> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.chainstack.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Corda Tooling > Set up Corda standalone shell and Spring Boot to interact with your Corda consortium network nodes deployed on Chainstack. Now deprecated on Chainstack. ### Deprecated notice Consortium networks have been deprecated. This guide is for historical reference. ## Interaction tools ### Corda standalone shell Interact with your Corda node using [Corda standalone shell](https://docs.corda.net/head/shell.html#the-standalone-shell). #### Prerequisites * Install Java 8. [See Corda docs: Set-up instructions](https://docs.corda.net/getting-set-up.html#set-up-instructions). * Download Corda standalone shell from [Corda artifactory](https://software.r3.com/ui/native/corda-releases/net/corda/corda-tools-shell-cli/4.5/corda-tools-shell-cli-4.5-all.jar). * A Corda node deployed with Chainstack #### Running the standalone shell You can connect to your Corda node and interact with it in shell. To be able to interact with the CorDapps through shell, you must have the CorDapp contract and workflow JAR files both locally on your machine and on the node you are connecting to. ```bash Shell theme={"system"} java -jar corda-tools-shell-cli-4.5-all.jar --host=CORDA_RPC_HOSTNAME --port=CORDA_RPC_PORT --user=CORDA_RPC_USER --password=CORDA_RPC_PASSWORD --cordapp-directory=⁨/host/path/to/cordapps ``` where * CORDA\_RPC\_HOSTNAME — your Corda node RPC hostname * CORDA\_RPC\_PORT — your Corda node RPC port * CORDA\_RPC\_USER — your Corda node RPC username * CORDA\_RPC\_PASSWORD — your Corda node RPC password * ⁨/host/path/to/cordapps — path to your local directory with the contract and workflow JAR files that you uploaded to your Corda node. You only need to specify the `--cordapp-directory` parameter if you intend to interact with the CorDapps on the node. See also [View node access details](/docs/manage-your-consortium-network#view-node-access-details). Example: ```bash Shell theme={"system"} $ java -jar corda-tools-shell-cli-4.5-all.jar --host=nd-123-456-789.rg-123-456.p2pify.com --port=10201 --user=admin --password=pass --cordapp-directory=⁨/home/user/cordapps ______ __ / ____/ _________/ /___ _ / / __ / ___/ __ / __ `/ / /___ /_/ / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/ /_/ \__,_/\__,_/ --- Corda Open Source 4.5 (461cf07) --- Standalone Shell connected to nd-123-456-789.rg-123-456.p2pify.com:10201 ``` Once connected, run `help` to see the list of available commands. ### Chainstack standalone shell Interact with your Corda node using [Chainstack standalone shell](https://github.com/chainstack/corda-shell-docker) which is a containerized version of [Corda standalone shell](/docs/corda-tooling#corda-standalone-shell). #### Prerequisites * Download and install Docker. See [Get Started with Docker](https://www.docker.com/get-started). * A Corda node deployed with Chainstack #### Running the standalone shell You can connect to your Corda node and interact with it in shell. To be able to interact with the CorDapps through shell, you must have the CorDapp contract and workflow JAR files both locally on your machine and on the node you are connecting to. ```bash Shell theme={"system"} docker run -it -v /host/path/to/cordapps:/cordapps chainstack/corda-shell --host=CORDA_RPC_HOSTNAME --port=CORDA_RPC_PORT --user=CORDA_RPC_USER --password=CORDA_RPC_PASSWORD --cordapp-directory=/cordapps ``` where * /host/path/to/cordapps — path to your local directory with the contract and workflow JAR files that you uploaded to your Corda node. You only need to specify the `-v` and `--cordapp-directory` parameters if you intend to interact with the CorDapps on the node. * CORDA\_RPC\_HOSTNAME — your Corda node RPC hostname * CORDA\_RPC\_PORT — your Corda node RPC port * CORDA\_RPC\_USER — your Corda node RPC username * CORDA\_RPC\_PASSWORD — your Corda node RPC password See also [View node access details](/docs/manage-your-consortium-network#view-node-access-details). Example: ```bash Shell theme={"system"} $ docker run -it -v /home/user/cordapps:/cordapps chainstack/corda-shell --host=nd-123-456-789.rg-123-456.p2pify.com --port=10201 --user=username --password=password --cordapp-directory=/cordapps ______ __ / ____/ _________/ /___ _ / / __ / ___/ __ / __ `/ / /___ /_/ / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/ /_/ \__,_/\__,_/ --- Corda Open Source 4.5 (461cf07) --- Standalone Shell connected to nd-123-456-789.rg-123-456.p2pify.com:10201 ``` Once connected, run `help` to see the list of available commands. ### Using a client with the `CordaRPCClient` class For your application purposes, you need to write your own client in a JVM-compatible language using the [CordaRPCClient](https://docs.corda.net/api/javadoc/net/corda/client/rpc/CordaRPCClient.html) class. The `CordaRPCClient` class connects to your Corda node and exposes an RPC interaction interface. For detailed instructions, see [Corda documentation: Interacting with a node](https://docs.corda.net/clientrpc.html). ### Over HTTP Corda does not have its own webserver, so you will need to run your own webserver that uses the [CordaRPCClient](https://docs.corda.net/api/javadoc/net/corda/client/rpc/CordaRPCClient.html) class to interact with your nodes. #### Using Spring Boot webserver Corda provides a template Spring Boot webserver implementation that you can use to interact with your nodes. See [Corda Spring webserver](https://github.com/corda/samples/tree/release-V4/spring-webserver). To use the webserver, do the following: Clone the Corda samples repository: ```bash Shell theme={"system"} git clone https://github.com/corda/samples.git ``` Edit the `spring-webserver/src/main/resources/application.properties` file: ``` server.port=SERVER_PORT config.rpc.username=CORDA_RPC_USER config.rpc.password=CORDA_RPC_PASSWORD config.rpc.host=CORDA_RPC_HOSTNAME config.rpc.port=CORDA_RPC_PORT ``` where * SERVER\_PORT — your Spring webserver port. Provide any open port that you will use to access the webserver. * CORDA\_RPC\_USER — your Corda node RPC username * CORDA\_RPC\_PASSWORD — your Corda node RPC password * CORDA\_RPC\_HOSTNAME — your Corda node RPC hostname * CORDA\_RPC\_PORT — your Corda node RPC port See also [View node access details](/docs/manage-your-consortium-network#view-node-access-details). Run the Spring webserver: ```bash Shell theme={"system"} ./gradlew runPartyAServer ``` This will engage the `runPartyAServer` task specified in `build.gradle`, start the server, and connect the server to your node. ### Webserver task progress The task progress for the webserver start printed in the output will never reach 100% completion. You can access the webserver at around 95%. You can access the server locally via `localhost:SERVER_PORT` or from a remote machine via `IP_ADDRESS:SERVER_PORT`. The Corda Spring webserver implementation builds with the default RPC commands mapped to HTTP requests. See [StandardController.kt](https://github.com/corda/samples/blob/release-V4/spring-webserver/server-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/server/controllers/StandardController.kt). Example: ```bash Shell theme={"system"} $ curl http://localhost:10055/identities [OU=Organization-ND-123-456-789, O=Organization, L=Singapore, C=SG] ``` You can also write your own REST endpoints for your CorDapps. For the examples, see [Corda samples](https://github.com/corda/samples/) or the [No ticket scalping CorDapp](/docs/corda-tutorial-no-ticket-scalping-cordapp) tutorial. ## Development tools See [Getting started developing CorDapps](https://docs.corda.net/quickstart-index.html). ### Java 8 Corda requires at least Java 8u171 and does *not* support Java 9 or higher.