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New blank Neo4j Database

Recipe for creating new ‘blank’ database. Putty onto the server  cd /etc/neo4j sudo vi neo4j.template Uncomment and edit and change one line – the name of the database #***************************************************************** # Neo4j Community configuration # # For more details and a complete list of settings, please see # https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/reference/configuration-settings/ #***************************************************************** # The name of the database to mount dbms.active_database=prod.db cypher.forbid_shortestpath_common_nodes=false # Paths of directories in the installation. dbms.directories.data=/var/lib/neo4j/data restart the machine / service. When you now check the dbms.directories.data directory there is another directory alongside the default graph.db The browser now shows an empty database with no nodes, relationships or properties.