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Configure gremlin-server to use UUID as the id for vrtices and edges

I'm using apache-tinkerpop-gremlin-server-3.4.10 with the default gremlin-server.yaml

When creating vertices and edges, by default the id is Long and I would like to use UUID instead. I couldn't find a simple and straightforward approach to do so on the server.

Solution

  • I assume that you are using TinkerGraph if you are using the default gremlin-server.yaml. That file configured one TinkerGraph at:

    graph: conf/tinkergraph-empty.properties

    which should have these contents:

    gremlin.graph=org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.tinkergraph.structure.TinkerGraph
gremlin.tinkergraph.vertexIdManager=LONG

    Change the vertexIdManager to "UUID" and restart the server. Please see other TinkerGraph configuration options in the Reference Documentation:

    https://tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/current/reference/#_configuration