Odoo 18 Community: Administration and Infrastructure Management Training Course

Odoo 18 Architecture and Components

• Comparison of features between Odoo 18 Community and Enterprise editions.
• Core components: Python application server and PostgreSQL database.
• Worker model, ORM layer, and addons architecture.

Installation and Configuration on On-Premise Infrastructure

• Installing Odoo 18 Community via packages and source code on Linux.
• Configuring odoo.conf, database filters, and addons paths.
• Setting up nginx reverse proxy with SSL termination.

Advanced Administration

• Managing multi-database and multi-company environments.
• Configuring user groups, access rights, and record rules.
• Scheduled actions, server actions, and automation rules.
• Technical settings, logging levels, and developer mode tools.

Security Architecture and Hardening

• Threat modeling for on-premise Odoo deployments.
• Implementing SSO using OAuth2, SAML, and LDAP providers.
• Data encryption: TLS configuration, database encryption, and filestore protection.
• Audit logging, session security, and intrusion detection.
• Security headers, CSRF protection, and file upload hardening.
• Vulnerability assessment and security patch management.

Odoo API and Integration Patterns

• REST API and XML-RPC: authentication, endpoints, and best practices.
• Building and securing custom API clients and integrations.
• Webhook configuration and event-driven integrations.
• Odoo Connect and external authentication backends.

Integrating Odoo with Enterprise Systems

• Integrating email servers and configuring outbound/inbound mail.
• Connecting payment gateways, shipping carriers, and e-signature services.
• Document management system integrations and external storage backends.
• Data import/export frameworks and ETL patterns for Odoo.

Environment Monitoring and Performance Optimization

• Managing Odoo services with systemd and supervisor.
• Performance profiling: worker allocation, query analysis, and caching strategies.
• Monitoring resource usage, application metrics, and system health.

Upgrade Planning and Database Migrations

• Planning major Odoo version upgrades and assessing compatibility.
• Database migration strategies: scripts, testing, and validation.
• Rollback planning and fallback procedures.
• Managing custom module compatibility across versions.

Ongoing Maintenance and Patch Management

• Applying security patches and minor version updates.
• Module update lifecycle: dependency checks and regression testing.
• Defining maintenance windows and communication protocols.
• Changelog review and impact analysis for updates.

Staging Environments and Deployment Strategies

• Setting up staging environments that mirror production.
• Deployment patterns: blue-green, canary, and rolling updates.
• CI/CD pipelines for Odoo module deployment.
• Testing changes before production rollout.

Systematic Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

• Structured troubleshooting methodology for Odoo environments.
• Analyzing server logs, PostgreSQL logs, and application traces.
• Debug mode deep dive: developer tools and interactive shell.
• Diagnosing common issues: connection failures, module errors, and performance degradation.
• Network diagnostics and database connectivity troubleshooting.

Operational Support and Incident Management

• Building support workflows: triage, escalation, and resolution tracking.
• Root cause analysis and post-incident review processes.
• Creating and maintaining an operational knowledge base.
• Service-level monitoring and alerting configuration.

Backup, Recovery, and Disaster Recovery

• Automating PostgreSQL backups and filestore preservation.
• Point-in-time recovery and backup validation procedures.
• Restoring Odoo instances from backup with minimal data loss.
• Designing and testing a disaster recovery plan.

High Availability and Scaling

• Load balancing strategies for Odoo application servers.
• PostgreSQL replication and connection pooling.
• Session management and shared filestore in multi-node setups.
• Horizontal scaling patterns for growing deployments.

Infrastructure Automation and Configuration Management

• Standardizing server provisioning with Ansible or similar tools.
• Infrastructure as Code for repeatable Odoo deployments.
• Automating routine administrative tasks.

Operational Runbooks, Documentation, and Compliance

• Building runbooks for recurring operational procedures.
• Documentation standards for infrastructure and configurations.
• Compliance considerations: audit trails, data retention, and privacy regulations.