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for previewing PDF. The client will try to find one of these executables (in this order) in your system and open
the pdf document with it.
Note: For example, if xpdf, kpdf and acroread are the only pdf viewers installed on your system, the Open ERP client
will use xpdf for previewing pdf document
If you want to use another pdf viewer or if you don’t want to use the first one the client will find. You can edit the
Open ERP configuration file normally located in ~/.terprc. Find the [printer] section and edit the softpath
parameter. For example:
[printer]
softpath = kpdf](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/installation-dopenerp-150727141217-lva1-app6892/85/Installation-d-openerp-15-320.jpg)
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4.4 Configuration
Locate the config/default.cfg in the installed EGG, and make appropriate changes, especially:
[openerp]
server = "localhost"
port = 8070
protocol = "socket"
where:
server is the OpenERP server host...
port is the OpenERP server port...
protocol is the protocol to be used (socket, http or https)
Now start the web server with start-openerp-web command:
$ start-openerp-web
If you see message showing cherrypy._cperror.NotReady: Port not free. then make sure no other
application is running on the specified port (8080 is default).
You can change port for by changing server.socket_port value in config/default.cfg.
If everything is fine, open your favourite web browser and type http://localhost:8080, and your can see welcome page
with login screen.
Please make sure cookies are enabled in your browser.
Of course, OpenERP Server must be running at that time. You should create a database from the DBAdmin interface
by clicking on Manage button that you can see besides the Database selection box. After creating a new database login
with the admin/admin or demo/demo to see OpenERP in action...
Warning:
Please make sure that the system time is properly set otherwise web browsers might fail to establish sessions. We
strongly recommend you to synchronize system clock with NTP...
4.5 Run as service (daemon)
This has been tested on ubuntu only.
$ sudo cp /path/to/openerp_web-5.0-py2.5.egg/scripts/openerp-web /etc/init.d
$ sudo cp /path/to/openerp_web-5.0-py2.5.egg/config/default.cfg /etc/openerp-web.cfg
$ sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/openerp-web
edit /etc/init.d/openerp-web:
USER="terp"
and /etc/openerp-web.cfg:
args="(’server.log’,)" ==> args="(’/var/log/openerp-web.log’,)"](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/installation-dopenerp-150727141217-lva1-app6892/85/Installation-d-openerp-18-320.jpg)
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openerp-server.exe -d <db_name> -r <db_user> -w <db_password> --db_host=localhost
--db_port=5432 --logfile="<logfile>" -s --stop-after-init
The initialization of Open ERP Server provides the necessary informations for the connection to the database Post-
greSQL and indication of the choice of data to load. Here is the explanation of used options:
• -d <db_name> : Name of the database created for Open ERP Server.
• -r <db_user> : Name of the [=PostgreSQL=] administrator.
• -w <db_password> : Administrator’s password.
• –db_host=<postgresql_server_address> : Address of the server where [=PostgreSQL=]is, if you have installed
[=PostgreSQL=] on the same computer as Open ERP Server, you can enter localhost, or the IP address or the
name of the distant server.
• –db_port=<port_no> : Port number where listens [=PostgreSQL=]. Default is 5432.
• -s : This option allows you to save the options in configuration file of Open ERP Server.
• –stop-after-init: This option stops the ERP server after initialization.
• –logfile=”<logfile>”: specify a logfile where all the output of ERP Server will be saved.
Before execution of this command you have to decide what usage you want the Open ERP for: see the next section!
The command is on only one line, the other long commands as well.
Sample command:
openerp-server.exe -d terp -r postgresadmin -w postgresadminpasswd
--db_host=localhost --logfile="C:Program FilesOpenERP Serveropenerp-server.log"
--db_port=5432 -s --stop-after-init
Here you have to enter the username and password initialized in the Initialise database cluster screen.
When you will execute the initialization command, if you specified a logfile, you will not see any server output in the
prompt window.
Everything is written to the logfile. You have only to wait until the prompt comes back.
