Push to Neo4j AuraDB
Available on Aura

You can use the neo4j-admin database upload command to upload a local Neo4j database dump into a Neo4j Aura instance.

This operation is secured and TLS encrypted end to end.

Import database to Neo4j AuraDB

The neo4j-admin tool is located in the bin directory. Run it with the push-to-cloud argument in order to push your local database to a Neo4j AuraDB instance.

Syntax

neo4j-admin push-to-cloud [--overwrite] [--verbose] --bolt-uri=<boltURI>
                          [--database=<database>] [--dump=<dump>]
                          [--dump-to=<tmpDumpFile>] [--password=<password>]
                          [--username=<username>]

Options

Option Default Description

--database

neo4j

Name of the database to push.

This argument cannot be used together with --dump.

--dump

Path to an existing database dump for upload, in the format /path/to/my-neo4j-database-dump-file.

This argument cannot be used together with --database.

--dump-to

Optional.

Target path for temporary database dump file to be uploaded, in the format /path/to/temp-file.

Used in combination with the --database argument.

--bolt-uri

Bolt URI of the target database. For example, neo4j://mydatabaseid.databases.neo4j.io.

--username

Optional.

Username of the target database to push this database to. If you do not provide a username, you will be prompted to provide one. Alternatively, the NEO4J_USERNAME environment variable can be used.

--password

Optional.

Password of the target database to push this database to. If you do not provide a password, you will be prompted to provide one. Alternatively, the NEO4J_PASSWORD environment variable can be used.

--overwrite

Optional.

Overwrite the data in the target database.

--verbose

Optional.

Enable verbose output.

Limitations

  • A Neo4j AuraDB database must already be provisioned and running.

  • Your local database must be stopped before you run the push-to-cloud command with the --database argument. The push-to-cloud function cannot be used with a source database which is currently in use.

  • If used with a running source database, it will exit and print an error.

Output

If the push-to-cloud function completes successfully, it will exit with the following log line:

“Your data was successfully pushed to cloud and is now running”.

If the push-to-cloud function encounters an error at any point, you will be provided with instructions on how to try again, or to contact Neo4j Aura support.

Example 1. Run the push-to-cloud command

Run with the --database option to dump a specific database name. Note that the local database must be stopped first.

$neo4j-home> bin/neo4j stop
$neo4j-home> bin/neo4j-admin push-to-cloud --database=graph.db --bolt-uri=<neo4j-cloud-bolt-uri>
Neo4j cloud database user name: neo4j
Neo4j cloud database password:
Dumped contents of database 'graph.db' into '$neo4j-home/dump-of-graph.db-1569931327069'
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We have received your export and it is currently being loaded into your cloud instance.
You can wait here, or abort this command and head over to the console to be notified of when your database is running.
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Your data was successfully pushed to cloud and is now running.