Odoo V8 Installation

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Odoo V8 : Easy installation within few minutes

What is in for you in this presentation ?
After following this presentation you will be able to learn,
● Set up Odoo properly.
● Start Odoo in secure ssl mode.
● Redirect IP to domain in order to access Odoo from domain name.
● How to store attachments over physical place in server.
● Know the useful tips to maintain Odoo very well.

Pre-install Instructions
We will see Odoo V8 installation just after purchasing blank server
on cloud.
Platform Ubuntu : 12.04
We have marked some slides as “optional” so those settings might not
be necessary if there is need of only basic installation.

Pre-install Instructions
It is advisable that you run following two commands, after loading new
server.
● sudo apt-get update
● sudo apt-get upgrade

Install PostgreSQL database
● sudo apt-get install postgresql
Create database user
● sudo su postgres
● createuser -s odoo (This user shall be super user)
Set password for database user
● psql template1
● alter user odoo with password 'odoo';
Setting complex password for database user is advisable.

Setup pg_hba.conf
● vi /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_hba.conf
Add following line in vi editor:
● local all odoo md5
Do not forget to restart PostgresSQL database server, after this change
/etc/init.d/postgresql restart

Required Packages needs to be install prior to set up Odoo.
sudo apt-get install python-dateutil python-feedparser python-gdata python-
ldap python-libxslt1 python-lxml python-mako python-openid python-
psycopg2 python-pybabel python-pychart python-pydot python-pyparsing
python-reportlab python-simplejson python-tz python-vatnumber python-
vobject python-webdav python-werkzeug python-xlwt python-yaml python-zsi
python-docutils python-psutil wget python-unittest2 python-mock python-
jinja2 python-dev libpq-dev poppler-utils python-pdftools antiword python-
setuptools python-pybabel python-decorator python-requests python-pyPdf
python-passlib

odoo
opt
conf logbackup filestoreodoo custom_addons
Standard Directory Structure

Add system user
● sudo adduser --system --home=/opt/odoo --group odoo
● sudo su - odoo -s /bin/bash
● When this command is executed, you will be in odoo’s home
directory: /opt/odoo
Install git & clone V8 branch
● sudo apt-get install git
● Goto odoo folder in /opt directory
● sudo git clone https://github.com/odoo/odoo.git -b 8.0

Install git & clone V8 branch
● By cloning odoo from github there will be one folder created with all
necessary files in /opt/odoo/odoo folder.

Create backup directory.
● Create a backup folder under /opt/odoo/backup
It is advisable that to keep database backup of your live server in this folder.
● Backup file format shall be dbname_dd_mm_yyyy.sql

Create configuration file for Odoo.
● mkdir /opt/odoo/conf
● sudo cp /opt/odoo/odoo/debian/openerp-server.conf
/opt/odoo/conf/odoo_server.conf
● sudo chown odoo.odoo /opt/odoo/conf/odoo_server.conf
● sudo chmod 777 /opt/odoo/conf/odoo_server.conf
● Open odoo_server.conf file and set the necessary options.

General options of odoo_server.conf
● admin_password :- Super password for creating, restoring and backing up databases
● db_host :- Database host ( use localhost if there is local database to be used )
● db_port :- Default port of PostgreSQL database
● db_user :- Database user
● db_password :- Database user password
● addons_path :- Custom addons & Odoo addons path
● logfile :- Log file path
● logrotate :- This will create rotate log file on each day by datewise.
● xmlrpc_port :- Port on which Odoo runs. ( Default is 8069)
● data_dir :- To store attachments on physical drive & also store Odoo Apps

Advance options of odoo_server.conf ( Optional !! use only if specific need )
● workers :- <no of worker> ( Using this option, we can achieve multi instance of
Odoo server in order to serve more client requests. )
● email_from :- Specify the SMTP email address for sending email
● smtp_server :- Specify the SMTP server for sending email
● smtp_port :- Specify the SMTP port
● smtp_ssl :- If passed, SMTP connections will be encrypted with SSL (STARTTLS)
● smtp_user :- Specify the SMTP username for sending email
● smtp_password :- Specify the SMTP password for sending email
● csv_internal_sep :- Specify the default separator for csv file

Example of my odoo_server.conf file.
[options]
; This is the password that allows database operations:
admin_passwd = your_custom_super_password
db_host = localhost
db_port = 5432
db_user = odoo
db_password = odoo
addons_path = /opt/odoo/odoo/addons,/opt/odoo/odoo/openerp/addons,/opt/odoo/custom_addons
logfile = /opt/odoo/log/odoo.log
logrotate = True
data_dir = /opt/odoo/filestore

Create log folder for Odoo.
● mkdir /opt/odoo/log
● sudo touch /opt/odoo/log/odoo.log
If logrotate option is used in odoo_server.conf file then, system will rotate
log file each day with datewise names inside /opt/odoo/log/ folder.

