> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.stellar.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Deploy Smart Contract

> Deploy a smart contract to the Quickstart local network.

Now you can deploy a smart contract on the Quickstart local network. If you already have a smart contract, you can deploy your existing smart contract, otherwise, you can follow this guide to create a smart contract and build it.

## Create Identity

Before you can deploy and invoke a smart contract, you need to create an identity on the local network. The identity is a required parameter, referred to as `source-account` or `source`. This is how you can create an identity on the local network called `bob`:

```sh theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
stellar keys generate --global bob --network local --fund
```

The identity will have a private and a public key, and can be called by the name `bob` for convenience.

## Deploy contract

Deploying a smart contract to Quickstart testnet is not very different from deploying a smart contract to the public testnet. Specify the RPC URL to be Quickstart’s and you can deploy it:

**macOS/Linux**

```sh theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
stellar contract deploy \
  --wasm target/wasm32v1-none/release/hello_world.wasm \
  --source-account bob \
  --network local \
  --alias hello_world
```

**Windows (PowerShell)**

```powershell theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
stellar contract deploy `
  --wasm target/wasm32v1-none/release/hello_world.wasm `
  --source-account bob `
  --network local `
  --alias hello_world
```

## Invoke contract

Now you have deployed the smart contract to the Quickstart testnet, you can also invoke it:

**macOS/Linux**

```sh theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
stellar contract invoke \
  --id hello_world \
  --source-account bob \
  --network local \
  -- \
  hello \
  --to RPC
```

**Windows (PowerShell)**

```powershell theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
stellar contract invoke `
  --id hello_world `
  --source-account bob `
  --network local `
  -- `
  hello `
  --to RPC
```

That’s it!

Now you can dive into some of the benefits of running your own local node with Quickstart. Some benefits are that it’s faster to invoke a contract, you get better debugging options, etc.