Hello Guys,
I am new to Neo4j. I've written a graphQL service in NodeJS with neo4j driver. I'm running the neo4j database in a m5.xlarge instance. I have to implement neo4j for a social network project with an estimated userbase of more than 20million. So for this, I wrote a data seeding service to seed my database with 20million users, 10million posts. Now the problem I'm facing is everything is working fine. But my Neo4j CPU utilization is around 388% across 4 cores when I'm running insert mutations.
How can I make neo4j scalable since the high resource utilization is killing my application performance.
My neo4j.conf
#*****************************************************************
# Neo4j 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=graph.db
# Paths of directories in the installation.
dbms.directories.data=/var/lib/neo4j/data
dbms.directories.plugins=/var/lib/neo4j/plugins
dbms.directories.certificates=/var/lib/neo4j/certificates
dbms.directories.logs=/var/log/neo4j
dbms.directories.lib=/usr/share/neo4j/lib
dbms.directories.run=/var/run/neo4j
# This setting constrains all `LOAD CSV` import files to be under the `import` directory. Remove or comment it out to
# allow files to be loaded from anywhere in the filesystem; this introduces possible security problems. See the
# `LOAD CSV` section of the manual for details.
dbms.directories.import=/var/lib/neo4j/import
# Whether requests to Neo4j are authenticated.
# To disable authentication, uncomment this line
#dbms.security.auth_enabled=false
# Enable this to be able to upgrade a store from an older version.
#dbms.allow_upgrade=true
# Java Heap Size: by default the Java heap size is dynamically
# calculated based on available system resources.
# Uncomment these lines to set specific initial and maximum
# heap size.
#dbms.memory.heap.initial_size=512m
dbms.memory.heap.max_size=4g
# The amount of memory to use for mapping the store files, in bytes (or
# kilobytes with the 'k' suffix, megabytes with 'm' and gigabytes with 'g').
# If Neo4j is running on a dedicated server, then it is generally recommended
# to leave about 2-4 gigabytes for the operating system, give the JVM enough
# heap to hold all your transaction state and query context, and then leave the
# rest for the page cache.
# The default page cache memory assumes the machine is dedicated to running
# Neo4j, and is heuristically set to 50% of RAM minus the max Java heap size.
#dbms.memory.pagecache.size=10g
#*****************************************************************
# Network connector configuration
#*****************************************************************
# With default configuration Neo4j only accepts local connections.
# To accept non-local connections, uncomment this line:
dbms.connectors.default_listen_address=0.0.0.0
# You can also choose a specific network interface, and configure a non-default
# port for each connector, by setting their individual listen_address.
# The address at which this server can be reached by its clients. This may be the server's IP address or DNS name, or
# it may be the address of a reverse proxy which sits in front of the server. This setting may be overridden for
# individual connectors below.
#dbms.connectors.default_advertised_address=localhost
# You can also choose a specific advertised hostname or IP address, and
# configure an advertised port for each connector, by setting their
# individual advertised_address.
# Bolt connector
dbms.connector.bolt.enabled=true
#dbms.connector.bolt.tls_level=OPTIONAL
#dbms.connector.bolt.listen_address=:7687
# HTTP Connector. There can be zero or one HTTP connectors.
dbms.connector.http.enabled=true
#dbms.connector.http.listen_address=:7474
# HTTPS Connector. There can be zero or one HTTPS connectors.
dbms.connector.https.enabled=true
#dbms.connector.https.listen_address=:7473
# Number of Neo4j worker threads.
#dbms.threads.worker_count=
#*****************************************************************
# SSL system configuration
#*****************************************************************
# Names of the SSL policies to be used for the respective components.
# The legacy policy is a special policy which is not defined in
# the policy configuration section, but rather derives from
# dbms.directories.certificates and associated files
# (by default: neo4j.key and neo4j.cert). Its use will be deprecated.
# The policies to be used for connectors.
#
# N.B: Note that a connector must be configured to support/require
# SSL/TLS for the policy to actually be utilized.
#
# see: dbms.connector.*.tls_level
#bolt.ssl_policy=legacy
