Configuring Odoo
Once Odoo is installed, the configuration file to be used by the production service needs to be prepared.
The next sub-section provides guidance on how to do this.
Setting up the configuration file
Configuration files are expected to be in the /etc
system directory. So, the Odoo production configuration file will be stored at /etc/odoo/odoo.conf
.
To make it easier to see all of the available options, a default configuration file can be generated. This should be done by the user that will run the service.
If not done yet, create a session for the odoo
user and activate the virtual environment:
$ sudo su - odoo $ python3 -m venv /opt/odoo/env15
Now, the following command can be used to create a default configuration file:
(env15) $ odoo -c /opt/odoo/odoo.conf --save --stop-after-init
In the previous command, the -c
option sets the location of the configuration file. If not given, it defaults to ~/.odoorc
. The --save
option writes the options...