// connect participant1 to the domain passing a user chosen alias and the domain port as the argument
party1.domains.connect("party1ledger", "http://localhost:10018")

// above connect operation is asynchronous. it is generally at the discretion of the domain
// to decide if a participant can join and when. therefore, we need to asynchronously wait here
// until the participant observes his activation on the domain
utils.retry_until_true() {
    party1.domains.active( "party1ledger")
}

// verify that the connection works
party1.health.ping(party1)