Persist Changes to New Docker Image - neo4j

Question

I am trying to create a new image based on the neo4j:latest image. What is the proper way to persist to a new image and run a container based on the image?

I have these goals:

• Save the new password I assigned to the database.
• Keep data stored in the database.

I am using Windows 10 Docker Community Edition Version 18.06.0-ce-win72 (19098)

Here is what I have tried:

1. Start a container from neo4j:latest.

I used this docker-compose.yml:

version: "3"
services:
  neo4j:
    image: neo4j:latest
    ports:
      - "7474:7474"
      - "7687:7687"    
networks:
  webnet:

2. Connect to neo4j using a browser. I set a new password, as is required.

http://localhost:7474/browser/

3. Load data into the database using a script run on my host. I verified that the database now contains nodes and relationships.

4. Commit the container to an image.

docker commit --author="Jacob Quisenberry" c5c3f2998895 jquisenberry/graphdb:latest

5. Push the image to my repository.

docker push jquisenberry/graphdb:latest

6. Run the image

docker run --expose=7474 --expose=7687 -p 7474:7474 -p 7687:7687 jquisenberry/graphdb:latest

7. Connect using a browser.

I expected not to have to enter a new password and for my data to be intact.Instead, I am required to enter a new password. My database now lacks nodes and relationships.

Answer 1

Regarding to Neo4j with Docker and Insallation: Docker

/data to allow the database to be persisted outside its container.

/logs to allow access to Neo4j log files.

I understand that we should mount the /data to the host machine so that the new password is persisted as the following example.

docker run \
    --publish=7474:7474 --publish=7687:7687 \
    --volume=/path/to/neo4j/data:/data \
    --volume=/path/to/neo4j/logs:/logs \
    neo4j:latest

Note, the /path/to/neo4j is a physical directory on the host machine.

Edit1

To set password, the Insallation: Docker mentions as

By default Neo4j requires authentication and requires you to login with neo4j/neo4j at the first connection and set a new password.

You can set the password for the Docker container directly by specifying --env NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/<password> in your run directive. Alternatively, you can disable authentication by specifying --env NEO4J_AUTH=none instead.

Then the docker run should be

docker run \
    --publish=7474:7474 --publish=7687:7687 \
    --env NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/<password> \
    --volume=/path/to/neo4j/data:/data \
    --volume=/path/to/neo4j/logs:/logs \
    neo4j:latest

Anyhow for the /data, I only achieve with mounting it to the host machine.