#https.ssl_policy=legacy
#*****************************************************************
# SSL policy configuration
#*****************************************************************
# Each policy is configured under a separate namespace, e.g.
# dbms.ssl.policy.<policyname>.*
#
# The example settings below are for a new policy named 'default'.
# The base directory for cryptographic objects. Each policy will by
# default look for its associated objects (keys, certificates, ...)
# under the base directory.
#
# Every such setting can be overridden using a full path to
# the respective object, but every policy will by default look
# for cryptographic objects in its base location.
#
# Mandatory setting
#dbms.ssl.policy.default.base_directory=certificates/default
# Allows the generation of a fresh private key and a self-signed
# certificate if none are found in the expected locations. It is
# recommended to turn this off again after keys have been generated.
#
# Keys should in general be generated and distributed offline
# by a trusted certificate authority (CA) and not by utilizing
# this mode.
#dbms.ssl.policy.default.allow_key_generation=false
# Enabling this makes it so that this policy ignores the contents
# of the trusted_dir and simply resorts to trusting everything.
#
# Use of this mode is discouraged. It would offer encryption but no security.
#dbms.ssl.policy.default.trust_all=false
# The private key for the default SSL policy. By default a file
# named private.key is expected under the base directory of the policy.
# It is mandatory that a key can be found or generated.
#dbms.ssl.policy.default.private_key=
# The private key for the default SSL policy. By default a file
# named public.crt is expected under the base directory of the policy.
# It is mandatory that a certificate can be found or generated.
#dbms.ssl.policy.default.public_certificate=
# The certificates of trusted parties. By default a directory named
# 'trusted' is expected under the base directory of the policy. It is
# mandatory to create the directory so that it exists, because it cannot
# be auto-created (for security purposes).
#
# To enforce client authentication client_auth must be set to 'require'!
#dbms.ssl.policy.default.trusted_dir=
# Client authentication setting. Values: none, optional, require
# The default is to require client authentication.
#
# Servers are always authenticated unless explicitly overridden
# using the trust_all setting. In a mutual authentication setup this
# should be kept at the default of require and trusted certificates
# must be installed in the trusted_dir.
#dbms.ssl.policy.default.client_auth=require
# It is possible to verify the hostname that the client uses
# to connect to the remote server. In order for this to work, the server public
# certificate must have a valid CN and/or matching Subject Alternative Names.
# Note that this is irrelevant on host side connections (sockets receiving
# connections).
# To enable hostname verification client side on nodes, set this to true.
#dbms.ssl.policy.default.verify_hostname=false
# A comma-separated list of allowed TLS versions.
# By default only TLSv1.2 is allowed.
#dbms.ssl.policy.default.tls_versions=
# A comma-separated list of allowed ciphers.
# The default ciphers are the defaults of the JVM platform.
#dbms.ssl.policy.default.ciphers=
#*****************************************************************
# Logging configuration
#*****************************************************************
# To enable HTTP logging, uncomment this line
#dbms.logs.http.enabled=true
# Number of HTTP logs to keep.
#dbms.logs.http.rotation.keep_number=5
# Size of each HTTP log that is kept.
#dbms.logs.http.rotation.size=20m
# To enable GC Logging, uncomment this line
#dbms.logs.gc.enabled=true
# GC Logging Options
# see http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/819-0084-10/pt_tuningjava.html#wp57013 for more information.
#dbms.logs.gc.options=-XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime -XX:+PrintPromotionFailure -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution
# For Java 9 and newer GC Logging Options
# see https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/tools/java.htm#JSWOR-GUID-BE93ABDC-999C-4CB5-A88B-1994AAAC74D5
#dbms.logs.gc.options=-Xlog:gc*,safepoint,age*=trace
# Number of GC logs to keep.
#dbms.logs.gc.rotation.keep_number=5
# Size of each GC log that is kept.
#dbms.logs.gc.rotation.size=20m
# Log level for the debug log. One of DEBUG, INFO, WARN and ERROR. Be aware that logging at DEBUG level can be very verbose.
