# Cypher-shell "Connection to the database terminated."

**URL:** https://community.neo4j.com/t/cypher-shell-connection-to-the-database-terminated/29189
**Category:** Installation
**Created:** [November 17, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/cypher-shell-connection-to-the-database-terminated/29189 "2020-11-17T20:36:38Z")
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#### Post date: [November 17, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/cypher-shell-connection-to-the-database-terminated/29189/1 "2020-11-17T20:36:38Z")

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Neo4j 3.5.24 on linux. on-prem installation.  
cypher-shell is throwing below error, trying to connect from the same host.

**Connection to the database terminated. This can happen due to network instabilities, or due to restarts of the database**

from neo4j.conf

# Bolt connector

dbms.connector.bolt.enabled=true

dbms.connector.bolt.tls\_level=DISABLED

dbms.connector.bolt.listen\_address=0.0.0.0:7687

**able to connect from browser**