As mentioned earlier, the Odoo platform comes in two variants: a community version
and an enterprise version. Both community and enterprise editions are available
for installation in on premise, cloud-based, and online versions of the feature
based on the activities you need to perform to run the business. With Odoo, you
can choose one of these hosting options for the Odoo platform. There are three main
ways to host Odoo: First is the web version of Odoo, which you access with a unique
login and access to the platform and is used to manage your business. In addition,
Odoo online is only available in the enterprise version. Therefore, you will not
be able to use this version of Odoo immediately after installation. Editing of Odoo
Online's functionality is also limited, but you can customize the options offered
by each module. The existing Studio module allows you to make further changes and
create new applications, but only in the established way of working in Odoo Online.
Another is cloud-based hosting, where Odoo platforms can be configured to run on
a cloud platform, which can be on-premise or on a dedicated or shared server, depending
on your needs. And now Odoo.Sh can be used to manage a company where Odoo provides
a server. These are the options you need to set up Odoo hosting and manage your
business. Let's move on to the next section, which will help you understand the
installation aspects of Odoo and how to set up a specific database for Odoo.
Odoo can be installed and used on both Windows and Linux-based platforms, allowing
users to run their business using Odoo on two well-known operating systems. If Odoo
is installed on a Linux-based machine, the configuration file can be downloaded
from the Odoo official website. For Windows, you can download Odoo from the official
website by selecting the Odoo version you need and the corresponding Windows version.
Let's proceed with a thorough understanding of both installation factors.
How to install Odoo in a Linux-based(Ubuntu) system?
Odoo can be used with Linux if properly configured based on the operating system
and version of Odoo. You can set up Odoo on your Linux-based computer using the
methods below.
Step 1: First, update your server and system to the latest available
feature version.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Step 2: The next step is to set up and secure a dedicated server
for operations after the servers are upgraded.
sudo apt-get install openssh-server fail2ban
Step 3: After the server is configured, you need to create a new
Odoo user to act as an administrator and monitor operations.
sudo adduser --system --home=/opt/odoo --group odoo
Step 4: You can configure the Odoo platform on your Linux-based
system using PostgreSQL. First, install Postgres with the following Python code:
sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
You should now switch from PostgreSQL to Postgres, which will allow you to create
and further manage your Odoo database:
sudo apt-get install postgresql
Once Postgres is installed, log in to Postgres to create a new user for our Instance.
sudo su - postgres
Now, if you are using Odoo 17 to install, you should create an Odoo 17 user:
createuser --createdb --username postgres --no-createrole --no-superuser --pwprompt
odoo17
To gain access to advanced optional features, the newly created user in Odoo 17
should be configured as the root user, giving them system administrators:
psql
ALTER USER odoo17 WITH SUPERUSER;
Finally, exit out from the psql and Postgres:
\q
exit
Step 5: Next, we need to install the Odoo dependencies on the dependencies
specified for the platform.
sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
Install Odoo platform dependency packages and libraries:
sudo apt-get install python-dev python3-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev
libsasl2-dev libldap2-dev build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev libmysqlclient-dev
libjpeg-dev libpq-dev libjpeg8-dev liblcms2-dev libblas-dev libatlas-base-dev
Finally, you should verify the installation with the newly installed dependencies:
sudo apt-get install -y npm
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
sudo npm install -g less less-plugin-clean-css
sudo apt-get install -y node-less
Step 6: Next, Github should be cloned:
Initially install the Github in the server and then clone it:
sudo apt-get install git
Don't forget to edit the system user before cloning, because according to Odoo it
can't be done afterwards:
sudo su - odoo -s /bin/bash
You should perform the cloning form repository and respective branch of Github:
git clone https://www.github.com/odoo/odoo --depth 1 --branch 17.0
--single-branch.
At last exit from the cloning and continue with the installation of Odoo:
exit
Step 7: The next step is to install all required Python packages:
First, you need to install and configure the packages with pip3:
sudo pip3 install -r /opt/odoo/requirements.txt
Next, you need to download and install wkhtmltopdf for Odoo platform to support
PDF report function:
Sudo wget: https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.5/wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.bionic_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.bionic_amd64.deb sudo apt install -f
Step 8: Last but not least, you need to configure Odoo and related
services.
Create a configuration file for platform features in the Odoo folder that can be
copied to a specific location:
sudo cp /opt/odoo/debian/odoo.conf /etc/odoo.conf
Add all the required details to the file:
sudo nano /etc/odoo.conf
Update the configuration file:
[options] ; This is the password that allows database operations: admin_passwd
= admin db_host = False db_port = False db_user = odoo17 db_password
= False addons_path = /opt/odoo/addons logfile = /var/log/odoo/odoo.log
Define and set up the access rights to files:
sudo chown odoo: /etc/odoo.conf sudo chmod 640 /etc/odoo.conf
Next, create a directory of logs for the operations in Odoo:
sudo mkdir /var/log/odoo
Define and configure Odoo user access to the specified folder:
sudo chown odoo:root /var/log/odoo
Next, configure the required Odoo services:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/odoo.service
Now you need to put the snippet defined below in the file:
[Unit] Description=Odoo Documentation=http://www.odoo.com [Service]
# Ubuntu/Debian convention: Type=simple User=odoo ExecStart=/opt/odoo/odoo-bin
-c /etc/odoo.conf [Install] WantedBy=default.target
Next, you need to assign the root user to the file you created:
sudo chmod 755 /etc/systemd/system/odoo.service
sudo chown root: /etc/systemd/system/odoo.service
Step 8: Finally, you need to run Odoo. First, launch the Odoo platform
with the following command:
sudo systemctl start odoo.service
Next, you need to check the status of the platform:
sudo systemctl status odoo.service
If the status shows that it is active, use the following URL to access the platform.
“http://:8069”
Additionally, the log file can be checked with the command:
sudo tail -f /var/log/odoo/odoo.log
After booting your computer, run the following command to start Odoo services:
sudo systemctl enable odoo.service
Your Odoo platform is effectively implemented and ready to run on a Linux-based
system if you follow the steps above.
Now let's take a look at how to install the Odoo platform on Windows-based computers
or devices.