install the openssh-server package (so we can connect to it remotely) and denyhosts to add a degree of brute-force attack protection<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt-get install openssh-server denyhosts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now make sure your server has all the latest versions & patches by doing an update:<\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo apt-get update<\/em> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo adduser –system –home=\/opt\/openerp –group openerp<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now run command<\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo su – openerp -s \/bin\/bash<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This will change your current terminal login to openerp user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now you can leave the openerp user\u2019s shell by typing exit<\/em>. sudo apt-get install postgresql<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n First change to the postgres user by typing<\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo su – postgres<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now create a new database user.This is so OpenERP has access rights to connect to PostgreSQL and to create and drop databases. Remember what your choice of password is here you will need it later on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n createuser –createdb –username postgres –no-createrole –no-superuser –pwprompt openerp<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Enter password for new role: ********<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Enter it again: ********<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally exit from the postgres user account:<\/p>\n\n\n\n exit<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo apt-get install python-dateutil python-docutils python-feedparser python-gdata \\<\/em> Download the latest version of the application:<\/p>\n\n\n\n wget http:\/\/nightly.openerp.com\/7.0\/nightly\/src\/openerp-7.0-latest.tar.gz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now install the code where we need it<\/p>\n\n\n\n cd \/opt\/openerp<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo tar xvf ~\/openerp-7.0-latest.tar.gz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (In place of ‘~’ write the path where you have downloaded openerp latest version. If it is root then above commant is right.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next we need to change the ownership of all the the files to the OpenERP user and group we created earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo chown -R openerp: *<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And finally, the way I have done this is to copy the server directory to something with a simpler name so that the configuration files and boot scripts don\u2019t need constant editing<\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo cp -a openerp-7.0 server<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (name openerp-7.0 may differ. Just type the name of folder you untar under \/opt\/openerp)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The default configuration file for the server (in sudo cp \/opt\/openerp\/server\/install\/openerp-server.conf \/etc\/<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo chown openerp: \/etc\/openerp-server.conf<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo chmod 640 \/etc\/openerp-server.conf<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The above commands make the file owned and writeable only by the openerp user and group and only readable by openerp and root.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now open file openerp-server<\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo nano \/etc\/openerp-server.conf<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Toward to the top of the file change the line db_password = False to the same password you used back in step 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also add a line at the end of same file<\/p>\n\n\n\n logfile = \/var\/log\/openerp\/openerp-server.log Once the configuration file is edited and saved, you can start the server just to check if it actually runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo su – openerp -s \/bin\/bash<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \/opt\/openerp\/server\/openerp-server<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you end up with a few lines eventually saying OpenERP is running and waiting for connections then you are all set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n enter “ctrl+c<\/em>” to stop the server and then “exit<\/em>” to leave the openerp user account and go back to your own shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the final step we need to install a script which will be used to start-up and shut down the server automatically and also run the application as the correct user.There is a script you can use in Now we will make a file in \/etc\/init.d with name openerp-server.So type:<\/p>\n\n\n\n sudo nano \/etc\/init.d\/openerp-server<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This will open an empty file openerp-server.Copy below code<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/em><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\nStep 2. Create the OpenERP user that will own and run the application<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\nStep 3. Install and configure the database server ( PostgreSQL )<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Step 4. Install the necessary Python libraries for the server<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
python-jinja2 python-ldap python-libxslt1 python-lxml python-mako python-mock python-openid \\<\/em>
python-psycopg2 python-psutil python-pybabel python-pychart python-pydot python-pyparsing \\<\/em>
python-reportlab python-simplejson python-tz python-unittest2 python-vatnumber python-vobject \\<\/em>
python-webdav python-werkzeug python-xlwt python-yaml python-zsi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nStep 5. Install the OpenERP server<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Step 6. Configuring the OpenERP application<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\/opt\/openerp\/server\/install\/<\/code>) is actually very minimal and will, with only one small change work fine so we\u2019ll simply copy that file to where we need it and change it\u2019s ownership and permissions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nStep 7. Installing the boot script<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\/opt\/openerp\/server\/install\/openerp-server.init<\/code> but this will need a few small modifications to work with the system installed the way I have described above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n#!\/bin\/sh\n\n### BEGIN INIT INFO\n# Provides: openerp-server\n# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog\n# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog\n# Should-Start: $network\n# Should-Stop: $network\n# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5\n# Default-Stop: 0 1 6\n# Short-Description: Enterprise Resource Management software\n# Description: Open ERP is a complete ERP and CRM software.\n### END INIT INFO\n\nPATH=\/bin:\/sbin:\/usr\/bin\nDAEMON=\/opt\/openerp\/server\/openerp-server\nNAME=openerp-server\nDESC=openerp-server\n\n# Specify the user name (Default: openerp).\nUSER=openerp\n\n# Specify an alternate config file (Default: \/etc\/openerp-server.conf).\nCONFIGFILE=\"\/etc\/openerp-server.conf\"\n\n# pidfile\nPIDFILE=\/var\/run\/$NAME.pid\n\n# Additional options that are passed to the Daemon.\nDAEMON_OPTS=\"-c $CONFIGFILE\"\n\n[ -x $DAEMON ] || exit 0\n[ -f $CONFIGFILE ] || exit 0\n\ncheckpid() {\n [ -f $PIDFILE ] || return 1\n pid=`cat $PIDFILE`\n [ -d \/proc\/$pid ] && return 0\n return 1\n}\n\ncase \"${1}\" in\n start)\n echo -n \"Starting ${DESC}: \"\n\n start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile ${PIDFILE} \\\n --chuid ${USER} --background --make-pidfile \\\n --exec ${DAEMON} -- ${DAEMON_OPTS}\n\n echo \"${NAME}.\"\n ;;\n\n stop)\n echo -n \"Stopping ${DESC}: \"\n\n start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile ${PIDFILE} \\\n --oknodo\n\n echo \"${NAME}.\"\n ;;\n\n restart|force-reload)\n echo -n \"Restarting ${DESC}: \"\n\n start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile ${PIDFILE} \\\n --oknodo\n\n sleep 1\n\n start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile ${PIDFILE} \\\n --chuid ${USER} --background --make-pidfile \\\n --exec ${DAEMON} -- ${DAEMON_OPTS}\n\n echo \"${NAME}.\"\n ;;\n\n *)\n N=\/etc\/init.d\/${NAME}\n echo \"Usage: ${NAME} {start|stop|restart|force-reload}\" >&2\n exit 1\n ;;\nesac\n\nexit 0<\/pre>\n\n\n\n