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 from 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 Odoo on-premise deployments
• Implementing SSO with 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 compatibility assessment
• 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