Create a user for the OpenERP application
Install PostgreSQL database and add odoo as a postgres superuser
sudo su – postgres –c “createuser –s odoo” 2> /dev/null || true
sudo su postgres
psql template1
ALTER ROLE odoo WITH password ‘XXXXX’;
\q
exit
Change the postgesql.conf file to accept connections on all interfaces (development use only)
Find the listen parameter and remove the # and listen to adress *
Change the pg_hba.conf file to change the way authentication takes place
Find the following line
hosts all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
to:
hosts all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
If you want to connect to the postgres database from your machine you need to add a new line to the Ipv4 part of this file: Example is for a network 192.168.1.0/24.
Install the required dependicies for ODOO
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 bzr git wget python–mock python–unittest2 python–jinja2 –y
Install latest gdata-python-client from http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/downloads/list
tar zxvf gdata–2.0.17.tar.gz
cd gdata–2.0.17/
sudo python setup.py install
Install ODOO 7.0 from Github
git clone https://www.github.com/odoo/odoo —branch 7.0
chown –R odoo: *
exit
Configure the ODOO application
sudo chown odoo: /etc/odoo–server.conf
sudo chmod 640 /etc/odoo–server.conf
In the /etc/odoo-server.conf file you need to following lines.
change the line: (in vi use a to start editing)
db_password = false
with:
db_password = XXXXXX
logfile = /var/log/odoo/odoo–server.log
Save the file (ESC :w)
Create a dir for the log file and give the correct permissions
sudo chown odoo:root /var/log/odoo
Check if the server works
python /opt/odoo/server/openerp–server —config=/etc/odoo–server.conf
Check it using your brwoser and go to: http://[ip or dns name of server]:8069
You should see the login screen or database creation of ODOO
Press CTRL+C to stop the server and use exit to get out of the openerp user shell
Installing a boot script (if you want a boot script)
Use the follwing script: (first press the a to add lines and copy the script)
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: odoo-server
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Should-Start: $network
# Should-Stop: $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Business Applications
# Description: ODOO Business Applications.
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/opt/odoo/server/openerp–server
NAME=odoo–server
DESC=odoo–server
# Specify the user name (Default: openerp).
USER=odoo
# Specify an alternate config file (Default: /etc/odoo-server.conf).
CONFIGFILE=“/etc/odoo-server.conf”
# pidfile
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
# Additional options that are passed to the Daemon.
DAEMON_OPTS=“-c $CONFIGFILE”
[ –x $DAEMON ] || exit 0
[ –f $CONFIGFILE ] || exit 0
checkpid() {
[ –f $PIDFILE ] || return 1
pid=`cat $PIDFILE`
[ –d /proc/$pid ] && return 0
return 1
}
case “${1}” in
start)
echo –n “Starting ${DESC}: “
start–stop–daemon —start —quiet —pidfile ${PIDFILE} \
—chuid ${USER} —background —make–pidfile \
—exec ${DAEMON} — ${DAEMON_OPTS}
echo “${NAME}.”
;;
stop)
echo –n “Stopping ${DESC}: “
start–stop–daemon —stop —quiet —pidfile ${PIDFILE} \
—oknodo
echo “${NAME}.”
;;
restart|force–reload)
echo –n “Restarting ${DESC}: “
start–stop–daemon —stop —quiet —pidfile ${PIDFILE} \
—oknodo
sleep 1
start–stop–daemon —start —quiet —pidfile ${PIDFILE} \
—chuid ${USER} —background —make–pidfile \
—exec ${DAEMON} — ${DAEMON_OPTS}
echo “${NAME}.”
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/${NAME}
echo “Usage: ${NAME} {start|stop|restart|force-reload}” >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
Save the file (ESC :w)
Check if the server works
sudo /etc/init.d/odoo–server start
You should now be able to view the logfile and see that the server has started
and check it using your brwoser and go to: http://[ip or dns name of server]:8069
You should see the login screen or database creation of OpenERP
Change the (super)admin password of openerp. Click on Manage Databases (perhaps you’re already here). Change the password.
It adds the password in plain text in the /etc/odoo-server.conf file, that’s why we changed the permissions on this file!
Stop the server
Automatic Startup and Shutdown
If you reboot the server everything should be working.