5.3.3 Deciding what is the purpose of the server
You have three possibilities for the first launch. This section is really important because the correct initialization can
be crucial.
You can initialize the database with Open ERP Server to:
1. You want to take a look on the system with demo data loaded
2. You are installing a new clean installation (without demo data)
3. You are upgrading an existing version.
5.3.4 First time run with demo data
To initialize Open ERP Server with the demo data, you need to add this option to the above command:](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/installation-dopenerp-150727141217-lva1-app6892/85/Installation-d-openerp-25-320.jpg)
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- 1. Open Object Installation Manuals Release 1.0 Tiny SPRL 2009-04-09
- 3. i CONTENTS
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- 5. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 CONTENTS 1 I OpenERP Installation on Linux 3 1 Open ERP Server Installation 5 1.1 Installing the required packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.2 Downloading the Open ERP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.3 Testing the Open ERP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.4 Installing the Open ERP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 PostgreSQL Server installation and configuration 7 2.1 Installing PostgreSQL Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 OpenERP Client Installation 9 3.1 Installing the required packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2 Downloading the Open ERP Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.3 Testing the Open ERP Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.4 Installing the Open ERP Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.5 Configuring a pdf viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4 OpenERP Web Installation 13 4.1 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.2 TurboGears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.3 OpenERP Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.4 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.5 Run as service (daemon) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.6 Configure HTTPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4.7 Web Browser Compatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.8 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 II Open ERP Installation on Windows 17 5 Open ERP Server Installation 19 5.1 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 5.2 Downloading the Open ERP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 5.3 Installing the Open ERP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 5.4 Starting the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5.5 Monitoring Open ERP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 5.6 Configuring Open ERP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 5.7 Congratulations, you have successfully installed the Open ERP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
- 6. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 2 CONTENTS 6 PostgreSQL Server installation and configuration 29 6.1 Installing PostgreSQL Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6.2 Setup a PostgreSQL user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 7 Open ERP Client Installation 31 7.1 Downloading the Open ERP client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 7.2 Installing the Open ERP client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 8 OpenERP Web Installation 33 8.1 Downloading the OpenERP Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 8.2 Installing the OpenERP Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 8.3 Starting the web server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 9 Troubleshooting and Windows Complementary Install Information 35 9.1 Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 9.2 Windows 2000/XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Index 43
- 7. 3 Part I OpenERP Installation on Linux
- 9. 5 CHAPTER ONE OPEN ERP SERVER INSTALLATION 1.1 Installing the required packages You need to install python (at least version 2.4). You also need to install the following python libraries: • psycopg2 • reportlab • pychart • pydot • mxdatetime • xml, lxml and libxslt1 • tz (timezone library) • PIL: Python Imaging Library (required for reportlab) • vobject: iCalendar and VCards parsing 1.1.1 Example on Ubuntu On Ubuntu, these libraries are available in the following packages: • python • python-psycopg2 • python-reportlab • python-pychart • python-pydot • python-egenix-mxdatetime • python-xml • python-lxml
- 10. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 6 Chapter 1. Open ERP Server Installation • python-libxslt1 • python-tz • python-imaging • python-vobject To install the required libraries, you can do the following in your favorite shell: sudo apt-get install python python-psycopg2 python-reportlab python-egenix-mxdatetime python-xml python-tz python-pychart python-pydot python-lxml python-libxslt1 python-vobject Note: There is no need to explicitly install python-imaging since it’s required by python-reportlab. The apt-get utility will install all these packages with their required dependencies. 1.2 Downloading the Open ERP Server The OpenERP server can be downloaded from the OpenERP website’s download page 1.3 Testing the Open ERP Server Note: If you only want to test the server, you do not need to install it. Just unpack the archive and start the openerp- server executable: tar -xzf openerp-server-5.0.0.tar.gz cd openerp-server-5.0.0/bin python openerp-server.py The list of available command line parameters can be obtained with the -h command line switch: python openerp-server.py -h 1.4 Installing the Open ERP Server The Open ERP Server can be installed very easily using the setup.py file: tar -xzf openerp-server-5.0.0.tar.gz cd openerp-server-5.0.0 sudo python setup.py install If your PostgreSQL server is up and running, you can now run the server using the following command: openerp-server If you don’t already have a PostgreSQL server up and running, you can read the PostgreSQL Server installation and configuration.
