In the previous lesson, you learned about the different Aura tiers and how to choose the right one for your needs. In this lesson, you will learn about the structure of the Aura Console and how organizations, projects, and instances relate to each other.
By the end of this lesson, you will learn how to:
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Identify the hierarchical structure of organizations, projects, and instances in Aura
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Navigate the Aura Console organization and project settings
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Understand the difference between console access and database access security
Understanding the Aura Console
The Aura Console is the web-based interface for managing your Neo4j Aura instances. It provides a user-friendly way to create, configure, and monitor your database instances, as well as manage your organization and project settings.
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Understanding the console hierarchy
When you create a new account, you are automatically assigned to an organization. A user can be a member of multiple organizations, each of which contains one or more projects. Each project may contain multiple database instances.
The Aura Console is organized into two main levels: organization and project.
You can view and change your current organization and project in the top left corner.
By default, you will be assigned to an organization called Neo4j, with a project called New project.
Managing organizations
Aura organizes your graph databases into a three-level hierarchy: organizations, projects, and instances.
Organizations are the control center for managing global settings and user role access.
Projects are used to group related database instances, making it easier to manage and organize them based on different environments or use cases.
Instances are the actual Neo4j database instances where your data is stored and managed.
To access organization-level settings, click on the Neo4j part of the Neo4j / New project section at the top.
To begin customizing your organization, select Settings from the menu on the left.
You can update the organization name by clicking the pencil icon next to the organization name, typing the new name, and clicking the tick when you are done.
The other settings control what features are allowed or restricted at the organization level. Under Users, you can manage who has access to the console for your organization. Paid tiers offer additional user management options.
Console access vs. database access
Access to the Aura Console is not the same as access to the database instances. Console access allows users to create and manage database instances, but it doesn’t directly control access to the data within those databases.
When you create a new database instance, you will be supplied with a separate set of credentials to access the database.
Managing project settings
You can manage control and permissions for database instances in project settings. For example, you can create separate projects for Development and Production, or Non-critical and Critical workloads.
By default, only one project is provisioned. Only paid tiers offer the option to have multiple projects available.
To customize your project name, select Projects in the organization menu and click the pencil icon next to the project name.
Open the project to view a list of instances.
The main console view is project-focused. The Users, Billing, and Settings options in the bottom-left navigation all apply to the current project.
In this lesson you explored the console structure - you’re ready to create your first database instance.
Check your understanding
Structure of the Aura console
Select the correct options that describe the structure components of the Aura console:
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✓ Organizations.
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✓ Projects.
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✓ Instances.
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❏ Nodes.
Hint
Think about the hierarchy you learned about in the lesson. Which components are part of the structure?
Solution
The structure of the Aura console consists of three main components: Organizations, Projects, and Instances. - Organizations are the top-level component that represents a group or company using Aura. - Projects are used to group related database instances within an organization. - Instances are the actual Neo4j database instances where your data is stored and managed. - Nodes are not part of the console structure; they are elements within a Neo4j database.
Summary
In this lesson, you learned about the Aura Console structure and how to navigate organization and project settings.
In the next lesson, you will create your first Aura database instance and configure it for your business needs.