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rogermushroom
rogermushroom

Reputation: 5586

Where to put extension dependencies in neo4j 3

Where should I be putting the plugin dependencies in neo4j 3 (not the actual plugin jars).

In neo4j 2 there was a lib folder where the system would load the jars from but this no longer exists.

I've tried putting them in the plugin folder but then it requires me to add every dependency of the jars which becomes unmanageable and it also seems weird to have them there.

I've tried putting them in the neo4j bin directory but they aren't detected.

I've tried adding a command line argument to the vmoptions file with a wildcard pointing to a lib folder I created and this didn't work either.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 211

Answers (2)

rogermushroom
rogermushroom

Reputation: 5586

I think the documentation has just been updated (although I may have missed it). It says

Having built your code, the resulting jar file (and any custom dependencies) should be placed in the $NEO4J_SERVER_HOME/plugins directory. We also need to tell Neo4j where to look for the extension by adding some configuration in neo4j.conf:

So it turns out they should go in the plugins folder or you do as Daniela said and build a fat jar.

EDIT: I eventually came to the conclusion for several reasons including this one to use the server edition which has the same directory structure as the version 2.x.

Upvotes: 0

Daniela Butano
Daniela Butano

Reputation: 140

Use maven shade plugin to package all the dependencies (except that one with scope test or provided) in the jar.

Upvotes: 1

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