I was just watching the Belgium Beer demo and I would like to replicate the same process to start structr with an existing neo4j graph.
Unfortunately if do the following steps:
Extract the downloaded structr folder.
Create a folder structr/db and copy the content of my graph.db.
Start structr with appropriate version of this command:
java -cp lib/*;structr-ui-1.1-SNAPSHOT-201505231136.f596a.jar org.structr.Server
I get the following error:
SEVERE: Vital service NodeService failed to start: Error starting
org.neo4j.kern el.EmbeddedGraphDatabase,
c:\Users\DataToValue\Documents\structr.\db. Aborting
Any idea how I could start a structr project with an existing graph db?
Not entirely sure what your goal is, but... you cannot simply use a product with an existing database, just because it uses a database brand which matches what you're already using (in this case, Neo4j). Structr (or any product, for that matter), will have its own data schema, its own product-specific metadata, etc. There's really no way to simply swap out a product's database and swap in your own (unless it was essentially a backup/instance from that product's database content).
With upcoming structr 2.1 version it it possible to specify an external/ existing neo4j DB instance as described here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43583403/1821792
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My Neo4j version is community-4.2.4 in the Mac OS.
I used 'bin/neo4j-admin load --from=xxx/g.db.dump --database=xxx.db --force'. And succeed in finding db file in /data/databases as photo showed below.
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But the result returned in Browser adding 'show databases' and cannot find the database what I want.
Thanks u guys all for helping me.
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So neo4j-admin load and neo4j-admin restore take care of setting up the db in the filesystem. Back in the 3.5.x days this was enough, provided the name of the graph directory matched the name of the active graph configured in the neo4j.conf.
In Neo4j 4.x we support multidatabase, and the system database is where we can do things such as creating new databases, and if you CREATE DATABASE in the system db with the name of the new database, it will use just use the files it finds and create the entry in the system db, allowing you to use it and switch to it in Neo4j.
Since you're on community edition, you won't be able to create a new database, you're restricted to only the neo4j database, so your import would have to force it using neo4j as the db name, and it would overwrite your current neo4j db.
If you need to create multiple databases besides neo4j and system, then you need to be using enterprise edition.
I am really sorry to ask a simple question like this, but it is getting frustrating. I installed neo4j 4.0.4 on my Windows machine, created a new project as shown in the official tutorial video and set a password for my local graph. Funnily, the tutorial video ends after setting the password and opening the browser not showing how to perform Cypher queries on this newly created database. In neo4j Desktop my database is shown correctly and it seems to be up and running.
However, when I try to connect to this database via the browser, I do not see the database at all. It is so confusing when connecting to the server to specify a username and password, if you only need to set a password for your database?! The default neo4j user can see the system and default database but not my project database. In addition, I cannot link files from the project directory in Cypher queries. I tried to disable authentication, but it did not help at all.
When I issue SHOW DATABASES command, it does not list my database as well.
Update / Edit:
Seems I misunderstood the concept of projects. Every database is named neo4j - default, regardless of the name specified in the project ?!. However, I still cannot access project files. So far, I copied the files manually in the database directory under "imports". But I guess that is not the intended way.
After importing data to this default database, it still shows no data in the project itself.
Data files in the imports directory are not automatically imported into the DB. That is because neo4j has no idea how you want to store that data as nodes and relationships.
So, it is up to you to determine your desired data model, and then write the appropriate code to enforce that data model.
You can take a look at this page to learn about how to import CSV data (probably the most commonly used import data format).
I'm using Debian 9.9 and the version of Neo4j is 4.0. I'm having problems creating a new database using the neo4j browser. The instruction I followed is this.
I have tried the following Cypher command:
create database myNewDatabase
However, an error pops up like this:
Neo.ClientError.Statement.NotSystemDatabaseError
Unsupported administration command: create database myNewDatabase
Please let me know what the error message means and how I can solve it. Thx in advance:-)
In v. 4 (release Feb. 2020) of the professional version of Neo4j, it's easy to create new databases. Documentation
In the community edition, it takes a hack:
1. Edit the file NEO4J_HOME\conf\neo4j.conf
2. Un-comment the line: dbms.default_database=neo4j
3. Change the neo4j to whatever database name you want for a new database. Note: names must have between 3 and 63 characters. For example: dbms.default_database=mydatabase
4. Save the file
5. (If applicable) Kill the database server, and close the browser window with the Neo4j UI
6. Start the neo4j server, and open a new browser window, pointed as usual to http://localhost:7474/
7. Both the old (default) database, "neo4j" and the one you just created will show up. However, attempting to switch between them causes an error. If a switch is desired, repeat the above steps starting from (3)
Note: the above steps will create a folder named mydatabase (or whatever name you used), in NEO4J_HOME\data\databases , and it will populate its contents.
I personally think that switching between databases is such a BASIC operation that Neo4j ought to make it easily accessible in the Community edition!
I think I've got the answer to my question. It turns out that my license (the community edition) is not supported for working with multiple databases. An alternative could be this.
I am new in neo4j and i am using "neo4j-community-3.0.1" . I want to switch database and retrieve nodes .After google i found how to switch database . But there is no file with name
conf/neo4j-server.properties
There are two files neo4j.conf and neo4j-wrapper.conf . But there is not any configuration such
org.neo4j.server.database.location=data/graph.db
Can any one help me how to switch database and i am able to see node using
browser
As of Neo4J 3.0, all the configuration files have been streamlined and unified into one file. Which is "neo4j.conf".
You need to change the DB path in this file.
If you are using Linux the file can be found at
/etc/neo4j/neo4j.conf
The actual entry you need to change will be
dbms.directories.data=/var/lib/neo4j/data
If you are using the windows client for Neo4J Community. You should have an option to browse to a database directory before starting the database.
Quoting this link.
http://neo4j.com/blog/neo4j-3-0-massive-scale-developer-productivity/
"The new file, config and log structures in Neo4j 3.0 are designed to streamline operations and to bring Neo4j better into line with operational IT expectations. One notable change is to move from multiple config files to a single namespaced files."
The ops manual might also be of use to you.
http://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/
I've just started to learn the Neo4j graphs db, i am a .net developer and i have downloaded the .net version also the sample MVC project for .net (hour ago), I manage to make the project run and playing with it. Upon playing with the Cyphers Console, somehow i cant find the data's from the sample, maybe the default database of the console is pointing to the default db, how do i move to the database that is created by my sample project. is there such thing as database/schema here just like in MSSql/MySQL that tables are grouped by database?
thanks for response.
Look at neo4j-server.properties in conf folder in your DB folder, and search for org.neo4j.server.database.location and make sure it's pointing to the output folder you just created..