRS demo<a class="headerlink" href="#viewing-the-irs-demo" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>The IRS demo creates three nodes: Bank A, Bank B and a node that runs a notary, a network map and an interest rates oracle together. The two banks agree on an interest rate swap, and then do regular fixings of the deal as the time on a simulated clock passes. Each bank node listens on a different port - those used by the demo are:</p> <p><strong>IRS demo ports:</strong> <strong>11005 (node A for Bank A)</strong>, <strong>11007 (node B for Bank B)</strong></p> <p>Open two browser tabs and direct one to each of the following:</p> <div class="highlight-shell"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>http://localhost:11005/web/irsdemo http://localhost:11007/web/irsdemo </pre></div> </div> <p>You will be able to see the nodes’ view of the ledger.</p> <a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/azure_vm_10_52.png"><img alt="_images/azure_vm_10_52.png" src="_images/azure_vm_10_52.png" style="width: 300px;" /></a> <p>Now let’s take a look at how the interest rates oracle provides interest rates for a deal with a semi-annual payment frequency, and how the two counterparties to the trade see the same deal information on their own nodes, i.e. you see what I see.</p> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li>In the browser tab for Bank A click ‘Create Deal’ from the top navigation bar</li> <li>Modify the terms of the IRS deal, or leave as default</li> <li>Click ‘Submit’ to create the deal</li> <li>In the browser tab for Bank A click ‘Recent Deals’ from the top navigation bar to view the deal</li> <li>In the browser tab for Bank B click ‘Recent Deals’ from the top navigation bar to view the deal. Compare the economic details to those shown in the Bank A tab</li> </ol> <a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/azure_vm_10_54.png"><img alt="_images/azure_vm_10_54.png" src="_images/azure_vm_10_54.png" style="width: 300px;" /></a> </div> <div class="section" id="viewing-logs-advanced-users"> <h2>Viewing logs (advanced users)<a class="headerlink" href="#viewing-logs-advanced-users" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Users may wish to view the raw logs generated by each node, which contain more information about the operations performed by each node.</p> <p>You can access these using an SSH client of your choice (e.g. Putty) and logging into the virtual machine using the public IP address. Once logged in, navigate to</p> <div class="highlight-shell"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>/opt/simm-nodes/ </pre></div> </div> <p>for the SIMM Valuation demo logs and</p> <div class="highlight-shell"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>/opt/irs-nodes/ </pre></div> </div> <p>for the IRS demo logs. There are separate sub-directories for each of the three nodes (<em>nodea</em>, <em>nodeb</em>, <em>nodec</em>), each containing a <em>/logs</em> sub-directory.</p> <p>The name of the log file will follow the name given to the service it reflects, e.g. <em>node-clint-vm-test.log</em>.</p> <a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/azure_vm_10_47.png"><img alt="_images/azure_vm_10_47.png" src="_images/azure_vm_10_47.png" style="width: 300px;" /></a> <p>You can open log files with any text editor.</p> <a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/azure_vm_10_49.png"><img alt="_images/azure_vm_10_49.png" src="_images/azure_vm_10_49.png" style="width: 300px;" /></a> </div> <div class="section" id="next-steps"> <h2>Next Steps<a class="headerlink" href="#next-steps" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Now you have taken a look at two Corda demos do go and visit the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.corda.net">dedicated Corda website</a></p> <p>Or to get straight into the Corda open source codebase, head over to the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.github.com/corda">Github Corda repo</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="rst-footer-buttons" role="navigation" aria-label="footer navigation"> <a href="glossary.html" class="btn btn-neutral float-right" title="Glossary" accesskey="n">Next <span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right"></span></a> <a href="publishing-corda.html" class="btn btn-neutral" title="Publishing Corda" accesskey="p"><span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-left"></span> Previous</a> </div> <hr/> <div role="contentinfo"> <p> © Copyright 2016, R3 Limited. </p> </div> Built with <a href="http://sphinx-doc.org/">Sphinx</a> using a <a href="https://github.com/snide/sphinx_rtd_theme">theme</a> provided by <a href="https://readthedocs.org">Read the Docs</a>. </footer> </div> </div> </section> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = { URL_ROOT:'./', VERSION:'latest', COLLAPSE_INDEX:false, FILE_SUFFIX:'.html', HAS_SOURCE: true }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/underscore.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/doctools.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/js/theme.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function () { SphinxRtdTheme.StickyNav.enable(); }); </script> </body> </html>