Installed Neo4j enterprise on Ubuntu, but cannot access the browser

[andrewhl]

When I try to access the Neo4j browser, I get a 502 Bad Gateway error from Nginx.

I'm running a Digital Ocean Ubuntu 16.04.2 x64 server, and I followed the instructions here to install Neo4J enterprise.

These are the steps I took:

echo "deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jessie-backports.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install ca-certificates-java
sudo apt-get install neo4j-enterprise=1:3.4.6

I then did:

systemctl enable neo4j

I tried editing /etc/neo4j/neo4j.conf, modifying the following lines:

dbms.connector.bolt.listen_address=:7687
dbms.connector.https.listen_address=my.ip.address:7473

When I visit https://my.ip.address/browser, I get a 502 Bad Gateway error. If I visit https://my.ip.address:7473, I get a timeout. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

[m_coric]

andrewhl:

dbms.connector.bolt.listen_address=:7687 dbms.connector.https.listen_address=my.ip.address:7473

comment those two, then uncoment and config next two lines:
dbms.connectors.default_listen_address=ip.address
dbms.connectors.default_advertised_address=ip.address

I noticed if "Advertising address" is not configured properly, you won't be able to open WEB interface. Also, don't forget to check Firewall.

[harvey_nguyen]

Have you tried with http protocol ?
dbms.connector.http.listen_address=:7474

Besides, you may config for your IP
dbms.connectors.default_listen_address=your.ip.address

By the way, If you are using Ubuntu, it's better for installing Neo4j via Docker. I think it's more convenient

[michael_hunger]

you can also put in 0.0.0.0
for the listen address then it will listen to all interfaces.

[andrewhl · Accepted solution]

Thanks all for the help. @harvey.nguyen I went with Docker as you suggested. Works like a charm! Thanks for that.