Linux for Odoo servers

The filesystem, users and permissions, packages, systemd services, logs and networking tools on an Odoo server.

In this lesson

Where things live, and the odoo user
Packages, venvs and systemd
The daily toolkit

Key points

/etc/odoo/odoo.conf, /var/log/odoo, data_dir, /etc/nginx
Dedicated odoo user; config 640
venv for Python deps; systemd unit for the service
tail/grep logs; df, free, htop, ss, curl

Real-world example

Odoo stopped answering at 9 a.m. on a Monday. df -h showed / at 100%: a log file had grown to 60 GB because log rotation wasn't configured. Truncating it, adding logrotate and moving logs to a separate volume restored service in 15 minutes and prevented a repeat.

Questions and answers

Which ports does Odoo use by default?

8069 (HTTP) and 8072 (gevent/websocket).

What does logrotate prevent?

Log files growing until the disk fills.

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