- 11. 7 CHAPTER TWO POSTGRESQL SERVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 2.1 Installing PostgreSQL Server The PostgreSQL download page lists the available installation methods. Choose the one that suits your needs best. 2.1.1 Example on Ubuntu On Ubuntu, install the postgresql package: sudo apt-get install postgresql 2.1.2 Setup a PostgreSQL user When the installations of the required software are done, you have to create a PostgreSQL user. Open ERP will use this user to connect to PostgreSQL. 2.1.3 Add a user The default superuser for PostgreSQL is called postgres. We will use it below as an example. If you wish to use it as well, you may need to login as this user first. johndoe$ sudo su - postgres password: XXXXXXXXXX postgres$ createuser --createdb --no-createrole --pwprompt openuser Enter password for new role: XXXXXXXXXX Enter it again: XXXXXXXXXX CREATE ROLE postgres$ , assuming you want to create the openuser role. Option explanations: • -createdb : the new user will be able to create new databases • -username postgres : createuser will use the postgres user (superuser)
- 12. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 8 Chapter 2. PostgreSQL Server installation and configuration • -no-createrole : the new user will not be able to create new users • -pwprompt : createuser will ask you the new user’s password • openuser the new user’s name You can now start the Open ERP Server. You will probably need to modify the Open ERP configuration file to your need. 2.1.4 Case insensitive searches issue For an installation which need full UTF8 character support consider to use postgres >= 8.2.x. Prior to this Open ERP search will eventually not return the expected results for case insensitive searches, which are used for searching partners, products etc. Example: SELECT ’x’ FROM my_table WHERE ’bét’ ilike ’BÉT’ --matches only in 8.2.x
- 13. 9 CHAPTER THREE OPENERP CLIENT INSTALLATION 3.1 Installing the required packages You need to install python (at least version 2.4). You also need to install the following python libraries: • gtk and glade (at least version 2.10) • matplotlib • mxdatetime • xml • tz (timezone library) • hippocanvas (Python bindings to hippo-canvas. Hippocanvas is a canvas library based on GTK+2.0, Cairo and Pango) Note: You’ll also need a pdf viewer (eg. xpdf, acroread, kpdf). See the Configuring a pdf viewer Section. 3.1.1 Example on Ubuntu On Ubuntu, these libraries are available in the following packages: • python • python-gtk2 • python-glade2 • python-matplotlib • python-egenix-mxdatetime • python-xml • python-tz • python-hippocanvas
- 14. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 10 Chapter 3. OpenERP Client Installation To install the required libraries, you can do the following in your favorite shell: sudo apt-get install python python-gtk2 python-glade2 python-matplotlib python-egenix-mxdatetime python-xml python-hippocanvas 3.2 Downloading the Open ERP Client The OpenERP client can be downloaded from the OpenERP website’s download page 3.3 Testing the Open ERP Client Note: If you only want to test the client, you do not need to install it. Just unpack the archive and start the openerp- client executable: tar -xzf openerp-client-5.0.0.tar.gz cd openerp-client-5.0.0/bin python openerp-client.py 3.4 Installing the Open ERP Client The client can be installed very easily using the setup.py file: tar -xzf openerp-client-5.0.0.tar.gz cd openerp-client-5.0.0 sudo python setup.py install You can now run the client using the following command: openerp-client 3.5 Configuring a pdf viewer Open ERP client by default supports: 1. evince 2. xpdf 3. gpdf 4. kpdf 5. epdfview 6. acroread
- 15. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 3.5. Configuring a pdf viewer 11 for previewing PDF. The client will try to find one of these executables (in this order) in your system and open the pdf document with it. Note: For example, if xpdf, kpdf and acroread are the only pdf viewers installed on your system, the Open ERP client will use xpdf for previewing pdf document If you want to use another pdf viewer or if you don’t want to use the first one the client will find. You can edit the Open ERP configuration file normally located in ~/.terprc. Find the [printer] section and edit the softpath parameter. For example: [printer] softpath = kpdf
