corda/docs/source/running-a-node.rst

Running nodes locally

Note

You should already have generated your node(s) with their CorDapps installed by following the instructions in generating-a-node.

There are several ways to run a Corda node locally for testing purposes.

Starting a Corda node using DemoBench

See the instructions in demobench.

Starting a Corda node from the command line

Run a node by opening a terminal window in the node's folder and running:

java -jar corda.jar

By default, the node will look for a configuration file called node.conf and a CorDapps folder called cordapps in the current working directory. You can override the configuration file and workspace paths on the command line (e.g. ./corda.jar --config-file=test.conf --base-directory=/opt/corda/nodes/test).

You can increase the amount of Java heap memory available to the node using the -Xmx command line argument. For example, the following would run the node with a heap size of 2048MB:

java -Xmx2048m -jar corda.jar

You should do this if you receive an OutOfMemoryError exception when interacting with the node.

Optionally run the node's webserver as well by opening a terminal window in the node's folder and running:

java -jar corda-webserver.jar

Warning

The node webserver is for testing purposes only and will be removed soon.

Enabling remote debugging

To enable remote debugging of the node, run the following from the terminal window:

java -Dcapsule.jvm.args="-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5005" -jar corda.jar

This command line will start the debugger on port 5005 and pause the process awaiting debugger attachment.

Starting a node with JMX monitoring enabled

To enable export of JMX metrics over HTTP via Jolokia, run the following from the terminal window:

java -Dcapsule.jvm.args="-javaagent:drivers/jolokia-jvm-1.3.7-agent.jar=port=7005" -jar corda.jar

This command line will start the node with JMX metrics accessible via HTTP on port 7005.

See Monitoring your node <jolokia_ref> for further details.

Starting all nodes at once from the command line

If you created your nodes using deployNodes, a runnodes shell script (or batch file on Windows) will have been generated to allow you to quickly start up all nodes and their webservers. runnodes should only be used for testing purposes.

Start the nodes with runnodes by running the following command from the root of the project:

• Linux/macOS: build/nodes/runnodes
• Windows: call build\nodes\runnodes.bat

Warning

On macOS, do not click/change focus until all the node terminal windows have opened, or some processes may

fail to start.