odoo Installation Guide Installation Guide

odoo is a free and open-source business management software. Odoo provides all-in-one business software including CRM, eCommerce, accounting

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 2GB minimum

Storage: 10GB for data

Network: HTTP/HTTPS access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 8069 (default odoo port)

Longpolling on 8072

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install odoo
sudo dnf install -y odoo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now odoo

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8069/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
odoo --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install odoo
sudo apt install -y odoo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now odoo

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 8069

# Verify installation
odoo --version

bash

# Install odoo
sudo pacman -S odoo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now odoo

# Verify installation
odoo --version

bash

# Install odoo
apk add --no-cache odoo

# Enable and start service
rc-update add odoo default
rc-service odoo start

# Verify installation
odoo --version

bash

# Install odoo
sudo zypper install -y odoo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now odoo

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8069/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
odoo --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install odoo

# Start service
brew services start odoo

# Verify installation
odoo --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install odoo

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'odoo_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service odoo start

# Verify installation
odoo --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install odoo

# Or using Scoop
scoop install odoo

# Verify installation
odoo --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/odoo

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
odoo --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable odoo

# Start service
sudo systemctl start odoo

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop odoo

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart odoo

# Check status
sudo systemctl status odoo

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u odoo -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add odoo default

# Start service
rc-service odoo start

# Stop service
rc-service odoo stop

# Restart service
rc-service odoo restart

# Check status
rc-service odoo status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'odoo_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service odoo start

# Stop service
service odoo stop

# Restart service
service odoo restart

# Check status
service odoo status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start odoo
brew services stop odoo
brew services restart odoo

# Check status
brew services list | grep odoo

powershell

# Start service
net start odoo

# Stop service
net stop odoo

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service odoo
Stop-Service odoo
Restart-Service odoo

# Check status
Get-Service odoo

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream odoo_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:8069;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name odoo.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name odoo.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/odoo.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/odoo.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://odoo_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName odoo.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://odoo.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName odoo.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/odoo.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/odoo.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8069/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8069/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend odoo_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/odoo.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend odoo_backend

backend odoo_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server odoo1 127.0.0.1:8069 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R odoo:odoo /etc/odoo
sudo chmod 750 /etc/odoo

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8069/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status odoo

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u odoo -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep odoo)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/odoo"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/odoo-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/odoo /var/lib/odoo

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/odoo-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop odoo

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/odoo/odoo-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start odoo

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u odoo -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/odoo/odoo.log

# Check configuration
odoo --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/odoo

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 8069

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 8069

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep odoo)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep odoo)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 8069

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  odoo:
    image: odoo:latest
    ports:
      - "8069:8069"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/odoo
      - ./data:/var/lib/odoo
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update odoo

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade odoo

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu odoo

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade odoo

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update odoo

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade odoo

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/odoo-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/odoo

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart odoo

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/odoo

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/odoo -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/odoo

Official Documentation: https://docs.odoo.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/odoo/odoo

Community Forum: https://forum.odoo.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.odoo.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

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