using neo4j on appharbor

Question

Curious about using app harbor for my web api backed by a neo4j database. If I host an instance of neo4j on an amazon ec2 instance, how can I secure a connection between that ec2 instance and my app harbor worker? can I set the geographical region on an app harbor application to minimize latency on the network between the db and the app?

Is there a recommended or hosted instance of neo4j that I should be using with app harbor apps? I know that heroku will have a hosted neo4j solution soon, would there be any issues if my app harbor app were to use the heroku hosted neo4j service?

Answer 1

You could conceivably create an app on Heroku and provision the Neo4j add-on there, then copy-paste the connectionstring and consume the neo4j instance from your AppHarbor app.

Alternatively, you can run Neo4J yourself, and open up to AppHarbor application servers. The instructions are here: http://support.appharbor.com/kb/tips-and-tricks/application-server-ips-ec2-configuration