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Getting Started with the Aura CLI

Learn to automate with the Aura CLI

1 hour27 lessons across 5 modules
AuraBuild a Neo4j-backed Application
About this course

In this 1-hour course, you will learn

In this course, you will discover the AuraNeo4j's fully managed cloud service. CLI and how you can use it for automated, predictable results.

Claim Your Free Aura Credits

As one of the first 500 participants to complete this course, you are eligible to receive $100 in free Aura credits to use on Neo4j Aura.

To claim your credits, join the Neo4j Community and complete the short form.
We'll verify your course completion and send your credits within a few business days.

Then put those credits to work in the Aura Agents & Context Building Hackathon (April 15 – June 15) — build an agent with your own dataset and win prizes.

 

To get the most from this course, have an AuraDBThe Aura product for transactional workloads. instance with data loaded before you start. We also recommend completing the following courses:

  • What is the Aura CLI

    Understand when to use the Aura CLI and how it supports automated, repeatable Aura workflows.

  • Credentials and Configuration

    Create API credentials, add named profiles, and choose the right configuration for each task.

  • Tenants and Discovery

    List tenants, inspect tenant details, and control which tenant your commands target by default.

  • The Instance Lifecycle

    Create, update, pause, resume, and delete Aura instances using predictable CLI commands.

  • Snapshots and Restore

    Work with snapshots and restore operations while understanding the choices that affect existing data.

Course content

5 modules, 1 hour.

  1. 4 lessons
    1. Introduction5 min
    2. Installing from GitHub Releases on Mac, Windows, and Linux5 min
    3. Verify Your Install5 min
    4. Summary5 min
  2. 6 lessons
    1. Introduction5 min
    2. Creating an Aura API Key in the Console5 min
    3. Managing Named Credentials5 min
    4. Add Your Credential and Confirm It5 min
    5. config list, get, and set — Plus Where the Config File Lives5 min
    6. Summary5 min
  3. 5 lessons
    1. Introduction5 min
    2. Finding Your Tenants and Available Configurations5 min
    3. Taming Big Output: Filtering tenant get with jq5 min
    4. Set Your Default Tenant with config set default-tenant5 min
    5. Summary5 min
  4. 7 lessons
    1. Introduction5 min
    2. Creating Your Free Instance5 min
    3. Updating Your Instance: Rename or Resize by ID5 min
    4. Pause and Resume for Cost Control5 min
    5. Deleting an Instance5 min
    6. Quick Check: Which Command, Which Caution?5 min
    7. Summary5 min
  5. 5 lessons
    1. Introduction5 min
    2. Instance snapshot create, list, and get5 min
    3. Overwrite: replace one instance with another's data5 min
    4. Quick check: is this overwrite safe?5 min
    5. Summary5 min
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