Creating a Neo4j instance on GCP vm

To create a single instance of Neo4j in a GC virtual machine, follow the steps below:

Set up Docker in VM

SSH into your vm
Update apt-get
```
sudo apt-get update
```

Download the following

sudo apt-get install     apt-transport-https     ca-certificates     curl     gnupg-agent     software-properties-common

Add docker key

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Add fingerprint:
```
sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88
```

Add the following:

sudo add-apt-repository    "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable"

Update app-get again
```
sudo apt-get update
```

Now install docker

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

Create Neo4J image

Run commands to create an instance:

sudo docker run --name ssn-neo4j-production -p7474:7474 -p7687:7687 -d -v $HOME/neo4j/data:/data -v $HOME/neo4j/logs:/logs -v $HOME/neo4j/import:/var/lib/neo4j/import -v $HOME/neo4j/plugins:/plugins --env NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/test neo4j:latest

Or Start an existing instance:

   sudo docker start testneo4j

View Neo4j in browser by navigating to http://<vm external ip>:7474/browser
You can change the password from the browser console by running the following command:
```
:SERVER change-password
```

Install APOC on Neo4j Docker

Install apoc jar file:

mkdir plugins
pushd plugins
wget https://github.com/neo4j-contrib/neo4j-apoc-procedures/releases/download/4.1.0.6/apoc-4.1.0.6-all.jar
popd

Install/start neo4j with plugins directory enabled:

sudo docker run --name ssn-cbo-staging --rm -d -e NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/test -p 7474:7474 -v $PWD/plugins:/plugins -p 7687:7687 neo4j:4.1

Full text search on Neo4j

Create a FTS index on neo4j browser or via lib

CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex('services', ['Service'], ['name', 'alternate_name', 'description', 'taxonomy', 'program_title', 'eligibility', 'service_area', 'languages', 'address', 'region', 'city', 'country', 'zip_code','state'])

Search based on constraints. For instance to search for food stamps in and only in zip_code 76104 do the following:
```
CALL db.index.fulltext.queryNodes('services', 'zip_code:76104 AND food stamps')
```

Add LIMIT, SKIP and ORDER BY params:

CALL db.index.fulltext.queryNodes('services', 'zip_code:76104 OR food stamps') YIELD node, score
RETURN node as services, score
ORDER BY node.name
SKIP 1
LIMIT 2

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Set up Docker in VM

SSH into your vm

Update apt-get

sudo apt-get update

Download the following

sudo apt-get install     apt-transport-https     ca-certificates     curl     gnupg-agent     software-properties-common

Add docker key

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Add fingerprint:

sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88

Add the following:

sudo add-apt-repository    "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable"

Update app-get again

sudo apt-get update