Neo4j docker images with ICIJ offshore leaks

Use it locally

Build a local image from the github repository:

docker build -t offshore-neo4j github.com/tibotiber/offshore-neo4j/

Spin off a container using the built image:

docker run -p 80:7474 -p 443:7473 -p 7687:7687 -v $HOME/neo4j/data:/data -v $HOME/neo4j/logs:/logs offshore-neo4j

Note that this maps to port 80 and 443 of the host for HTTP(s), as well as port 7687 (default) for bolt to run cypher queries. It also syncs the database and logs to $HOME/neo4j on the host. Feel free to change these based on your use-case.

To restart an container, ssh into the instance, then list container with:

docker ps -a

note the container id and restart it with:

docker start <container>

You can also add -a to the start command if you want to attach standard IOs (not suitable for launching a long running server over ssh).

On AWS

I built this to run on EC2 instances, I recommend a m4.xlarge at least at the start to build the indexes. Feel free to lower the specs afterwards to save cost (t2.small?).

Security group ports to open:

SSH 22
HTTP 80
HTTPS 443
BOLT 7687

Feel free to change the exposed ports in the security group and the docker run command.

Setup

SSH into the instance and install docker:

sudo yum update -y
sudo yum install -y docker
sudo service docker start
sudo usermod -a -G docker ec2-user

Then exit and ssh back into it.

Install git to pull the docker image from github:

sudo yum install git

Refer to the local install commands.