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- 17. 13 CHAPTER FOUR OPENERP WEB INSTALLATION Here is the installation instructions for Debian based Linux distributions. Tested on Debian Etch and Ubuntu Hardy. The procedure might work with other Linux or similar distributions. See the docs on how to install the specified Packages on your favourite distribution. 4.1 Prerequisites 1. Python >= 2.4 2. TurboGears >= 1.0.7, < 1.1b1 4.2 TurboGears $ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools $ sudo easy_install TurboGears==1.0.8 or $ wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py $ sudo python ez_setup.py $ sudo easy_install TurboGears==1.0.8 Check whether TurboGears is properly installed or not... $ tg-admin info You should see version information of TurboGears and related packages. 4.3 OpenERP Web $ sudo easy_install -U openerp-web
- 18. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 14 Chapter 4. OpenERP Web Installation 4.4 Configuration Locate the config/default.cfg in the installed EGG, and make appropriate changes, especially: [openerp] server = "localhost" port = 8070 protocol = "socket" where: server is the OpenERP server host... port is the OpenERP server port... protocol is the protocol to be used (socket, http or https) Now start the web server with start-openerp-web command: $ start-openerp-web If you see message showing cherrypy._cperror.NotReady: Port not free. then make sure no other application is running on the specified port (8080 is default). You can change port for by changing server.socket_port value in config/default.cfg. If everything is fine, open your favourite web browser and type http://localhost:8080, and your can see welcome page with login screen. Please make sure cookies are enabled in your browser. Of course, OpenERP Server must be running at that time. You should create a database from the DBAdmin interface by clicking on Manage button that you can see besides the Database selection box. After creating a new database login with the admin/admin or demo/demo to see OpenERP in action... Warning: Please make sure that the system time is properly set otherwise web browsers might fail to establish sessions. We strongly recommend you to synchronize system clock with NTP... 4.5 Run as service (daemon) This has been tested on ubuntu only. $ sudo cp /path/to/openerp_web-5.0-py2.5.egg/scripts/openerp-web /etc/init.d $ sudo cp /path/to/openerp_web-5.0-py2.5.egg/config/default.cfg /etc/openerp-web.cfg $ sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/openerp-web edit /etc/init.d/openerp-web: USER="terp" and /etc/openerp-web.cfg: args="(’server.log’,)" ==> args="(’/var/log/openerp-web.log’,)"
- 19. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 4.6. Configure HTTPS 15 Create /var/log/openerp-web.log with proper ownership $ sudo touch /var/log/openerp-web.log $ sudo chown terp /var/log/openerp-web.log Now run following command to start the OpenERP Web automatically on system startup (Debian/Ubuntu). $ sudo update-rc.d openerp-web defaults Start the deamon: $ sudo /etc/init.d/openerp-web start Note: The init script is compatible with all major Linux distributions. Please check docs of your distribution on how to enable services. 4.6 Configure HTTPS The following text describes how to configure OpenERP Web for production environment over HTTPS with Apache2. mod_proxy + mod_ssl (Apache2) See Apache manual for more information. Apache configuration <VirtualHost *:443> SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem <Proxy *> Order deny,allow Allow from all </Proxy> ProxyRequests Off ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8080/ ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8080/ </VirtualHost> OpenERP Web configuration base_url_filter.on = True base_url_filter.use_x_forwarded_host = False base_url_filter.base_url = "https://www.example.com" Block the OpenERP Web server port (firewall) $ iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT $ iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8080 -j REJECT
- 20. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 16 Chapter 4. OpenERP Web Installation Note: Don’t block the localhost/121.0.0.1 (the first rule) Note: This method only works if you want your OpenERP Web application at the root of your server (https://www.example.com) and can’t be deployed under a subdirectory, e.g. http://www.example.com/openerp. To overcome with the issue you can go with subdomain, like: https://openerp.example.com 4.7 Web Browser Compatibilities 4.7.1 Supported browsers OpenERP Web is known to work best with Mozilla based web browsers. Here is the list of supported browsers. 1. Firefox >= 1.5 2. Internet Explorer >= 6.0 3. Safari >= 3.0 4. Google Chrome >= 1.0 5. Opera >= 9.0 4.7.2 Flash plugin Your browser should have the Flash plugin installed because OpenERP Web uses some Flash components. Here is how to install the Flash plugin on an Ubuntu system: $ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree 4.8 Support 1. http://openerp.com 2. http://axelor.com
