Linux Installation

Installing Neo4j on Linux for instance by using apt, puppet or chef.

Debian - stable

We provide Debian packages in a repository. We sign the packages so you know you're getting the genuine Neo4j packages. 
# start root shell
sudo -s
# Import our signing key
wget -O - http://debian.neo4j.org/neotechnology.gpg.key | apt-key add - 
# Create an Apt sources.list file
echo 'deb http://debian.neo4j.org/repo stable/' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/neo4j.list
# Find out about the files in our repository
apt-get update
# Install Neo4j, community edition
apt-get install neo4j
# start neo4j server, available at http://localhost:7474 of the target machine
neo4j start

To use the other editions, install neo4j-advanced, neo4j-enterprise instead of neo4j. If you want to install unsupported milestone builds, add testing/ to neo4j.list instead of stable/.

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Install with Puppet

Setup only Neo4j using Puppet (source)

Neo4j Puppet Module

Automates installing Neo4j on an EC2 Linux system, optionally creating the EC2 machine also.

About

This module will install Neo4j, and its dependencies (e.g. a JVM). It's designed to run on a server and expose the REST API over the network.

Features

  • Installs Neo4j community from stable Debian packages
  • Choose OpenJDK or Oracle JVM
  • Daily cold backup to an Amazon EBS volume (defaults to /dev/xvdj)
  • Will optionally generate EC2 machine, EBS volume, static IP, etc.

Usage

(for those new to Amazon EC2)

See the CloudFormation notes

Advanced Usage

(for people who are comfortable with Ubuntu and/or EC2)

  • Aquire a fresh Ubuntu machine (virtual, cloud or bare metal)

  • Run a shell on it, and apply the commands below (you can paste them directly in)

wget https://raw.github.com/neo4j-contrib/neo4j-puppet/master/go

chmod +x go

sudo ./go true bob bob123 #accepts Oracle license, sets a username and password

  • Go to the water cooler.
  • Come back.
  • Visit http://your machine's IP:7474/db/data to see your Neo4j endpoint.

License

This Puppet module is licensed under the Affero GPL. If you use the Oracle JVM you must read and accept the terms of the Oracle end user license agreement Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Support

Please log tickets and issues at the Github project.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to:

Install Neo4j-server with Chef

Patrick Mulder shows how to setup an automatic installation of Neo4j-Server with Chef and Vagrant and hosts the cookbook on github<>

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