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4.1. Server Installation

4.1.1. As a Windows service
4.1.2. Linux Service

Neo4j can be installed as a server, running either as a headless application or system service.

  1. Download the latest release from http://neo4j.com/download

    • select the appropriate version for your platform

  2. Extract the contents of the archive

    • refer to the top-level extracted directory as NEO4J-HOME

  3. Use the scripts in the bin directory

    • for Linux/MacOS, run $NEO4J_HOME/bin/neo4j start
    • for Windows, double-click on %NEO4J_HOME%\bin\Neo4j
  4. Refer to the packaged information in the doc directory for details

4.1.1. As a Windows service

With administrative rights, Neo4j can be installed as a Windows service.

  1. Right-click on %NEO4J_HOME%\bin\InstallNeo4j
  2. Choose Run as administrator

To uninstall, run UninstallNeo4j as ad administrator.

4.1.2. Linux Service

Neo4j can participate in the normal system startup and shutdown process. The following procedure should work on most popular Linux distributions:

  1. cd $NEO4J_HOME

  2. sudo ./bin/neo4j install

    • if asked, enter your password to gain super-user privileges

  3. service neo4j-server status

    • should indicate that the server is not running

  4. service neo4j-server start

    • will start the server

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