{"id":8645,"date":"2024-06-24T05:54:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T05:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/?p=8645"},"modified":"2024-08-05T07:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T07:38:20","slug":"install-openerp-with-four-tier-architecture-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/install-openerp-with-four-tier-architecture-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Install OpenERP with Four-Tier Architecture Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Installing OpenERP (now known as Odoo) as a four-tier architecture involves separating the application into four distinct layers: client interface, web server, application server, and database server. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to set up Odoo in this manner:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four-Tier Architecture Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Client Interface<\/strong>: Users interact with the system through a web browser or mobile app.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Web Server<\/strong>: Handles HTTP requests and serves static content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Application Server<\/strong>: Runs the Odoo application and business logic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Database Server<\/strong>: Manages data storage and retrieval.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Step-by-Step Installation Guide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    1. Database Server<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    a. Install PostgreSQL<\/strong>:
    Odoo uses PostgreSQL as its database. Install it on a dedicated server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    # Update package list\nsudo apt update\n\n# Install PostgreSQL\nsudo apt install postgresql postgresql-server-dev-all<\/mark><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    b. Configure PostgreSQL<\/strong>:
    Create a user and a database for Odoo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    sudo -i -u postgres\ncreateuser --createdb --username postgres --no-createrole --no-superuser --pwprompt odoo_user\ncreatedb --owner=odoo_user odoo_db<\/mark><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    c. Allow remote connections<\/strong>:
    Edit pg_hba.conf<\/code> and postgresql.conf<\/code> to allow connections from your application server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    sudo nano \/etc\/postgresql\/12\/main\/pg_hba.conf\n# Add the following line at the end of the file\nhost    all             all             192.168.1.0\/24            md5\n\nsudo nano \/etc\/postgresql\/12\/main\/postgresql.conf\n# Uncomment and set listen_addresses\nlisten_addresses = '*'<\/mark><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Restart PostgreSQL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    sudo systemctl restart postgresql<\/mark><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    2. Application Server<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    a. Install Odoo<\/strong>:
    Install Odoo on a separate server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    # Update package list\nsudo apt update\n\n# Install necessary packages\nsudo apt install git python3-pip build-essential wget python3-dev python3-venv libxslt-dev libzip-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev python3-setuptools node-less\n\n# Clone Odoo from the GitHub repository\ncd \/opt\nsudo git clone https:\/\/www.github.com\/odoo\/odoo --depth 1 --branch 14.0 --single-branch\nsudo chown -R odoo:odoo \/opt\/odoo\n\n# Install dependencies\ncd \/opt\/odoo\nsudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt\n\n# Create a configuration file\nsudo cp odoo\/debian\/odoo.conf \/etc\/odoo.conf\nsudo nano \/etc\/odoo.conf<\/mark><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Configure the Odoo settings in odoo.conf<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    [options]\n   ; This is the password that allows database operations:\n   admin_passwd = admin\n   db_host = 192.168.1.X  # IP address of the database server\n   db_port = 5432\n   db_user = odoo_user\n   db_password = your_password\n   addons_path = \/opt\/odoo\/addons\n   logfile = \/var\/log\/odoo\/odoo.log<\/mark><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    b. Start Odoo<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    # Create a systemd service file for Odoo\nsudo nano \/etc\/systemd\/system\/odoo.service\n\n# Add the following content\n[Unit]\nDescription=Odoo\nDocumentation=http:\/\/www.odoo.com\n[Service]\n# Ubuntu\/Debian convention:\nType=simple\nUser=odoo\nExecStart=\/usr\/bin\/python3 \/opt\/odoo\/odoo-bin -c \/etc\/odoo.conf\n[Install]\nWantedBy=default.target<\/mark><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Reload systemd and start the Odoo service:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    sudo systemctl daemon-reload\nsudo systemctl start odoo\nsudo systemctl enable odoo<\/code><\/mark><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    3. Web Server<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    a. Install Nginx<\/strong>:
    Use Nginx as a reverse proxy to handle web requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    sudo apt update\nsudo apt install nginx<\/mark><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    b. Configure Nginx<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    sudo nano \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/odoo\n\n# Add the following configuration\nserver {\n    listen 80;\n    server_name your_domain_or_ip;\n\n    access_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/odoo.access.log;\n    error_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/odoo.error.log;\n\n    proxy_buffers 16 64k;\n    proxy_buffer_size 128k;\n\n    location \/ {\n        proxy_pass http:\/\/localhost:8069;\n        proxy_set_header Host $host;\n        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;\n        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;\n        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;\n    }\n\n    location ~* \/web\/static\/ {\n        proxy_cache_valid 200 90m;\n        proxy_buffering on;\n        expires 864000;\n        proxy_pass http:\/\/localhost:8069;\n    }\n}\n\n# Enable the configuration\nsudo ln -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/odoo \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/\n\n# Test Nginx configuration\nsudo nginx -t\n\n# Restart Nginx\nsudo systemctl restart nginx<\/mark><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    4. Client Interface<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    The client interface does not require specific installation steps. Users will access Odoo through their web browsers by navigating to the web server’s domain name or IP address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    Install OpenERP with Four-Tier Architecture, which categorizes the applications into four distinct layers, such as the client interface, web server, application server, and database server. Follow all of these steps and set up Odoo in a four-tier architecture. You can distribute the load across the multiple servers to improve the performance, scalability, and security of your Odoo server solution<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    1,278 Views Installing OpenERP (now known as Odoo) as a four-tier architecture involves separating the application into four distinct layers: client interface, web server, application server, and database server. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to set up Odoo in this manner: Four-Tier Architecture Overview Step-by-Step Installation Guide 1. Database Server a. Install PostgreSQL:Odoo uses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-odoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8830,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8645\/revisions\/8830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}