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Install Odoo 17 on Ubuntu 22
Full Odoo 17 deployment with PostgreSQL, Python venv, systemd service, and Apache reverse proxy.
Prerequisites
- Ubuntu 22.04 server with at least 2 GB RAM
- PostgreSQL knowledge helpful
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Update Ubuntu system packages
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Install Odoo dependencies
sudo apt install -y git wget nodejs npm python3 build-essential libzip-dev python3-dev libxslt1-dev python3-pip libldap2-dev python3-wheel libsasl2-dev python3-venv python3-setuptools node-less libjpeg-dev xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base libpq-dev libffi-dev fontconfig
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Install wkhtmltopdf and rtlcss
sudo npm install -g rtlcss wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6.1-2/wkhtmltox_0.12.6.1-2.jammy_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox_0.12.6.1-2.jammy_amd64.deb
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Create odoo system user and install PostgreSQL
sudo adduser --system --group --home=/opt/odoo --shell=/bin/bash odoo sudo apt install -y postgresql sudo systemctl enable --now postgresql sudo su - postgres -c "createuser -s odoo"
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Clone Odoo 17 and install Python requirements
cd /opt/odoo sudo -u odoo git clone https://github.com/odoo/odoo.git --depth 1 --branch 17.0 --single-branch odoo-server cd /opt/odoo/odoo-server sudo -u odoo python3 -m venv venv sudo -u odoo bash -c 'source venv/bin/activate && pip3 install wheel && pip3 install -r requirements.txt'
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Create /etc/odoo-server.conf
sudo mkdir -p /var/log/odoo && sudo chown odoo:odoo /var/log/odoo sudo tee /etc/odoo-server.conf > /dev/null <<'EOF' [options] admin_passwd = ChangeMe_Strong_Master_Password db_user = odoo addons_path = /opt/odoo/odoo-server/addons logfile = /var/log/odoo/odoo-server.log log_level = info EOF sudo chown odoo:odoo /etc/odoo-server.conf sudo chmod 640 /etc/odoo-server.conf
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Create systemd service unit
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Allow port 8069 in firewall
sudo ufw allow 8069
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Install Apache HTTP Server
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Apache reverse proxy to local app
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Install Certbot for Apache
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