#dbms.logs.debug.level=INFO
# Size threshold for rotation of the debug log. If set to zero then no rotation will occur. Accepts a binary suffix "k",
# "m" or "g".
#dbms.logs.debug.rotation.size=20m
# Maximum number of history files for the internal log.
#dbms.logs.debug.rotation.keep_number=7
#*****************************************************************
# Miscellaneous configuration
#*****************************************************************
# Enable this to specify a parser other than the default one.
#cypher.default_language_version=2.3
# Determines if Cypher will allow using file URLs when loading data using
# `LOAD CSV`. Setting this value to `false` will cause Neo4j to fail `LOAD CSV`
# clauses that load data from the file system.
#dbms.security.allow_csv_import_from_file_urls=true
# Value of the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header sent over any HTTP or HTTPS
# connector. This defaults to '*', which allows broadest compatibility. Note
# that any URI provided here limits HTTP/HTTPS access to that URI only.
#dbms.security.http_access_control_allow_origin=*
# Value of the HTTP Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) response header. This header
# tells browsers that a webpage should only be accessed using HTTPS instead of HTTP.
# It is attached to every HTTPS response. Setting is not set by default so
# 'Strict-Transport-Security' header is not sent. Value is expected to contain
# directives like 'max-age', 'includeSubDomains' and 'preload'.
#dbms.security.http_strict_transport_security=
# Retention policy for transaction logs needed to perform recovery and backups.
dbms.tx_log.rotation.retention_policy=1 days
# Only allow read operations from this Neo4j instance. This mode still requires
# write access to the directory for lock purposes.
#dbms.read_only=false
# Comma separated list of JAX-RS packages containing JAX-RS resources, one
# package name for each mountpoint. The listed package names will be loaded
# under the mountpoints specified. Uncomment this line to mount the
# org.neo4j.examples.server.unmanaged.HelloWorldResource.java from
# neo4j-server-examples under /examples/unmanaged, resulting in a final URL of
# http://localhost:7474/examples/unmanaged/helloworld/{nodeId}
#dbms.unmanaged_extension_classes=org.neo4j.examples.server.unmanaged=/examples/unmanaged
# A comma separated list of procedures and user defined functions that are allowed
# full access to the database through unsupported/insecure internal APIs.
#dbms.security.procedures.unrestricted=my.extensions.example,my.procedures.*
# A comma separated list of procedures to be loaded by default.
# Leaving this unconfigured will load all procedures found.
#dbms.security.procedures.whitelist=apoc.coll.*,apoc.load.*
#********************************************************************
# JVM Parameters
#********************************************************************
# G1GC generally strikes a good balance between throughput and tail
# latency, without too much tuning.
dbms.jvm.additional=-XX:+UseG1GC
# Have common exceptions keep producing stack traces, so they can be
# debugged regardless of how often logs are rotated.
dbms.jvm.additional=-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow
# Make sure that `initmemory` is not only allocated, but committed to
# the process, before starting the database. This reduces memory
# fragmentation, increasing the effectiveness of transparent huge
# pages. It also reduces the possibility of seeing performance drop
# due to heap-growing GC events, where a decrease in available page
# cache leads to an increase in mean IO response time.
# Try reducing the heap memory, if this flag degrades performance.
dbms.jvm.additional=-XX:+AlwaysPreTouch
# Trust that non-static final fields are really final.
# This allows more optimizations and improves overall performance.
# NOTE: Disable this if you use embedded mode, or have extensions or dependencies that may use reflection or
# serialization to change the value of final fields!
dbms.jvm.additional=-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
dbms.jvm.additional=-XX:+TrustFinalNonStaticFields
# Disable explicit garbage collection, which is occasionally invoked by the JDK itself.
dbms.jvm.additional=-XX:+DisableExplicitGC
# Remote JMX monitoring, uncomment and adjust the following lines as needed. Absolute paths to jmx.access and
# jmx.password files are required.
# Also make sure to update the jmx.access and jmx.password files with appropriate permission roles and passwords,
# the shipped configuration contains only a read only role called 'monitor' with password 'Neo4j'.
# For more details, see: http://download.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/management/agent.html
# On Unix based systems the jmx.password file needs to be owned by the user that will run the server,
# and have permissions set to 0600.
# For details on setting these file permissions on Windows see:
# http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/management/security-windows.html
#dbms.jvm.additional=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=3637
#dbms.jvm.additional=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=true
#dbms.jvm.additional=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
#dbms.jvm.additional=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.password.file=/absolute/path/to/conf/jmx.password
#dbms.jvm.additional=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.access.file=/absolute/path/to/conf/jmx.access
# Some systems cannot discover host name automatically, and need this line configured:
#dbms.jvm.additional=-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=$THE_NEO4J_SERVER_HOSTNAME
# Expand Diffie Hellman (DH) key size from default 1024 to 2048 for DH-RSA cipher suites used in server TLS handshakes.
# This is to protect the server from any potential passive eavesdropping.
dbms.jvm.additional=-Djdk.tls.ephemeralDHKeySize=2048
# This mitigates a DDoS vector.
dbms.jvm.additional=-Djdk.tls.rejectClientInitiatedRenegotiation=true
# This filter prevents deserialization of arbitrary objects via java object serialization, addressing potential vulnerabilities.
# By default this filter whitelists all neo4j classes, as well as classes from the hazelcast library and the java standard library.
# These defaults should only be modified by expert users!
# For more details (including filter syntax) see: https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/290
#dbms.jvm.additional=-Djdk.serialFilter=java.**;org.neo4j.**;com.neo4j.**;com.hazelcast.**;net.sf.ehcache.Element;com.sun.proxy.*;org.openjdk.jmh.**;!*
#********************************************************************
# Wrapper Windows NT/2000/XP Service Properties
#********************************************************************
# WARNING - Do not modify any of these properties when an application
# using this configuration file has been installed as a service.
# Please uninstall the service before modifying this section. The
# service can then be reinstalled.
# Name of the service
dbms.windows_service_name=neo4j
org.neo4j.server.webserver.address=0.0.0.0
#********************************************************************
# Other Neo4j system properties
#********************************************************************
dbms.jvm.additional=-Dunsupported.dbms.udc.source=debian
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Neo4j Server version: [3.5.14]
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AWS m5.xlarge Instance (Ubuntu 18)
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Neo4j NodeJS driver
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