Neo4j import folder not linked in Docker volume

[FrancescoSaverioZuppichini]

• Neo4j version: latest from Docker hub
• Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04 with Docker/Docker-compose

Bug report

If I mount a volume to /import the data doesn't appear in the container and if I write in the /import folder in the container nothing appears in the host folder.

This is my docker-compose file

version: "3"
services:
  neo4j:
    image: neo4j:latest
    hostname: neo4j
    container_name: neo4j
    ports:
      - "7474:7474"
      - "7687:7687"
    volumes:
      - $VOLUMES/neo4j/data:/data
      - $VOLUMES/neo4j/plugins:/plugins
      - $VOLUMES/neo4j/logs:/logs
      - $VOLUMES/neo4j/import:/import

    environment:
      - NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/test
    network_mode: host

Steps to reproduce

1. Pull the image: docker pull neo4j:latest
2. Create the previous docker-compose file
3. Run it
4. Attach a shell to the container, cd /import and touch foo.txt
5. foo.txt is not in the volume $VOLUMES/neo4j/import

Expected behavior

The volume should the correct linked to /import

Actual behavior

The volume is not linked to /import

[paldeep-singh]

Were you able to fix this? I am currently having the same issue.

[ThomasThelen]

This is how I mount local data to the neo4j container, without issue

services:
  neo4j:
    image: neo4j:5.11.0-community-bullseye
    container_name: neo4j
    ports:
      - "7474:7474"
      - "7687:7687"
    environment:
      - NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/neo4j1234
    volumes:
      - some/local.dir/with/import/data:/var/lib/neo4j/import