This table shows where important files can be found by default in various Neo4j distribution packages.
| Package | Configuration | Data | Logs | Metrics | Import | Bin | Lib | Plugins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Linux or OS X tarball | <neo4j-home>/conf/neo4j.conf | <neo4j-home>/data | <neo4j-home>/logs | <neo4j-home>/metrics | <neo4j-home>/import | <neo4j-home>/bin | <neo4j-home>/lib | <neo4j-home>/plugins |
Windows zip | <neo4j-home>\conf\neo4j.conf | <neo4j-home>\data | <neo4j-home>\logs | <neo4j-home>\metrics | <neo4j-home>\import | <neo4j-home>\bin | <neo4j-home>\lib | <neo4j-home>\plugins |
Debian/Ubuntu .deb | /etc/neo4j/neo4j.conf | /var/lib/neo4j/data | /var/log/neo4j | /var/lib/neo4j/metrics | /var/lib/neo4j/import | /var/lib/neo4j/bin | /var/lib/neo4j/lib | /var/lib/neo4j/plugins |
Windows desktop | %APPDATA%\Neo4j Community Edition\neo4j.conf | %APPDATA%\Neo4j Community Edition | %APPDATA%\Neo4j Community Edition\logs | %APPDATA%\Neo4j Community Edition\metrics | %APPDATA%\Neo4j Community Edition\import | %ProgramFiles%\Neo4j CE 3.1.0-SNAPSHOT | (in package) | %ProgramFiles%\Neo4j CE 3.1.0-SNAPSHOT |
OS X desktop | ${HOME}/Documents/Neo4j/neo4j.conf | ${HOME}/Documents/Neo4j | ${HOME}/Documents/Neo4j/logs | ${HOME}/Documents/Neo4j/metrics | ${HOME}/Documents/Neo4j/import | (in package) | (in package) | (in package) |
Please note that the data directory is internal to Neo4j and its structure subject to change between versions without notice.
Log Files
| Filename | Description |
|---|---|
neo4j.log | The standard log, where general information about Neo4j is written. |
debug.log | Information useful when debugging problems with Neo4j. |
http.log | Request log for the HTTP API. |
gc.log | Garbage Collection logging provided by the JVM. |
query.log | Log of executed queries that takes longer than a specified threshold. (Enterprise only.) |
Configuration
Some of these paths are configurable with dbms.directories.* settings; see Section 24.7, “Configuration Settings Reference” for details.
The locations of <neo4j-home>, bin and conf can be configured using environment variables.
| Location | Default | Environment variable | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
<neo4j-home> | parent of bin |
| Must be set explicitly if bin is not a subdirectory. |
bin | directory where neo4j script is located |
| Must be set explicitly if neo4j script is invoked as a symlink. |
conf | <neo4j-home>/conf |
| Must be set explicitly if it is not a subdirectory of <neo4j-home>. |
Permissions
The user that Neo4j runs as must have the following permissions
- Read only
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- conf
- import
- bin
- lib
- plugins
- Read and write
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- data
- logs
- metrics
- Exectute
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- all files in bin