Bootstrap a Neo4J instance on a new Ubuntu VM

(note to self)

update:

When releasing the 4.x branch this has been updated; docs are at https://debian.neo4j.com/ ; basically the .org is replaced by .com

wget -O - https://debian.neo4j.com/neotechnology.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb https://debian.neo4j.com stable latest' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/neo4j.list
sudo apt-get update

To install Neo4j Community Edition:

sudo apt-get install neo4j

To install Neo4j Enterprise Edition:

sudo apt-get install neo4j-enterprise

To start/enable on boot:

systemctl enable neo4j
systemctl restart neo4j

change config:
systemctl edit neo4j

view log:
journalctl -e -u neo4j

to install a specific version; list versions available:

apt-cache madison neo4j 

and pick a specific version

apt-get install neo4j-enterprise=1:4.5.5

Back in the day, before 4.x it was:

wget -O - https://debian.neo4j.org/neotechnology.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb https://debian.neo4j.org/repo stable/' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/neo4j.list
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install neo4j

systemctl enable neo4j
systemctl restart neo4j

change config:
systemctl edit neo4j

view log:
journalctl -e -u neo4j

more details at https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/3.2/installation/linux/systemd/