## After odoo was running with the command ``` ./odoo-bin -c odoo.conf ``` * I wanted to run it automatically as a Debian service, so you I don't need to worry about staring it up, logging and maintaining etc. # Setup ## I Made a config folder for the odoo config file and symlink to the debian wide /etc/odoo/ directory ``` mkdir /etc/odoo/ ln -s /var/customers/apps/odoo/odoo.conf /etc/odoo/odoo.conf ``` ## I Created a System wide odoo user, so the service use this user to run ``` adduser --system --group --home=/var/customers/apps/odoo --shell=/bin/bash odoo ``` ## I edit the blueprint oddoo service file what comes with the gid, and after I copy it to /lib/systemd/system/ folder ``` cp /var/customers/apps/odoo/debian/odoo.service /lib/systemd/system/ ``` ## Then I enabled the Service, start the service and check its status systemctl enable odoo.service systemctl start odoo systemctl status odoo ``` ## my odoo.service file ``` [Unit] Description=Odoo Open Source ERP and CRM After=network.target [Service] Type=simple User=odoo Group=odoo ExecStart=/var/customers/apps/odoo/env/bin/python3 /var/customers/apps/odoo/odoo-bin -c /etc/odoo/odoo.conf --logfile /var/log/odoo/odoo-server.log KillMode=mixed [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` ## my config odoo.conf file ``` [options] ; This is the password that allows database operations: ; admin_passwd = admin db_host = localhost db_port = 5432 db_user = odoo7 db_password = XXXXX addons_path = /var/customers/apps/odoo/addons default_productivity_apps = True ```

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### A working odoo.service ``` [Unit] Description=Odoo Open Source ERP and CRM After=network.target [Service] Type=simple User=root Group=root ExecStart=/var/customers/apps/odoo/env/bin/python3 /var/customers/apps/odoo/odoo-bin -c /etc/odoo/odoo.conf --xmlrpc-port=8070 KillMode=mixed #StandardOutput=journal+console StandardOutput=append:/var/log/odoo/odoo.log StandardError=append:/var/log/odoo/odoo.log SyslogIdentifier=Odoo [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` ### A working nginx proxy for the above odoo.service ```apache2 location / { proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8070; } ``` 17.12.24

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