Restore copied database

[SimonGoring]

In the instructions for copying a database (https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/tools/copy/) there is no mention that the CREATE DATABASE copy command is Enterprise-only.

At this point, trying to connect to the database gives us an error:

Database 'XXXXX' is unavailable.

So, we have a situation where, in the process of copying and restoring the (neo4j v4.0.5) database the original data source was lost. Currently we have a folder with all the files associated with the database, but cannot connect to it. Is there a way to restore our connection to the database?

Thanks

[oleg_neo4j]

So you have the complete source database folder? Have you tried pointing to it inside your neo4j.conf file?

dbms.directories.data=E:/Directory/      (with 'databases', 'dbms', 'transactions' folders inside)
dbms.default_database=yourdbname     (the name of your database inside the 'databases' folder)

[SimonGoring]

Yes, this is all set. When I open either cypher-shell or the browser I am unable to connect. It simply says the database is unavailable. The files are all present, the neo4j.conf has not changed. It seems that the only step I can't do is the CREATE DATABASE step since it is (apparently?) an Enterprise feature.

Does this mean I've lost my data? Are there logs I can check to see what's going on?

My systemctl status neo4j call does give me the warning:

Unsupported authentication token, missing key principal`` but I think this is because I'm not actually connecting to the database I want to connect to.

Thanks 🙂

[SimonGoring]

So, just to update, running:

sudo apt remove neo4j
and then
sudo apt install neo4j

restored my database.