Verify the installation

Check that the statefulset is OK.

kubectl get statefulsets

NAME               READY   AGE
my-neo4j-release   1/1     2m11s

Check that the pod is Running:

kubectl get pods

NAME                 READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
my-neo4j-release-0   1/1     Running   0          16m

Check that the pod logs look OK:

kubectl exec my-neo4j-release-0 -- tail -n50 /logs/neo4j.log

2022-10-26 14:19:51.728+0000 INFO  Command expansion is explicitly enabled for configuration
2022-10-26 14:19:51.733+0000 WARN  Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: server.panic.shutdown_on_panic.
2022-10-26 14:19:51.749+0000 INFO  Starting...
2022-10-26 14:19:53.062+0000 INFO  This instance is ServerId{cb9f2f3c} (cb9f2f3c-cd70-40b1-ac8e-13d9c4d26173)
2022-10-26 14:19:54.970+0000 INFO  ======== Neo4j 5.1.0 ========
2022-10-26 14:19:59.528+0000 INFO  Bolt enabled on 0.0.0.0:7687.
2022-10-26 14:20:01.523+0000 INFO  Remote interface available at http://localhost:7474/
2022-10-26 14:20:01.530+0000 INFO  id: EF772BAFBDCD3C4921D00A5707C88D6EDE514915DBCC7134E8704AFA15DC19C8
2022-10-26 14:20:01.530+0000 INFO  name: system
2022-10-26 14:20:01.531+0000 INFO  creationDate: 2022-10-26T14:19:56.631Z
2022-10-26 14:20:01.531+0000 INFO  Started.

Check that the services look OK:

kubectl get services

NAME                                         TYPE           CLUSTER-IP    EXTERNAL-IP      PORT(S)                                        AGE
service/my-neo4j-release-lb-neo4j            LoadBalancer   10.36.5.34    34.105.179.172   7474:30288/TCP,7473:30786/TCP,7687:30584/TCP   14m
service/kubernetes                           ClusterIP      10.36.0.1     <none>           443/TCP                                        22h
service/my-neo4j-release                     ClusterIP      10.36.11.18   <none>           7687/TCP,7474/TCP,7473/TCP                     14m
service/my-neo4j-release-admin               ClusterIP      10.36.3.238   <none>           6362/TCP,7687/TCP,7474/TCP,7473/TCP            14m

Use the external IP of the LoadBalancer to access Neo4j from an application outside the Kubernetes cluster. For more information, see Applications accessing Neo4j from outside Kubernetes.
1. In a web browser, open the Neo4j Browser at http://EXTERNAL_IP:7474/browser.
2. Use the automatically-generated password (as printed in the output of the helm install command) or the one you have configured in the my-neo4j.values.yaml file.

Check that statefulset is OK.

kubectl get statefulsets

NAME               READY   AGE
my-neo4j-release   1/1     5m11s

Check that the PVC is OK (the STATUS must be Bound):

kubectl get pvc

NAME                       STATUS   VOLUME                                     CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   STORAGECLASS   AGE
data-my-neo4j-release-0    Bound    pvc-c35b7abd-1778-4c15-ada5-98912722b7c5   100Gi      RWO            premium-rwo    7m57s

Check that the pod is READY:

kubectl get pods

NAME                  READY   STATUS       RESTARTS   AGE
my-neo4j-release-0   1/1     Running      0          5m53s

Check that the pod logs look OK:

kubectl exec my-neo4j-release-0 -- tail -n50 /logs/neo4j.log

Changed password for user 'neo4j'.
Directories in use:
  home:         /var/lib/neo4j
  config:       /config/
  logs:         /data/logs
  plugins:      /var/lib/neo4j/plugins
  import:       /var/lib/neo4j/import
  data:         /var/lib/neo4j/data
  certificates: /var/lib/neo4j/certificates
  run:          /var/lib/neo4j/run
Starting Neo4j.
2021-06-02 17:38:27.791+0000 INFO  Command expansion is explicitly enabled for configuration
2021-06-02 17:38:27.819+0000 INFO  Starting...
2021-06-02 17:38:31.195+0000 INFO  ======== Neo4j 5.1.0 ========
2021-06-02 17:38:34.168+0000 INFO  Initializing system graph model for component 'security-users' with version -1 and status UNINITIALIZED
2021-06-02 17:38:34.188+0000 INFO  Setting up initial user from `auth.ini` file: neo4j
2021-06-02 17:38:34.190+0000 INFO  Creating new user 'neo4j' (passwordChangeRequired=false, suspended=false)
2021-06-02 17:38:34.205+0000 INFO  Setting version for 'security-users' to 2
2021-06-02 17:38:34.214+0000 INFO  After initialization of system graph model component 'security-users' have version 2 and status CURRENT
2021-06-02 17:38:34.223+0000 INFO  Performing postInitialization step for component 'security-users' with version 2 and status CURRENT
2021-06-02 17:38:34.561+0000 INFO  Bolt enabled on 0.0.0.0:7687.
2021-06-02 17:38:36.910+0000 INFO  Remote interface available at http://localhost:7474/
2021-06-02 17:38:36.912+0000 INFO  Started.

Check that the services look OK:

kubectl get services

NAME                     TYPE           CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                                        AGE
kubernetes               ClusterIP      10.96.0.1        <none>        443/TCP                                        3d1h
my-neo4j-release         ClusterIP      10.103.103.142   <none>        7687/TCP,7474/TCP,7473/TCP                     2d8h
my-neo4j-release-admin   ClusterIP      10.99.11.122     <none>        6362/TCP,7687/TCP,7474/TCP,7473/TCP            2d8h
my-neo4j-release-neo4j   LoadBalancer   10.110.138.165   localhost     7474:31237/TCP,7473:32026/TCP,7687:32169/TCP   2d3h

In a web browser, open the Neo4j Browser at http://localhost:7474.
Use the automatically-generated password (as printed in the output of the helm install command) or the one you have set up with the helm install command.

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