The neo4j documentation says that I gotta run some commands from the neo4j-admin tool, which is a terminal supposedly located in the bin folder, but I can't find that tool. there's also a cypher shell but when I open it as an administrator it shuts down immediately. Is there any other way of performing the backup? The neo4j version is 3.2.3.
I think that the simplest way to do a full database backup is coping the content of the data folder.
According the docs (file locations):
For /Windows zip installation the folder is <neo4j-home>\data
Using desktop installer the folder is %APPDATA%\Neo4j Community Edition
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I have a db backup folder that I'm trying to load into a new db in Neo4J Desktop.
You'll need to use the neo4j-admin tool
From Neo4j desktop, go to your database/create a new one, then open the Terminal for that database (in older versions, it was in the Manage menu, in newer versions, you'll find it in the 3 ... menu)
Once you have the terminal open, cd bin and follow the manual to restore
I am upgrading my local machine from Ubuntu 16.04 to 20.04. I run Neo4j Desktop (version 1.2.7) on my 16.04 and have installed it on the 20.04 machine and want to move the databases over.
I'm sure that in the past I just copied and pasted the database folders in /home/dougi/.config/Neo4j Desktop/Application/neo4jDatabases from one computer to the other and started Neo4j Desktop. However, when I do that no database show in the project.
I tried doing a dump and load, but couldn't see how I would load the database into Neo4j Desktop on the 20.04 machine as you have to "create" a database for it to show in the project and the database version when creating is limited to 4.0.3 and all of my databases are earlier versions than that (I don't want upgrade them right now).
I tried creating a database, deleting the files in the folder created in /home/dougi/.config/Neo4j Desktop/Application/neo4jDatabases and pasting the database folder from the 16.04 machine into it (i.e. replacing the files it created). I just get a message saying that the database files have been moved or corrupted when I load Neo4j Desktop.
I tried running a load from a dump I had made and had an error saying WARNING: Max 1024 open files allowed, minimum of 40 000 recommended.. I did find some google articles on that, but this felt like a really messy way of doing the restore so I didn't go any further with that.
What is the easiest way to move Neo4j Desktop databases from one computer to another please?
Thank you!
OK, so the answer to this is that there is a file /home/dougi/.config/Neo4j Desktop/Application/persist/databases.json which contains the list of databases that display in Neo4j Desktop.
Create a new database to add an entry to the file and then copy and paste that entry, replacing the database ID and version with those of the new databases you are adding files for to create an entry for each of the databases.
Restart your computer and delete the temporary database you created.
Or you could just copy the file from your previous version of Neo4j Desktop, assuming there are no formatting changes between versions of Neo4j Desktop.
I upload Neo4j Enterprise VM Version 3.5 to my Azure account. So right now I am using Neo4j in the Azure.
I created before my database in the local desktop edition and I want to transfer it to Remote one (Neo4j Enterprise VM Version 3.5) which is in Azure .
However I couldnt find a way to do it. There is no option in Neo4j Enterprise VM Version 3.5 to put my graph.db zip file.
Someone can help to how transfer my local database to remote one ?
Thanks
The documented way to transfer a neo4j DB is to use:
The neo4j-admin dump command on the originating machine to create a dump file.
The neo4j-admin load command on the destination machine to fill a fresh DB from that dump file.
Refer to the documentation for more details.
I would like to use Neo4j to learn how graph databases work and make some experiences with my own datasets. According to that and since Neo4j claims to be open source I've downloaded the Windows Neo4j Desktop version, but every project and database initialized shows the "Enterprise" attribute which means that I just initialized the Enterprise edition.
Any idea how to setup a project and a database based on the community edition?
Solved it. If you dont setup path variables you have enter the bin directory via cmd and type "neo4j.bat install-service" and then neo4j.bat to start the database-server. The officiall installation instructions should have those details.
just open a commandline in the bin folder. There you execute the command "neo4j.bat console" which creates a local server, that you then reach via localhost:7474.
The neo4j Download Center allows you to choose between downloading the Enterprise Edition, the Community Edition, and the Desktop.
I'm using Neo4j 2.1.4 Community Edition.
I'm able to write cypher queries in neo4j browser. If I switch from neo4j browser to Webadmin ,there are 5 tabs where you can see Console . So is it a Neo4j Shell? In neo4j manual it is given that neo4j shell should be started from its installation directory i.e.,./bin/neo4j-shell , but i can not see the neo4j-shell option under /bin directory. Is it available only in enterprise edition?
Also in the neo4j manual it is said that the commands like cd,ls,pwd but I'm not able to run these commands in neo4j wedadmin console.. Is Console providing all the neo4j shell features or it is only meant for specific commands(limited features).
Please clarify the above quesries
Updates: Below is the Neo4j installation directory and i'm using windows7
Thanks,
What OS did you install it on? And how?
If you did debian package then neo4j-shell is available on your path.
The bin directory is where you unzipped the Neo4j download.
You should also be able to run the commands listed (ls etc.) in the "Console" tab of the http://localhost:7474/webadmin UI