- 21. 17 Part II Open ERP Installation on Windows
- 23. 19 CHAPTER FIVE OPEN ERP SERVER INSTALLATION 5.1 System Requirements The server installation works on: • Windows 2000 • Windows XP • Windows Vista • Windows Server 2000 • Windows Server 2003 • Windows Server 2008 with disks formatted in NTFS (not a FAT or FAT32 partition). Note: Open ERP Server doesn’t work on Windows 98 or ME; for obvious reasons – these can’t be formatted using NTFS. You will also need a PostgreSQL server up and running. If it’s not the case, you can read the PostgreSQL Server installation and configuration Section. 5.2 Downloading the Open ERP Server The server can be downloaded from the Open ERP website’s download page Choose Standalone Server if you want to install Open ERP Server standalone and plan to install the Open ERP Client and the PostgreSQL Server separately. Choose All in One if you want to install PostgreSQL Server, Open ERP Server and OpenERP Client in one shot. 5.3 Installing the Open ERP Server Click on the installer you’ve just downloaded. The ERP server installs also as a Windows service. This means you don’t have to start the server each time you start the computer and it runs without the need of an open user session.
- 24. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 20 Chapter 5. Open ERP Server Installation At the end of the installation, the setup wizard proposes to open, Open ERP Prompt, from where you can prepare your server, as described below. 5.3.1 Preparing the server for the first time run The Windows service for Open ERP Server is installed during the installation and it’s set up to start the server auto- matically on system boot. The configuration file is now automatically saved in the installation directory, in: C:Program FilesOpenERP Serveropenerp-server.conf 5.3.2 Open ERP Prompt At the end of installation, the setup wizard proposes to open an Open ERP Prompt. To start the server manually, start the Windows Command prompt and navigate to the installation directory in “C:Program FilesOpenERP Server”: You need to initialize the server and save its configuration for the service to be able to start automatically. You also need to specify a logfile to be able to read the output the server writes during its execution. When in the Server directory, type this command but don’t execute it yet:
- 25. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 5.3. Installing the Open ERP Server 21 openerp-server.exe -d <db_name> -r <db_user> -w <db_password> --db_host=localhost --db_port=5432 --logfile="<logfile>" -s --stop-after-init The initialization of Open ERP Server provides the necessary informations for the connection to the database Post- greSQL and indication of the choice of data to load. Here is the explanation of used options: • -d <db_name> : Name of the database created for Open ERP Server. • -r <db_user> : Name of the [=PostgreSQL=] administrator. • -w <db_password> : Administrator’s password. • –db_host=<postgresql_server_address> : Address of the server where [=PostgreSQL=]is, if you have installed [=PostgreSQL=] on the same computer as Open ERP Server, you can enter localhost, or the IP address or the name of the distant server. • –db_port=<port_no> : Port number where listens [=PostgreSQL=]. Default is 5432. • -s : This option allows you to save the options in configuration file of Open ERP Server. • –stop-after-init: This option stops the ERP server after initialization. • –logfile=”<logfile>”: specify a logfile where all the output of ERP Server will be saved. Before execution of this command you have to decide what usage you want the Open ERP for: see the next section! The command is on only one line, the other long commands as well. Sample command: openerp-server.exe -d terp -r postgresadmin -w postgresadminpasswd --db_host=localhost --logfile="C:Program FilesOpenERP Serveropenerp-server.log" --db_port=5432 -s --stop-after-init Here you have to enter the username and password initialized in the