How to setup Odoo16 on Ubuntu | AWS

Introduction

Odoo is one of the most popular ERP(Enterprise resource planning) Software used for Project Management, Sales Management, accounting, etc. by large companies worldwide.

Step#1 Prepare the Environment

Update System

$ sudo apt update

Install Git

Git is a source code management tool widely used for software source code management.

you can install git in linux using the below command

$ sudo apt install git -y

Install Python & PIP

Python, as you must be familiar, is a programming language used to built a vast range of web applications including websites, portals & APIs.

PIP is a dependency manager for Python. You can add different Python packages using pip commands

Python can be installed by the following command-

$ sudo apt install python3-pip -y

Install Python Dependencies

$ sudo apt install -y build-essential wget python3-dev python3-venv python3-wheel libfreetype6-dev libxml2-dev libzip-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev python3-setuptools node-less libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev libpq-dev libxslt1-dev libldap2-dev libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev libopenjp2-7-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev arfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev libxcb1-dev

Add New System User odoo

$ sudo adduser odoo

Step#2 Install & Configure Postgresql
$ sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib -y

$ sudo systemctl start postgresql

$ sudo systemctl enable postgresql

$ sudo passwd postgres

$ su - postgres

$ createuser odoo

$ psql

postgres# ALTER USER odoo WITH CREATEDB;

postgres# \q

exit;

Install WKHTMLTOPDF
sudo wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6-1/wkhtmltox_0.12.6-1.bionic_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./wkhtmltox_0.12.6-1.bionic_amd64.deb -y

Step#3 Download & Configure Odoo16

Make Odoo Directory & set correct permissions
$ sudo mkdir -p /opt/odoo/odoo

$ sudo chown -R odoo /opt/odoo

$ sudo chgrp -R odoo /opt/odoo

Switch user to odoo & download odoo16

$ sudo su - odoo

$ git clone https://www.github.com/odoo/odoo --depth 1 --branch 16.0 /opt/odoo/odoo

$ cd /opt/odoo

Create Virtual Environment

$ python3 -m venv odoo-venv

Activate Virtual Environment

$ source odoo-venv/bin/activate

Install Odoo Dependencies

$ pip3 install wheel

$ pip3 install -r odoo/requirements.txt

Deactivate Virtual Environment

$ deactivate

Create Addons folder

$ mkdir /opt/odoo/odoo-custom-addons

$ exit

Create Odoo configuration file

$ sudo nano /etc/odoo.conf

"[options]"

; This is the password that allows database operations:

admin_passwd = StrongMasterPassword

db_host = False

db_port = False

db_user = odoo

db_password = False

addons_path = /opt/odoo/odoo/addons,/opt/odoo/odoo-custom-addons

Create Odoo Service

$ sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/odoo.service

[Unit]

Description=Odoo16

Requires=postgresql.service

After=network.target postgresql.service

[Service]

Type=simple

SyslogIdentifier=odoo

PermissionsStartOnly=true

User=odoo

Group=odoo

ExecStart=/opt/odoo/odoo-venv/bin/python3 /opt/odoo/odoo/odoo-bin -c /etc/odoo.conf

StandardOutput=journal+console

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reload System

$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Start & Enable Odoo Server on startup

$ sudo systemctl start odoo

$ sudo systemctl enable odoo

Check Status of Odoo server

$ sudo systemctl status odoo

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