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...