Create custom_addons folder for storing customised / community
modules.
● Add custom addon folder's path into addon_path option of
odoo_server.conf file.
It is not good to transfer custom/community modules to Odoo's default
addon folders. Instead, we shall transfer them to custom_addons folder.
● We have already setup path in odoo_server.conf file's addons_path option.

Create filestore folder for Odoo ( Optional !! use only if specific need )
● sudo mkdir /opt/odoo/filestore
It's advisable that you store all files/attachments to physical folder instead of
saving them on database. When so many files are saved in database then it's size
will be too much large. That can cause too much problems.
● We have already setup “data_dir” option to odoo_server.conf file in previous slide.
● By setting that option, by default your all attachments will store on physical
folder under /opt/odoo/filestore folder. Separate folder per each database will be
created and under that folder & your attachment will be stored over there. All
your attachment will be created in encrypted mode.

Create filestore folder for Odoo ( Optional !! use only if specific need )
● Another feature of “data_dir” option is, when you install any App from
Settings >> Modules >> Apps menu, automatically module will downloaded
to /opt/odoo/filestore/addons folder.

Make directory as under :
● sudo mkdir /var/lib/odoo
● chown -R odoo.root /var/lib/odoo

Setup wkhtmltopdf :
● It is required for to convert all Odoo reports from html to pdf.
● sudo wget
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wkhtmltopdf/files/0.12.2.1/wkhtmltox
-0.12.2.1_linux-trusty-amd64.deb
● sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-trusty-amd64.deb
● sudo cp /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf /usr/bin
● sudo cp /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltoimage /usr/bin

Setup Odoo init file
● sudo cp /opt/odoo/odoo/debian/init /etc/init.d/odoo ( In case if you don't
want to copy file and generate your own then I have written the ideal file
content on next slide)
● sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/odoo
● Let us first understand the necessary options of that file

Setup Odoo init file : ( Main options to configure properly inside that file )
● DAEMON ( Odoo executable file path )
● NAME (Service Name)
● DESC (Service Description)
● CONFIG (Odoo configuration file we made earlier )
● LOGFILE ( No need to define here because we already included in conf file
earlier in odoo_server.conf )
● PIDFILE ( This file will contain process ID for Odoo. )
● USER ( System user which we added earlier )
● export LOGNAME=$USER

Setup Odoo init file :
● In case if you don't want to copy that file and generate own file then I have
added ideal content on next slide. Those will be in 5 parts. Just copy and
paste them to /etc/init.d/odoo file.
● Let's see.

Setup Odoo init file : ( Part 1 )
#!/bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: odoo.py
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start odoo daemon at boot time
# Description: Enable service provided by daemon.
# X-Interactive: true
### END INIT INFO
## more info: http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts

. /lib/lsb/init-functions
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
DAEMON=/opt/odoo/odoo/odoo.py
NAME=odoo
DESC=odoo
CONFIG=/opt/odoo/conf/odoo_server.conf
PIDFILE=/var/run/${NAME}.pid
USER=odoo
export LOGNAME=$USER
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
set -e

function _start() {
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --chuid $USER:root --background
--make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON -- --config $CONFIG
}
function _stop() {
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --oknodo --retry 3
rm -f $PIDFILE
}
function _status() {
start-stop-daemon --status --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE
return $?
}

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
_start
echo "ok"
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
_stop
echo "ok"
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
_stop
sleep 1
_start
echo "ok"
;;

status)
echo -n "Status of $DESC: "
_status && echo "running" || echo "stopped"
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0

Let's start Odoo
● /etc/init.d/odoo start ( in order to start Odoo system )
● /etc/init.d/odoo stop ( in order to stop Odoo system )
● /etc/init.d/odoo restart ( in order to restart Odoo system )
● /etc/init.d/odoo status ( in order to see status of Odoo service )

Odoo Setup is done !!

