title: Neo4j Server not Loading: Logback.xml files not Found
body: <p>I am attempting to connect a small neo4j db to Linkurious, a front end web interface, on a Mac Lion with homebrewed neo4j. The graph was originally working fine, and was accessible from the webser, but in the process of connecting it to Linkurious, something went wriong.</p>
  
  <p>When I try to start neo4j, the server now hangs, and I get the following output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Starting Neo4j Server...19:31:30,507 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Could NOT find resource [logback.groovy]
  19:31:30,507 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Could NOT find resource [logback-test.xml]
  19:31:30,508 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Found resource [logback.xml] at [jar:file:/usr/local/Cellar/neo4j/community-1.8.1-unix/libexec/system/lib/neo4j-server-1.8.1.jar!/logback.xml]
  19:31:30,536 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.spi.ConfigurationWatchList@33d6f122 - URL [jar:file:/usr/local/Cellar/neo4j/community-1.8.1-unix/libexec/system/lib/neo4j-server-1.8.1.jar!/logback.xml] is not of type file
  19:31:30,632 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.ConfigurationAction - debug attribute not set
  19:31:30,646 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - About to instantiate appender of type [ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender]
  19:31:30,650 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - Naming appender as [STDOUT]
  19:31:30,670 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.NestedComplexPropertyIA - Assuming default type [ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder] for [encoder] property
  19:31:30,737 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.RootLoggerAction - Setting level of ROOT logger to INFO
  19:31:30,737 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [STDOUT] to Logger[ROOT]
  19:31:30,740 |-ERROR in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.IncludeAction - Could not find resource corresponding to [custom-logback.xml]
  19:31:30,742 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.JoranConfigurator@647109c4 - Registering current configuration as safe fallback point
  
  WARNING: not changing user
  process [2350]... waiting for server to be ready...... OK.
  Go to http://localhost:7475/webadmin/ for administration interface.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The localhost:7475 then proceeds to hang up. I <em>think</em> that this is a problem with the path, so I appended NEO4J_HOME to the neo4j file, like here: <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/neo4j/NMVHoflUrHo/warnQUInGCgJ" rel="nofollow">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/neo4j/NMVHoflUrHo/warnQUInGCgJ</a> (Bhargava's solution). </p>
  
  <p>Nonetheless, the problem persists. Thoughts? I have no idea what the log files do and why they are needed.</p>