`cypher-shell` prints Unable to connect to localhost:7687, ensure database is running

[fruitfulapproac (Luna Tuna)]

What might be the reason for not being able to connect to the DB

@lingvisa Change dbms.connector.bolt.listen_address:xx.xx... to precisely: dbms.connector.bolt.listen_address:7687 And make sure dbms.default_listen_address=0.0.0.0 or dbms.default_listen_address=localhost is set. Note, that I ran into the same issue when I accidentally uncommented instead: dbms.default_advertised_address=localhost. I had your same issue and this fixed it for me.