How to Install Odoo 15 on Debian 11

Odoo is an open-source and full suite of business apps including, ERP, CRM, Finance, Human resource, and more. It is available in different editions depending on what’s right for you. It can be used for a lot of different industries including, Sales, Operations, Manufacturing, Marketing, Human resource, Finance and more. The biggest strengths of Odoo is integrated scalability, user-friendly, flexible, and customizable. It is written in Python and helps you manage your business and be more efficient wherever you are.

In this post, we will show you how to install Odoo15 on Debian 11.

Prerequisites

  • A Debian 11 (we’ll be using our SSD 2 VPS plan)
  • Access to the root user account (or access to an admin account with root privileges)

Log in and Update the Server:

Log in to your Debian 11 VPS via SSH as user root (You can use a superuser account if the root is not available. Our VPSes come with root access included):

ssh root@IP_Address -p Port_number

Don’t forget to replace ‘IP_Address’ and ‘Port_number’ with the actual IP address of your server and the SSH service port. The default SSH port is 22.

Run the following commands to make sure that all installed packages on your Debian 11 VPS are updated to their latest available versions:

apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y

Install Required Dependencies

Odoo is written in Python so you will need to install Python and other required dependencies to your server. You can install all of them using the following command:

apt-get install python3-pip python-dev python3-dev libxml2-dev libpq-dev liblcms2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev libsasl2-dev libldap2-dev build-essential git libssl-dev libffi-dev libjpeg-dev libblas-dev libatlas-base-dev

After installing all the Python dependencies, install Node.js and other dependencies using the following command:

apt-get install npm
npm install -g less less-plugin-clean-css
apt-get install node-less

Next, install the wkhtmltopdf tool using the following command:

apt-get install wkhtmltopdf

Install and Configure PostgreSQL

Next, you will need to install the PostgreSQL database server package to your server. You can install it using the following command:

apt-get install postgresql -y

After the installation, log in to PostgreSQL and create an Odoo user with the following command:

su - postgres
createuser --createdb --username postgres --no-createrole --no-superuser --pwprompt odoo15
psql
ALTER USER odoo15 WITH SUPERUSER;

Next, exit from the PostgreSQL shell with the following command:

\q
exit

Install and Configure Odoo15

It is recommended to run Odoo as a separate user. So create a new user for Odoo15 with the following command:

useradd -m -d /opt/odoo15 -U -r -s /bin/bash odoo15

Next, log in to Odoo15 user and download the Odoo15 by running the following command:

su - odoo15
git clone https://www.github.com/odoo/odoo --depth 1 --branch 15.0 /opt/odoo15/odoo

Next, exit from the Odoo15 user with the following command:

exit

Next, install other Odoo dependencies using the following command:

pip3 install -r /opt/odoo15/odoo/requirements.txt

Next, copy the Odoo sample configuration file to the /etc directory:

cp /opt/odoo15/odoo/debian/odoo.conf /etc/odoo.conf

Next, edit the Odoo15 configuration file:

nano /etc/odoo.conf

Change the following lines:

[options]
   ; This is the password that allows database operations:
   admin_passwd = adminpassword
   db_host = False
   db_port = False
   db_user = odoo15
   db_password = False
   xmlrpc_interface = 127.0.0.1
   proxy_mode = True
   addons_path = /opt/odoo15/odoo/addons
   logfile = /var/log/odoo/odoo.log

Save and close the file then set proper ownership to the Odoo configuration file:

chown odoo15: /etc/odoo.conf

Next, create a log directory for Odoo and set proper ownership:

mkdir /var/log/odoo
chown odoo15:root /var/log/odoo

Create a Systemd Service File for Odoo15

Next, create a systemd service file for Odoo15 to manage the Odoo instance.

nano /etc/systemd/system/odoo15.service

Add the following lines:

[Unit]
   Description=Odoo
   Documentation=http://www.odoo.com
[Service]
   Type=simple
   User=odoo15
   ExecStart=/opt/odoo15/odoo/odoo-bin -c /etc/odoo.conf
[Install]
   WantedBy=default.target

Save and close the file then reload the systemd daemon to apply the changes:

systemctl daemon-reload

Next, start the Odoo15 service and enable it to start at system reboot:

systemctl start odoo15
systemctl enable odoo15

Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy for Odoo15

Next, you will need to configure Nginx as a reverse proxy for Odoo15. First, install the Nginx package with the following command:

apt-get install nginx -y

Next, create an Nginx virtual host configuration file:

nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/odoo15.conf

Add the following configuration:

upstream odoo {
 server 127.0.0.1:8069;
}
upstream odoochat {
 server 127.0.0.1:8072;
}
server {
 listen 80;
 server_name odoo15.yourdomain.com;
 proxy_read_timeout 720s;
 proxy_connect_timeout 720s;
 proxy_send_timeout 720s;
 # Add Headers for odoo proxy mode
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
 # log
 access_log /var/log/nginx/odoo.access.log;
 error_log /var/log/nginx/odoo.error.log;
 # Redirect longpoll requests to odoo longpolling port
 location /longpolling {
 proxy_pass http://odoochat;
 }
 # Redirect requests to odoo backend server
 location / {
   proxy_redirect off;
   proxy_pass http://odoo;
 }
 # common gzip
 gzip_types text/css text/scss text/plain text/xml application/xml application/json application/javascript;
 gzip on;
}

Save and close the file then restart the Nginx service to apply the changes:

systemctl restart nginx

Access Odoo15 Instance

At this point, Odoo15 is installed and running. You can now access the Odoo15 instance using the URL http://odoo15.yourdomain.com. You should see the following screen:

Provide your Odoo15 master password, database name, and password and click on the Create database button.

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