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# Using the gRPC API
By default the gRPC API is currently not turned on by default. There are a couple ways that this can be enabled
to use.
gRPC is the main API for interfacing with CORE.
## Enabling gRPC
### HTTP Proxy
## HTTP Proxy
Since gRPC is HTTP2 based, proxy configurations can cause issue. Clear out your proxy when running if needed.
### Daemon Options
The gRPC API is enabled through options provided to the **core-daemon**.
```shell
usage: core-daemon [-h] [-f CONFIGFILE] [-p PORT] [-n NUMTHREADS] [--ovs]
[--grpc] [--grpc-port GRPCPORT]
[--grpc-address GRPCADDRESS]
CORE daemon v.5.3.0 instantiates Linux network namespace nodes.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f CONFIGFILE, --configfile CONFIGFILE
read config from specified file; default =
/etc/core/core.conf
-p PORT, --port PORT port number to listen on; default = 4038
-n NUMTHREADS, --numthreads NUMTHREADS
number of server threads; default = 1
--ovs enable experimental ovs mode, default is false
--grpc enable grpc api, default is false
--grpc-port GRPCPORT grpc port to listen on; default 50051
--grpc-address GRPCADDRESS
grpc address to listen on; default localhost
```
### Enabling in Service Files
Modify service files to append the --grpc options as desired.
For sysv services /etc/init.d/core-daemon
```shell
CMD="PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages python3 /usr/bin/$NAME --grpc"
```
For systemd service /lib/systemd/system/core-daemon.service
```shell
ExecStart=@PYTHON@ @bindir@/core-daemon --grpc
```
### Enabling from Command Line
```shell
sudo core-daemon --grpc
```
## Python Client
A python client wrapper is provided at **core.api.grpc.client.CoreGrpcClient**.