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    • The Neo4j Operations Manual v5
    • Introduction
    • Installation
      • System requirements
      • Neo4j Browser
      • Neo4j Desktop
      • Linux installation
        • Debian-based distributions (.deb)
        • Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora, and Amazon Linux distributions (.rpm)
        • Linux executable (.tar)
        • Neo4j system service
      • macOS installation
      • Windows installation
    • Cloud deployments
      • Neo4j on AWS
      • Neo4j on GCP
      • Neo4j on Azure
    • Docker
      • Introduction
      • Configuration
      • Deploy a Neo4j cluster on multiple Docker hosts
      • Docker-specific operations
      • SSL encryption in a Neo4j Docker container
      • Docker maintenance operations
      • Docker-specific configuration settings
    • Kubernetes
      • Introduction
      • Configure the Neo4j Helm chart repository
      • Quickstart: Deploy a standalone instance
        • Neo4j Helm chart for standalone server deployments
        • Prerequisites
        • Create a Helm deployment values.yaml file
        • Install a Neo4j standalone instance
        • Verify the installation
        • Uninstall Neo4j and clean up the created resources
      • Quickstart: Deploy a cluster
        • Neo4j Helm chart for cluster deployments
        • Prerequisites
        • Create Helm deployment values files
        • Install Neo4j cluster servers
        • Verify the Neo4j cluster formation
        • Access the Neo4j cluster from inside Kubernetes
        • Access the Neo4j cluster from outside Kubernetes
        • Uninstall the Neo4j cluster and clean up the created resources
      • Configure a Neo4j Helm deployment
      • Volume mounts and persistent volumes with the Neo4j Helm chart
      • Access a Neo4j standalone server
      • Access a Neo4j cluster
      • Import Data
      • Monitoring
      • Operations
      • Deploy a multi-data center Neo4j cluster
        • Deploy a single Neo4j cluster across multiple AKS clusters
      • Troubleshooting
    • Configuration
      • The neo4j.conf file
      • Default file locations
      • Ports
      • Configure connectors
      • Set an initial password
      • Password and user recovery
      • Update dynamic settings
      • Transaction log
      • Configuration settings
        • Checkpoint settings
        • Cluster settings
        • Connection settings
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        • DBMS settings
        • Import settings
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        • Logging settings
        • Memory settings
        • Metrics settings
        • Neo4j Browser and client settings
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        • Security settings
        • Server directories settings
        • Server settings
        • Transaction settings
        • Transaction log settings
    • Manage databases
      • Introduction
      • Administration and configuration
      • Queries
      • Error handling
      • Connecting remote databases
      • Composite databases
        • Managing Composite databases
        • Sharding data with the copy command
        • Querying using Composite databases
    • Clustering
      • Introduction
      • Set up a cluster
        • Deploy a basic cluster
        • Deploy an analytics cluster
        • Cluster server discovery
        • Leadership, routing and load balancing
        • Intra-cluster encryption
      • Managing servers in a cluster
      • Managing databases in a cluster
      • Monitoring
        • Monitor servers
        • Monitor databases
        • Monitor cluster endpoints for status information
      • Disaster recovery
      • Settings reference
      • Advanced Clustering
        • Default database in a cluster
        • Multi-data center routing
      • Clustering glossary
    • Backup and restore
      • Backup and restore planning
      • Backup modes
      • Back up an online database
      • Aggregate a database backup chain
      • Restore a database backup
      • Back up an offline database
      • Restore a database dump
      • Copy a database store
    • Authentication and authorization
      • Introduction
      • Built-in roles
      • Fine-grained access control
      • Integration with LDAP directory services
      • Integration with Single Sign-On Services
      • Manage procedure and user-defined function permissions
      • Terminology
    • Security
      • Securing extensions
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      • Browser credentials handling
      • Security checklist
    • Performance
      • Memory configuration
      • Index configuration
      • Tuning of the garbage collector
      • Bolt thread pool configuration
      • Linux file system tuning
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      • Disks, RAM and other tips
      • Statistics and execution plans
      • Space reuse
    • Monitoring
      • Logging
      • Metrics
        • Essential metrics
        • Enable metrics logging
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        • Metrics reference
      • Manage queries
      • Manage transactions
      • Manage connections
      • Manage background jobs
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        • Display store information
        • Memory recommendations
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        • Migrate a database
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        • Validate configurations
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    • Appendix
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        • Neo4j-admin import
        • Set up and use a Composite database
        • Neo4j Single Sign-On (SSO) configuration
        • Administering immutable privileges
        • Deploy a Neo4j cluster in a Docker container
      • Query routing decisions
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Manage databases

This chapter describes how to create and manage multiple active databases and contains the following:

  • Introduction

  • Administration and configuration

  • Queries

  • Error handling

  • Connecting remote databases

  • Composite databases

    • Managing Composite databases

    • Sharding data with the copy command

    • Querying using Composite databases

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