Initialise database cluster screen. When you will execute the initialization command, if you specified a logfile, you will not see any server output in the prompt window. Everything is written to the logfile. You have only to wait until the prompt comes back. 5.3.3 Deciding what is the purpose of the server You have three possibilities for the first launch. This section is really important because the correct initialization can be crucial. You can initialize the database with Open ERP Server to: 1. You want to take a look on the system with demo data loaded 2. You are installing a new clean installation (without demo data) 3. You are upgrading an existing version. 5.3.4 First time run with demo data To initialize Open ERP Server with the demo data, you need to add this option to the above command:
- 26. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 22 Chapter 5. Open ERP Server Installation --init=all Sample command: openerp-server.exe -d terp -r postgresadmin -w postgresadminpasswd --db_host=localhost --logfile="C:Program FilesOpenERP Serveropenerp-server.log" --db_port=5432 -s --stop-after-init --init=all This command will initialize the Open ERP Server and fill its PostgreSQL database with the demo data. 5.3.5 First time run without demo data (or new clean version) Execute the command with an option excluding the demo data: --without-demo=all This will load all modules, but will not load the demo data. Sample command usage: openerp-server.exe -d terp -r postgresadmin -w postgresadminpasswd --db_host=localhost --logfile="C:Program FilesOpenERP Serveropenerp-server.log" --db_port=5432 -s --stop-after-init --without-demo=all Recreate a new database:If you have more than one database , you may force the server to initialize by using the “-i all” or “–init=all” command line option. If you already initialized the database and you have the demo data loaded, you can recreate a new database 5.3.6 First time run with an upgraded version of Open ERP Server Execute the command with an option that updates the data structures: --update=all Sample command usage: openerp-server.exe -d terp -r postgresadmin -w postgresadminpasswd --db_host=localhost --logfile="C:Program FilesOpenERP Serveropenerp-server.log" --db_port=5432 -s --stop-after-init --update=all 5.4 Starting the server Now as the server is initialized and the settings are saved, you can finally start the Open ERP Server service. In the menus there is an icon that directly executes the Open ERP server, but it is only for debugging or testing purposes.
- 27. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 5.4. Starting the server 23 5.4.1 From the command prompt You can now start the Open ERP Server service from the command prompt with a simple command: net start openerp-service You can also stop it in a similar way, in case the service is running but you need to reconfigure it: net stop openerp-service 5.4.2 From the main program menu You can also control the service from the Program menu: 5.4.3 From the service manager The service and some runtime information is also accessible in the Computer management in Administration tools.
- 28. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 24 Chapter 5. Open ERP Server Installation The logging service offers additional information about the execution of the Open ERP Server service. In the service manager you can define how the service should act in case of server failure.
- 29. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 5.5. Monitoring Open ERP Server 25 5.5 Monitoring Open ERP Server You can find startup or shutdown information in the Computer Management logging service. Open ERP Server runtime output can be found in the logfile you specified on the initialization command line. Given that the server is now running as a Windows service, it doesn’t output any runtime messages, for this the logfile is the only option. You can find out whether Open ERP Server is running by opening the Windows Task Manager and when you look at the Processes tab, you will see OpenERPServerService.exe and openerp- server.exe and that these two processes are running as SYSTEM user.
- 30. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 26 Chapter 5. Open ERP Server Installation 5.6 Configuring Open ERP Server Open ERP Server menu contains a direct link to the configuration file used by the service. This way you can edit the configuration and then restart the service to load the new configurations.
