Update and upgrade
Before we get into the installation process, you should definitely update and upgrade Ubuntu.
Open a terminal window and issue the commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Note: Should the kernel upgrade, you'll have to reboot the server.
Because of this, make sure you run the update/upgrade commands at a time when a reboot is acceptable.
Dependency installation
There are a few dependencies to install. The good news is that they can all be installed with a single command:
sudo apt install git python3-pip build-essential wget python3-dev python3-venv python3-wheel libxslt-dev libzip-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev python3-setuptools node-less postgresql
Creating the necessary users
The first step in the installation is to create a user named odoo. To do this, issue the following command:
sudo useradd -m -d /opt/odoo -U -r -s /bin/bash odoo
With the standard user created, we also need to create a PostgreSQL user of the same name. Issue the command:
sudo su - postgres -c "createuser -s odoo"
Installing ODOO
Now we're ready to install ODOO. First change to the odoo user with the command:
sudo su - odoo
Now we're going to clone the 12.0 branch from git (into the /opt directory) with the command:
git clone https://www.github.com/odoo/odoo --depth 1 --branch 12.0 /opt/odoo/odoo12
Issue the command cd /opt/odoo, and then create a new virtual environment with the command:
python3 -m venv odoo12-venv
Active the environment with the command:
source odoo12-venv/bin/activate
Install the necessary Python modules, via pip3, with the commands:
pip3 install wheel
pip3 install -r odoo12/requirements.txt
The second of the two above commands takes roughly 5-10 minutes. Once it completes, deactivate the environment, and exit back to the standard user with the commands:
deactivate
exit
You need to install the wkhtml2pdf library for the system to generate pdf files:
sudo wget https://builds.wkhtmltopdf.org/0.12.1.3/wkhtmltox_0.12.1.3-1~bionic_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox_0.12.1.3-1~bionic_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf /usr/bin
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltoimage /usr/bin
In order to make use of the powerful add-on system, you must create a new directory. Do this (and give it the necessary ownership) with the commands:
sudo mkdir /opt/odoo/custom-addons
sudo chown odoo: /opt/odoo/custom-addons
You may copy your custom addons developed by you or got from a thrid party to this folder and add this path in configuration file later.
You may copy your custom addons developed by you or got from a thrid party to this folder and add this path in configuration file later.
Create a new configuration file for ODOO with the command:
sudo cp /opt/odoo/odoo12/debian/odoo.conf /etc/odoo12.conf
Open that file
sudo nano /etc/odoo12.conf
Copy & paste the following config options in that file : [select the text and ctrl+c for copy and right click on the terminal for paste]
Copy & paste the following config options in that file : [select the text and ctrl+c for copy and right click on the terminal for paste]
[options]
; This is the password that allows database operations:
admin_passwd = Password
db_host = False
db_port = False
db_user = odoo
db_password = False
addons_path = /opt/odoo/odoo12/addons
Where Password is a unique (and strong) password.
Save and close that file.
In order for ODOO to run as a service, you must create a systemd file. Issue the command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/odoo12.service
The contents of that file must be:
[Unit]
Description=Odoo12
Requires=postgresql.service
After=network.target postgresql.service
[Service]
Type=simple
SyslogIdentifier=odoo12
PermissionsStartOnly=true
User=odoo
Group=odoo
ExecStart=/opt/odoo/odoo12-venv/bin/python3 /opt/odoo/odoo12/odoo-bin -c /etc/odoo12.conf
StandardOutput=journal+console
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Reload the systemd daemon, and then start ODOO with the commands:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start odoo12
Enable ODOO start at boot with the command:
sudo systemctl enable odoo12