Autostart setting of Odoo at server startup time :
● By executing following command your Odoo instance will be started
automatically when your ubuntu server will be restart.
● sudo update-rc.d odoo defaults

Installation Complete
Up to now we have successfully set up Odoo system by all proper
configurations with perfect steps and with standard directory
structure.
We will see some useful tips on next slide.

Tips
● Don't forget to update github branch on time to time in order to
get latest update from Odoo. ( /opt/odoo/odoo)
● Don't forget to take backup of your live database at regular
interval.
● Use db_backup_ept module for automatic backup of your
database. ( Download from our website. )
● Tranfer community module into custom_addons instead of direct
move to Odoo's standard addon folder.

Tips
● Never set an easy password for Database user.
● Set complex password for super admin which is specified in
odoo_server.conf as admin_passwd option and make it enable.
● Run your Odoo server on secure ssl mode. ( Don't know how to
do it ? Don't worry. In next slides we have added exclusively for
you.)
● Always follow standard directory structure for Odoo setup. (We
have shown standard directory structure in previous slide.)

Tips
● Start your server in multi worker mode in order to make Odoo's
processing fast. ( workers option in odoo_server.conf )
● Setup file/attachment storage over physical disk instead of in
database tables.
● Test html-->pdf reports in order to verify proper wkhtmltopdf
installation.
● Transfer your database backup to another place at some amount
of time. In case of accidential crash of your server you can restore
your database.

Tips
● Backup and transfer your community modules to another place
at some amount of time.
● Clear /tmp folder of your server at regular time.
● At least server capacity shall be 4 GB RAM ( minimum), 100 GB
HDD & 8 core CPUs.
● Skip installation of unnecessary modules.
● Use plug & play approach in which module shall be installed
only when that feature is needed.

Tips
● Set proper access rights & rules in case of multi user access in
your Odoo system.
● Set custom filters in order to prevent large amount of
unnecessary data in list view. ( For instance, I prefer to set
custom filter of only “my tasks”. So that out of numerous tasks
for whole staff of company, I can see only mine which matters
most of the time. )

Tips
● Community modules are not advisable to install directly on live
server. It may crash your live server sometimes !!!
Instead, first craft them with some Odoo experts and let them
install for you after proper testing.

Set up Odoo in ssl mode (Optional)
● sudo apt-get install apache2
● sudo a2enmod ssl proxy_http headers rewrite
● sudo mkdir /etc/ssl/openerp
● Go inside that folder and apply following commands.
● openssl genrsa -des3 -out oeserver.pkey 1024
● openssl rsa -in oeserver.pkey -out oeserver.key
● openssl req -new -key oeserver.key -out oeserver.csr
● openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in oeserver.csr -signkey oeserver.key
-out oeserver.crt

● touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/openerp
● Open that file for editing.
● vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/openerp
● Add content which is specified on next slide

<VirtualHost *:443>
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/openerp/oeserver.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/openerp/oeserver.key
ProxyRequests Off
<Proxy *>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Proxy>
ProxyVia On
ProxyPass / http://[your IP]:8069/
<location />
ProxyPassReverse /
</location>
RequestHeader set “X-Forwarded-Proto” “https”
SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1
</VirtualHost>

● sudo a2ensite openerp
● service apache2 reload ( Reload apache server )
● Access your ERP by following url in browser.
https://45.55.190.63

Access ERP from domain instead of IP (Optional)
● If I want to access my Odoo with domain name like
https://demo.emiprotechnologies.com instead of
https://45.55.190.63
● In case of If you want to access ERP by your domain name then
you need to set your virtualhost file like in next slide.

Access ERP from domain instead of IP (Optional)
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName demo.emiprotechnologies.com
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/openerp/oeserver.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/openerp/oeserver.key
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
<Proxy *>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Proxy>
ProxyVia On
ProxyPass / http://45.55.190.63:8069/
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8069/
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyErrorOverride Off
RequestHeader set “X-Forwarded-Proto” “https”
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/webclient-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/webclient-access.log combined
SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1
</VirtualHost>

Thank you !
We have covered almost all necessary settings for Odoo
installation with live example.
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