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# What is Neo4j?
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Neo4j is a highly scalable, robust, native graph database. It is used in mission-critical apps by thousands of leading startups, enterprises, and governments around the world. You can learn more [here](http://neo4j.com/developer).
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%%LOGO%%
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# How to use this image
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## Start an instance of neo4j
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You can start a Neo4j container like this:
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```console
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docker run \
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--publish=7474:7474 --publish=7687:7687 \
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--volume=$HOME/neo4j/data:/data \
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%%IMAGE%%
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```
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which allows you to access neo4j through your browser at [http://localhost:7474](http://localhost:7474).
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This binds two ports (`7474` and `7687`) for HTTP and Bolt access to the Neo4j API. A volume is bound to `/data` to allow the database to be persisted outside the container.
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By default, this requires you to login with `neo4j/neo4j` and change the password. You can, for development purposes, disable authentication by passing `--env=NEO4J_AUTH=none` to docker run.
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## Note on version 2.3
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Neo4j 3.0 introduced several major user-facing changes, primarily the new binary Bolt protocol. This is not available in 2.3 and as such, there is no need to expose the `7687` port. Due to changes made to the structure of configuration files, several environment variables used to configure the image has changed as well. Please see the [2.x specific section in the manual](http://neo4j.com/developer/docker-23/) for further details.
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You can start an instance of Neo4j 2.3 like this:
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```console
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docker run \
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--publish=7474:7474 \
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--volume=$HOME/neo4j/data:/data \
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%%IMAGE%%:2.3
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```
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# Documentation
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For more examples and complete documentation please go [here for 2.x](http://neo4j.com/developer/docker-23/) and [here for 3.x](http://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/deployment/single-instance/docker/).
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