- 31. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 5.7. Congratulations, you have successfully installed the Open ERP Server 27 Be extremely cautious when editing the server configuration directly, you can crash the entire system with inappropri- ate values. 5.7 Congratulations, you have successfully installed the Open ERP Server For more information, please take a look at the Additional Installation Information and Troubleshooting page where you can find some troubleshooting examples.
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- 33. 29 CHAPTER SIX POSTGRESQL SERVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 6.1 Installing PostgreSQL Server You can download the windows installer from the PostgreSQL download page Depending on your need, choose either the One Click Installer or the pgInstaller and click on the executable you’ve just downloaded. 6.2 Setup a PostgreSQL user When the installations of the required software are done, you have to create a PostgreSQL user. Open ERP will use this user to connect to PostgreSQL. 6.2.1 Add a user Start a windows console (run the cmd command in Start menu -> Run). Change directory to the Postgresql bin directory (eg. c:Program FilesPosgtreSQL8.3bin) or add this directory to your PATH environment variable. The default superuser for PostgreSQL is called postgres. His password was chosen during the PostgreSQL installation. In your windows console, type: C:Program FilesPostgreSQL8.3bin>createuser.exe --createdb --username postgres --no-createrole Enter password for new role: XXXXXXXXXX Enter it again:XXXXXXXXXX Password: YYYYYYYYYY * line 1 is the command itself * line 2 asks you the new user’s password * line 3 asks you to confirm the new user’s password * line 4 asks you the *postgres* user’s password Option explanations: • -createdb : the new user will be able to create new databases
- 34. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 30 Chapter 6. PostgreSQL Server installation and configuration • -username postgres : createuser will use the postgres user (superuser) • -no-createrole : the new user will not be able to create new users • -pwprompt : createuser will ask you the new user’s password • openuser the new user’s name You can now start the Open ERP Server. You will probably need to modify the Open ERP configuration file to your need. 6.2.2 Case insensitive searches issue For an installation which need full UTF8 character support consider to use postgres >= 8.2.x. Prior to this Open ERP search will eventually not return the expected results for case insensitive searches, which are used for searching partners, products etc. Example: SELECT ’x’ FROM my_table WHERE ’bét’ ilike ’BÉT’ --matches only in 8.2.x
- 35. 31 CHAPTER SEVEN OPEN ERP CLIENT INSTALLATION The Windows client installation is very simple. There are 6 stages : 1. Welcome message. 2. GPL Licence Acceptation 3. Shortcut in the Start menu. 4. Creation of a ‘Start’ icon on the desktop 5. Confirmation Choices 6. Automatic installation You have to install, configure and run the Open ERP Server before using the Open ERP Client. The client needs the server to run. You can install the server application on your computer, or on an independent server accessible by network. 7.1 Downloading the Open ERP client The Open ERP client can be downloaded from the Open ERP website’s download page 7.2 Installing the Open ERP client CLick on the executable installation file you’ve just downloaded and select the installation path.
- 36. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 32 Chapter 7. Open ERP Client Installation 7.2.1 Starting the Open ERP client The installation program creates shortcuts in the main program menu and on the desktop. Be sure to have an Open ERP Server running somewhere (on your computer or on a distant server) to be able to use the Client software. Passwords: Log in to TERP database using default username and password • Username = admin • Password = admin Enjoy!
- 37. 33 CHAPTER EIGHT OPENERP WEB INSTALLATION The installation is very simple. There are 5 stages : 1. Welcome message. 2. OEPL Licence Acceptation 3. Shortcut in the Start menu. 4. Confirmation Choices 5. Automatic installation You have to install, configure and run the OpenERP Server before using the OpenERP Web. The web client needs the server to run. You can install the server application on your computer, or on an independent server accessible by network. 8.1 Downloading the OpenERP Web The OpenERP Web can be downloaded from the OpenERP website’s download page 8.2 Installing the OpenERP Web Click on the executable installation file you’ve just downloaded and select the installation path.
