neo4j Cookbook

This cookbook installs neo4j.

Platforms

The following platforms and versions are tested and supported using test-kitchen

• Debian 7.8, 8.1
• Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04

Attributes

Wherever possible I use the default settings from Neo4j for the defaults in the attributes file.

• `node['neo4j']['release'] - Package version to install

neo4j-server.properties

• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.database.location'] - location of the database directory
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.db.tuning.properties'] - Low-level graph tuning engine file
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.webserver.address'] - web server port
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['dbms.security.auth_enabled'] - Enabled or disable auth to access neo4j
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.webserver.port'] - Web server port
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.webserver.https.enabled'] - Turn https support on/off
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.https.port'] - https port
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.webserver.https.cert.location'] - SSL cert location
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.webserver.https.key.location'] - SSL key location
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.webserver.https.keystore.location'] - keystore location
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.http.log.enabled'] - enable/disable http logging
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.http.log.config'] - http logging config
• node['neo4j']['neo4j-server.properties']['org.neo4j.server.webadmin.rrdb.location'] - location of rrd database directory

neo4j-server.properties

Neo4j Documentation

• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['allow_store_upgrade'] - Enable this to be able to upgrade a store from an older version
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['dbms.pagecache.memory'] - Set pagecache memory to use. Neo4j usually does a good job of figuring this out on its own
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['cypher_parser_version'] - Enable this to specify a parser other than the default one
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['keep_logical_logs'] - Keep logical logs
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['node_auto_indexing'] - Enable auto-indexing for nodes
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['node_keys_indexable'] - The node property keys to be auto-indexed
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['relationship_auto_indexing'] - Enable auto-indexing for relationships
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['relationship_keys_indexable'] - The relationship property keys to be auto-indexed, if enabled
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['remote_shell_enabled'] - Enable shell server so that remote clients can connect via Neo4j shell
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['remote_shell_host'] - The network interface IP the shell will listen on (use 0.0.0 for all interfaces)
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['remote_shell_port'] - The port the shell will listen on
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['cache_type'] - The type of cache to use for nodes and relationships.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['allow_file_urls'] - Determines if Cypher will allow using file URLs when loading data using LOAD CSV
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['dbms.cypher.min_replan_interval'] - The minimum lifetime of a query plan before a query is considered for replanning.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['dbms.cypher.planner'] - Set this to specify the default planner.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['dbms.querylog.enabled'] - Log executed queries that takes longer than the configured threshold.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['dbms.querylog.filename'] - The file where queries will be recorded.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['dbms.querylog.threshold'] - If the execution of query takes more time than this threshold, the query is logged - provided query logging is enabled.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['dense_node_threshold'] - Relationship count threshold for considering a node to be dense.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['dump_configuration'] - Print out the effective Neo4j configuration after startup.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['index_background_sampling_enabled'] - Enable or disable background index sampling.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['index_sampling_buffer_size'] - Size of buffer used by index sampling.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['index_sampling_update_percentage'] - Percentage of index updates of total index size required before sampling of a given index is triggered.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['logical_log_rotation_threshold'] - Specifies at which file size the logical log will auto-rotate.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['lucene_searcher_cache_size'] - The maximum number of open Lucene index searchers.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['query_cache_size'] - The number of Cypher query execution plans that are cached.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['read_only'] - Only allow read operations from this Neo4j instance.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['relationship_grab_size'] - How many relationships to read at a time during iteration.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['remote_logging_enabled'] - Whether to enable logging to a remote server or not.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['remote_logging_host'] - Host for remote logging using Logback SocketAppender.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['remote_logging_port'] - Port for remote logging using Logback SocketAppender.
• node['neo4j']['neo4j.properties']['store_dir'] - The directory where the database files are located.

neo4j-wrapper.conf

• `node['neo4j']['neo4j-wrapper.conf']['wrapper.java.additional'] - Array of arguements to pass to java
• `node['neo4j']['neo4j-wrapper.conf']['wrapper.java.initmemory'] - Set heap size
• `node['neo4j']['neo4j-wrapper.conf']['wrapper.java.maxmemory'] - Set heap size maximum
• `node['neo4j']['neo4j-wrapper.conf']['wrapper.pidfile'] - Set pidfile

Usage

neo4j::default

e.g.
Just include neo4j in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[neo4j]"
  ]
}

Contributing

e.g.
1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Authors: Chris Zeeb chris.zeeb@gmail.com

Copyright:: 2015 Chris Zeeb <chris.zeeb@gmail.com>

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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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