Rake TasksΒΆ

The neo4j-core gem (automatically included with the neo4j gem) includes some rake tasks which make it easy to install and manage a Neo4j server in the same directory as your Ruby project.

Note

If you are using zsh, you need to prefix any rake tasks with arguments with the noglob command, e.g. $ noglob bundle exec rake neo4j:install[community-latest].

neo4j:install

Arguments: version and environment (environment default is development)

Example: rake neo4j:install[community-latest,development]

Downloads and installs Neo4j into $PROJECT_DIR/db/neo4j/<environment>/

For the version argument you can specify either community-latest/enterprise-latest to get the most up-to-date stable version or you can specify a specific version with the format community-x.x.x/enterprise-x.x.x

neo4j:config

Arguments: environment and port

Example: rake neo4j:config[development,7100]

Configure the port which Neo4j runs on. This affects the HTTP REST interface and the web console address. This also sets the HTTPS port to the specified port minus one (so if you specify 7100 then the HTTP port will be 7099)

neo4j:start

Arguments: environment

Example: rake neo4j:start[development]

Start the Neo4j server

Assuming everything is ok, point your browser to http://localhost:7474 and the Neo4j web console should load up.

neo4j:start

Arguments: environment

Example: rake neo4j:shell[development]

Open a Neo4j shell console (REPL shell).

If Neo4j isn’t already started this task will first start the server and shut it down after the shell is exited.

neo4j:start_no_wait

Arguments: environment

Example: rake neo4j:start_no_wait[development]

Start the Neo4j server with the start-no-wait command

neo4j:stop

Arguments: environment

Example: rake neo4j:stop[development]

Stop the Neo4j server

neo4j:restart

Arguments: environment

Example: rake neo4j:restart[development]

Restart the Neo4j server