Use Grails with Neo4j

I’m curious about using a graph database like Neo4j.

I setup Neo4j using Docker.

docker run \
    --detach \
    --publish=7474:7474 --publish=7687:7687 \
    --volume=$HOME/neo4j/data:/data \
    --name neo4j \
    neo4j

I tried to create a Grails app that would use Neo4j as its database. By default, it uses an embedded database, but the documentation hints that it might conflict with some other parts. With an embedded configuration, the server will not start. It complains that it can’t find the dependency on neo4j-harness. And with an external configuration, the server hangs during startup.

This option will require more research.