- 38. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 34 Chapter 8. OpenERP Web Installation 8.2.1 Preparing the web server for the first time run The Windows service for OpenERP Web Server is installed during the installation and it’s set up to start the server automatically on system boot. The configuration file is now automatically saved in the installation directory, in: C:Program FilesOpenERP Webconfopenerp-web.conf 8.3 Starting the web server Now as the web server is initialized and the settings are saved, you can finally start the OpenERP Web Server service.
- 39. 35 CHAPTER NINE TROUBLESHOOTING AND WINDOWS COMPLEMENTARY INSTALL INFORMATION 9.1 Windows Vista For Windows Vista installation please review this forum posts • http://openerp.com/forum/topic4484.html • http://openerp.com/forum/topic4386.html 9.2 Windows 2000/XP 9.2.1 PostgreSQL Installation Default values PL/PGSQL language inclusion in the installation: leave the default selection:
- 40. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 36 Chapter 9. Troubleshooting and Windows Complementary Install Information Contrib modules screen: You don’t need to change the default selections:
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- 42. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 38 Chapter 9. Troubleshooting and Windows Complementary Install Information Account Domain lookup failure If you see this screen at the end of PostgreSQL installation, it is due to an incorrect Account domain in the Service configuration screen. By default the installer fills this value automatically, so if you have changed it, it may cause the installation to fail. Redo the installation of PostgreSQL and leave Account domain in the Service configuration screen on the default value. User account error During the installation of PostgreSQL you may get an error saying: Account @#$%@#$^@% doesn’t exist This error was encountered once with the Open ERP Complete Autoinstaller. The problems seems to be that in order to install PostgreSQL automatically in silent mode, we create a new user account with the net.exe command, and in that particular case the system’s security policy was too strict to allow a simple non privileged user to be added this way. It could also fail if you are using Active Directory to manage the user accounts. In that case you should use the individual Open ERP Server, Client and PostgreSQL installers.
- 43. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 9.2. Windows 2000/XP 39 9.2.2 PostgreSQL administration Open ERP Server Connection Error with PostgreSQL Verify that you are using the username and password from the “Initialise database cluster” screen when launching Open ERP Server If there’s another problem similar to this situation: You should have look if the service PostgreSQL is running in the Services manager (Control Panel : Administration tools - > Services) You can edit the service configuration to have PostgreSQL starting as a service at system boot
- 44. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 40 Chapter 9. Troubleshooting and Windows Complementary Install Information Or you can start it manually every time from the programs menu.
- 45. Open Object Installation Manuals, Release 1.0 9.2. Windows 2000/XP 41 If your PostgreSQL service is running, but you get connection errors, you can restart the service. 9.2.3 GTK client localization Open ERP GTK client upper menu not translated The locale identifier of Microsoft Windows (a number such as 1033 for english - US) is not correctly managed by GTK and the menus not translated into the language of the OS. You can fix this problem with creating a new environment variable : 1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. 2. Click the Advanced tab. 3. Click Environment variables. 4. Click New to add a new system variable with name “LANG” and value “fr_FR” for example.
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- 47. 43 INDEX I Installation, 2 Open ERP Client (Linux), 8 Open ERP Client (Windows), 30 Open ERP Server (Linux), 5 Open ERP Server (Windows), 19 Open ERP Web (Linux), 11 Open ERP Web (Windows), 32 PostgreSQL, 6 PostgreSQL (windows), 27 Windows 2000/XP, 34 Windows installation quirks, 34 Windows Vista, 34 O Open ERP Client Configuring a pdf viewer, 10 Installation (Linux), 8 Installation (Windows), 30 Open ERP Server Installation (Linux), 5 Installation (Windows), 19 Open ERP Web Installation (Linux), 11 Installation (Windows), 32 P pdf viewer, 10 PostgreSQL Installation, 6 Installation (windows), 27 setup a database, 7 setup a database (windows), 29 setup a user, 7 setup a user (windows), 29