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This is a step-by-step guide on how to setup odoo from souce and using Docker to create a PostgreSQL database and build an Odoo server on Ubuntu.

Note: This guide demonstrates usage in the /root directory. You may use any user account of your choice.

Upload Project Files

Use a tool like MobaXterm to upload files to your server.

Download the free version here: MobaXterm

After downloading and installing, connect to your Ubuntu server and upload the zip file.

PostgreSQL Docker Compose Setup

• Upload the file postgresql.zip to the /root folder.
• Unzip it:

cd /root
unzip -o postgresql.zip

Expected output:

Archive:  postgresql.zip
  creating: postgresql/data/
 inflating: postgresql/docker-compose.yml

Here is the docker-compose.yml content:

services:
  postgres_db:
    image: postgres:16
    container_name: postgres_db
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=postgres
      - POSTGRES_USER=odoo
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=your-password
    ports:
      - "5539:5432"
    volumes:
      - /root/postgresql/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - internal_shared_net
      
    shm_size:'9g'

networks:
  internal_shared_net:
    external: true

Note: PostgreSQL data is stored in /root/postgresql/data, so it persists even if the container is removed.

When deploying multiple containers using Docker Compose, using a shared network allows containers to communicate internally using service names instead of fixed IP addresses.

The internal_shared_net network allows other containers (like Odoo) to connect to PostgreSQL.

To create the external Docker network:

docker network create internal_shared_net

If you already have an existing external Docker network, update your network configuration in the docker-compose.yml file

You should also set the shm_size parameter in the Docker Compose file to avoid a "disk full" error like shown in the screenshot. The shm_size should be greater than the value of shared_buffers in the postgresql.conf.

For example: shared_buffers = 8GB, shm_size = '9g'.

Navigate to the project folder and start the container:

cd /root/postgresql/
docker compose up -d

If You encounter error: postgres_db | initdb: error: directory "/var/lib/postgresql/data" exists but is not empty You need to delete the data folder, then create the folder again.

You should see logs similar to:

postgres_db | creating subdirectories ... ok
postgres_db | syncing data to disk ... ok

To enter the container and connect to PostgreSQL:

docker exec -it postgres_db /bin/bash
psql -h postgres_db -U odoo -d postgres

Setup Odoo 15

Next, upload odoo15_docker.zip to /root and unzip it:

cd /root
unzip odoo15_docker.zip

Odoo Docker Compose

services:
  odoo_container:
    container_name: odoo_15
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    ports:
      - "8869:8069"
      - "8872:8072"
    volumes:
      - ./custom-addons:/opt/odoo15/custom-addons/
      - ./logs:/var/log/odoo/
      - ./config/odoo15.conf:/etc/odoo15.conf
      - ./odoo-data:/opt/odoo15/.local/share/Odoo/
      - ./lib:/opt/odoo15/.local/lib # python lib
      - ./bin:/opt/odoo15/.local/bin #python bin
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - internal_shared_net

networks:
  internal_shared_net:
    external: true

The custom-addons folder is mounted into the container to store custom Odoo modules.
The logs folder is mounted to persist Odoo logs outside the container.
The configuration file odoo15.conf is also mounted from the host.

Set permission for folder logs

cd /root/odoo15_docker/
chmod -R  777 logs
chmod -R 777 odoo-data/
chmod -R 777 lib/
chmod -R 777 bin/

Odoo Configuration File: config/odoo15.conf

[options]
admin_passwd = your_password
logfile = /var/log/odoo/odoo.log
db_host = postgres_db
db_port = 5432
db_user = odoo
db_password = your_password_db

; Addons path
addons_path = /opt/odoo15/odoo/addons,/opt/odoo15/custom-addons
server_wide_modules = base,web

Note: if you set workers, you must enable proxy = True and using nginx as reverse proxy

workers = 4
max_cron_threads = 2
proxy = True

Odoo Dockerfile

FROM ubuntu:22.04

LABEL maintainer="MrHieu84-nnhieu.htb@gmail.com"
ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
# Set the timezone to Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh (Saigon, Vietnam)
ENV TZ=Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh

# Set timezone
RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime  \
    && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone

# Update the system and install necessary packages
RUN apt-get update && \
    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    git \
    wget \
    unzip \
    openssh-server \
    python3-pip \
    build-essential \
    python3-dev \
    python3-venv \
    python3-wheel \
    libfreetype6-dev \
    libxml2-dev \
    libzip-dev \
    libldap2-dev \
    libsasl2-dev \
    python3-setuptools \
    node-less \
    libjpeg-dev \
    zlib1g-dev \
    libpq-dev \
    libxslt1-dev \
    libtiff5-dev \
    libjpeg8-dev \
    libopenjp2-7-dev \
    liblcms2-dev \
    libwebp-dev \
    libharfbuzz-dev \
    libfribidi-dev \
    libxcb1-dev \
    wkhtmltopdf \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Create user odoo15 with home directory and shell
RUN useradd -m -d /opt/odoo15 -U -r -s /bin/bash odoo15
USER odoo15

# Clone Odoo repository
RUN git clone https://www.github.com/odoo/odoo --depth 1 --branch 15.0 /opt/odoo15/odoo

# Make the requirements file readable by all users
RUN chmod a+r /opt/odoo15/odoo/requirements.txt


USER root

# Modify requirements.txt to change gevent version, fix when install on ubuntu version 24.2, on ubuntu 22.04 don't need
RUN sed -i 's/gevent==21.8.0/gevent==24.11.1/' /opt/odoo15/odoo/requirements.txt
RUN sed -i 's/greenlet==1.1.2/greenlet==3.1.1/' /opt/odoo15/odoo/requirements.txt

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




USER odoo15

CMD ["/opt/odoo15/odoo/odoo-bin", "-c", "/etc/odoo15.conf"]

Build Odoo Image and Start the Server

Change directory and start Odoo:

cd /root/odoo15_docker/
docker compose up -d

Output:

 => [odoo_container 11/11] RUN pip3 install -r /opt/odoo15/odoo/requirements.txt        451.2s
 => [odoo_container] exporting to image                                                  62.7s
 ...

Once started, you will see logs like:

odoo_15 | INFO ? odoo.modules.loading: init db
odoo_15 | INFO mydb odoo.modules.loading: loading 1 modules...
odoo_15 | INFO mydb odoo.modules.registry: creating or updating database tables
...

• Restart Server odoo: docker restart <container_odoo>
• Install Python libraries by using docker exec -it <container_odoo> /bin/bash to access the container, and then running pip install inside it.

If You see error network internal_shared_net declared as external, but could not be found

Please create new or check your external network docker, modify in docker-compose.yml and try again

Access Odoo

Open your web browser and go to:

http://<your-server-ip>:8869

You should see the Odoo web interface:

Check git Odoo15 Docker