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-# forensic-db
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+# forensic-db
+
+An ETL system for processing Libra backup archives from genesis to present into a graph database.
+
+Uses Open Cypher for compatibility with Neo4j, AWS Neptune, Memgraph, etc.
+
+By default uses Neo4j as target database.
+
+
+## Source Files
+You will use Backup archives from https://github.com/0LNetworkCommunity/epoch-archive-mainnet
+Note there is a v5, v6, v7 branches of the archives.
+
+## Build
+```
+cargo build release
+cp ./target/libra-forsensic-db ~/.cargo/bin
+ 
+```
+
+## Run
+
+### NOTE you must close the backup archive repo above.
+You should also unzip all the files (NOTE future versions of forensic-db will gzip extract for you).
+
+### You must have a running NEO4j instance
+Export the DB credentials to environment variables, or pass them as arguments to the tool.
+
+
+
+```
+# load all transactional backups from epoch archive
+libra-forensic-db ingest-all --start-from <path to epoch-archive> --content transactions
+```
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