Storing the instance configuration in a file

The odoo-bin script has dozens of options, and it is tedious to remember them all, as well as remembering to set them properly when starting the server. Fortunately, it is possible to store them all in a configuration file and to only specify by hand the ones you want to alter, for example, for development.

How to do it...

For this recipe, perform the following steps:

1. To generate a configuration file for your Odoo instance, run the following command:

   $ ./odoo-bin --save --config myodoo.cfg --stop-after-init

2. You can add additional options, and their values will be saved in the generated file. All the unset options will be saved with their default value set. To get a list of possible options, use the following command:

   $ ./odoo-bin --help | less

   This will provide you with some help about what the various options perform.

3. To convert from the command-line form to the configuration form, use the long option name, remove the...