First Things First
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Installing Neo4j
Mac Installation (dmg)
The installer includes the Java version needed for running Neo4j.
- Open the dmg file you just downloaded.
- Drag the ‘Neo4j’ icon into your Applications folder.
- Open Neo4j from your Applications folder. You might need to acknowledge that you downloaded the application from the Internet.
- Click on the ‘Start’ button to start the Neo4j server.
- Open the provided URL in your local web browser.
- Connect using the username ‘neo4j’ with default password ‘neo4j’. You’ll then be prompted to change the password.
Linux/UNIX Install (tar)
- Open up your terminal/shell.
- Extract the contents of the archive, using:
tar -xf<filecode>.
For example,
tar -xf neo4j-enterprise-4.4.0-unix.tar.gz
the top level directory is referred to as NEO4J_HOME - Run Neo4j using,
$NEO4J_HOME/bin/neo4j console
Instead of ‘neo4j console’, you can use neo4j start to start the server process in the background. - Visit https://localhost:7474 in your web browser.
- Connect using the username ‘neo4j’ with default password ‘neo4j’. You’ll then be prompted to change the password.
Windows (exe)
The installer includes the Java version needed for running Neo4j.
- Launch the installer you just downloaded. You might have to give the installer permission to make changes to your computer.
- Follow the prompts, and choose the option to Run Neo4j.
- Click on the ‘Start’ button to start the Neo4j server.
- Open the provided URL in your local web browser.
- Connect using the username ‘neo4j’ with default password ‘neo4j’. You’ll then be prompted to change the password.
Windows (zip)
- If it is not already installed, get OpenJDK 8 or Oracle Java 8, recommended for Neo4j 3.0.x Version 7 is recommended for releases prior to 2.3.0.
- Find the zip file you just downloaded and right-click, extract all.
- Place the extracted files in a permanent home on your server. The top level directory is referred to as NEO4J_HOME, for example
D:\neo4j\. - Start and manage Neo4j using the Windows PowerShell module included in the zip file.
- Visit https://localhost:7474 in your web browser.
- Connect using the username ‘neo4j’ with default password ‘neo4j’. You’ll then be prompted to change the password.
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