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Restart Neo4j
This guide shows how to restart Neo4j pods using Neo4jOpsRequest.
Before You Begin
- You need a Kubernetes cluster and
kubectlconfigured. - Install KubeDB and Ops-manager from here.
- Create an isolated namespace:
kubectl create ns demo
Deploy Neo4j
Save this as neo4j.yaml:
apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: Neo4j
metadata:
name: neo4j-test
namespace: demo
spec:
version: "2025.12.1"
replicas: 3
storage:
resources:
requests:
storage: 2Gi
storageClassName: standard
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
deletionPolicy: WipeOut
Apply it and wait for the cluster to become ready:
$ kubectl apply -f neo4j.yaml
$ kubectl get neo4j -n demo neo4j-test -w
Wait until STATUS shows Ready before proceeding.
NAME VERSION STATUS AGE
neo4j-test 2025.12.1 Ready 3m
Apply Restart OpsRequest
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: Neo4jOpsRequest
metadata:
name: neo4j-restart
namespace: demo
spec:
type: Restart
databaseRef:
name: neo4j-test
timeout: 5m
apply: Always
apply: Always tells KubeDB to execute the restart even if the database is not currently in the ready state.
$ cat <<'EOF' | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: Neo4jOpsRequest
metadata:
name: neo4j-restart
namespace: demo
spec:
type: Restart
databaseRef:
name: neo4j-test
timeout: 5m
apply: Always
EOF
neo4jopsrequest.ops.kubedb.com/neo4j-restart created
$ kubectl wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}'=Successful neo4jopsrequest/neo4j-restart -n demo --timeout=600s
neo4jopsrequest.ops.kubedb.com/neo4j-restart condition met
Verify
$ kubectl get neo4jopsrequest -n demo neo4j-restart
NAME TYPE STATUS AGE
neo4j-restart Restart Successful 1m
$ kubectl describe neo4jopsrequest -n demo neo4j-restart
Name: neo4j-restart
Namespace: demo
Labels: <none>
Annotations: <none>
API Version: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
Kind: Neo4jOpsRequest
Metadata:
...
Spec:
Type: Restart
Database Ref:
Name: neo4j-test
Apply: Always
Status:
Phase: Successful
Cleaning up
kubectl delete neo4jopsrequest -n demo neo4j-restart
kubectl delete neo4j -n demo neo4j-test
kubectl delete ns demo