odoo-bin and the configuration file

Command-line options and odoo.conf: database, addons path, install/update, dev mode, tests, workers, limits, logging and subcommands.

In this lesson

Everyday command-line options
Subcommands
odoo.conf options

Key points

-c, -d, -i, -u, --stop-after-init, --addons-path, --dev, --test-tags, --log-handler
Subcommands: shell, scaffold, neutralize, populate, cloc
odoo.conf: admin_passwd, db_*, addons_path, data_dir, proxy_mode, workers, limits
list_db = False and dbfilter in production

Real-world example

A developer ran -u all on production at 2 p.m. to update one module; every module reloaded, the site was slow for 40 minutes and a forgotten view override broke. The team's runbook now says: update only the changed modules, out of hours, after testing the same command on staging.

Questions and answers

What does --dev=xml do?

Reads views from XML files directly so view edits appear without updating the module (development only).

What does dbfilter = ^%d$ do?

Selects the database whose name matches the request's subdomain.

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