======================================== Getting started with OpenERP development ======================================== .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 Installation from sources ========================== .. _getting_started_installation_source-link: Source code is hosted on Launchpad_. In order to get the sources, you will need Bazaar_ to pull the source from Launchpad. Bazaar is a version control system that helps you track project history over time and collaborate efficiently. You may have to create an account on Launchpad to be able to collaborate on OpenERP development. Please refer to the Launchpad and Bazaar documentation to install and setup your development environment. The running example of this section is based on an Ubuntu environment. You may have to adapt the steps according to your system. Once your working environment is ready, prepare a working directory that will contain the sources. For a ``source`` base directory, type:: mkdir source;cd source OpenERP provides a setup script that automatizes the tasks of creating a shared repository and getting the source code. Get the setup script of OpenERP by typing:: bzr cat -d lp:~openerp-dev/openerp-tools/trunk setup.sh | sh This will create the following two files in your ``source`` directory:: -rw-rw-r-- 1 openerp openerp 5465 2012-04-17 11:05 Makefile -rw-rw-r-- 1 openerp openerp 2902 2012-04-17 11:05 Makefile_helper.py If you want some help about the available options, please type:: make help Next step is to initialize the shared repository and download the sources. Get the current trunk version of OpenERP by typing:: make init-trunk This will create the following structure inside your ``source`` directory, and fetch the latest source code from ``trunk``:: drwxrwxr-x 3 openerp openerp 4096 2012-04-17 11:10 addons drwxrwxr-x 3 openerp openerp 4096 2012-04-17 11:10 misc drwxrwxr-x 3 openerp openerp 4096 2012-04-17 11:10 server drwxrwxr-x 3 openerp openerp 4096 2012-04-17 11:10 web Some dependencies are necessary to use OpenERP. Depending on your environment, you might have to install the following packages:: sudo apt-get install graphviz ghostscript postgresql-client \ python-dateutil python-feedparser python-gdata \ python-ldap python-libxslt1 python-lxml python-mako \ python-openid python-psycopg2 python-pybabel python-pychart \ python-pydot python-pyparsing python-reportlab python-simplejson \ python-tz python-vatnumber python-vobject python-webdav \ python-werkzeug python-xlwt python-yaml python-imaging \ python-matplotlib Next step is to initialize the database. This will create a new openerp role:: make db-setup Finally, launch the OpenERP server:: make server Testing your installation can be done on http://localhost:8069/. You should see the OpenERP main login page. .. _Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/ .. _Bazaar: http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/ Command line options ==================== .. program:: openerp-server Using the command :: ./openerp-server --help General Options +++++++++++++++ :: --version show program version number and exit -h, --help show this help message and exit -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG specify alternate config file -s, --save save configuration to ~/.terp_serverrc -v, --verbose enable debugging --pidfile=PIDFILE file where the server pid will be stored --logfile=LOGFILE file where the server log will be stored -n INTERFACE, --interface=INTERFACE specify the TCP IP address -p PORT, --port=PORT specify the TCP port --no-xmlrpc disable xmlrpc -i INIT, --init=INIT init a module (use "all" for all modules) --without-demo=WITHOUT_DEMO load demo data for a module (use "all" for all modules) -u UPDATE, --update=UPDATE update a module (use "all" for all modules) --stop-after-init stop the server after it initializes --debug enable debug mode -S, --secure launch server over https instead of http --smtp=SMTP_SERVER specify the SMTP server for sending mail Database related options ++++++++++++++++++++++++ :: -d DB_NAME, --database=DB_NAME specify the database name -r DB_USER, --db_user=DB_USER specify the database user name -w DB_PASSWORD, --db_password=DB_PASSWORD specify the database password --pg_path=PG_PATH specify the pg executable path --db_host=DB_HOST specify the database host --db_port=DB_PORT specify the database port Internationalization options ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Use these options to translate OpenERP to another language.See i18n section of the user manual. Option '-l' is mandatory.:: -l LANGUAGE, --language=LANGUAGE specify the language of the translation file. Use it with --i18n-export and --i18n-import --i18n-export=TRANSLATE_OUT export all sentences to be translated to a CSV file and exit --i18n-import=TRANSLATE_IN import a CSV file with translations and exit --modules=TRANSLATE_MODULES specify modules to export. Use in combination with --i18n-export Options from previous versions ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Some options were removed in OpenERP version 6. For example, ``price_accuracy`` is now configured through the :ref:`decimal_accuracy` screen. Configuration ============== .. _getting_started_configuration-link: Two configuration files are available: * one for the client: ``~/.openerprc`` * one for the server: ``~/.openerp_serverrc`` If they are not found, the server and the client will start with a default configuration. Those files follow the convention used by python's ConfigParser module. Please note that lines beginning with "#" or ";" are comments. The client configuration file is automatically generated upon the first start. The sezrver configuration file can automatically be created using the command :: ./openerp-server -s or ./openerp-server --save You can specify alternate configuration files with :: -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG specify alternate config file Configure addons locations ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ By default, the only directory of addons known by the server is server/bin/addons. It is possible to add new addons by - copying them in server/bin/addons, or creating a symbolic link to each of them in this directory, or - specifying another directory containing addons to the server. The later can be accomplished either by running the server with the ``--addons-path=`` option, or by configuring this option in the openerp_serverrc file, automatically generated under Linux in your home directory by the server when executed with the ``--save`` option. You can provide several addons to the ``addons_path`` = option, separating them using commas. Start-up script =============== .. versionadded:: 6.1 To run the OpenERP server, the conventional approach is to use the `openerp-server` script. It loads the :ref:`openerp library`, sets a few configuration variables corresponding to command-line arguments, and starts to listen to incoming connections from clients. Depending on your deployment needs, you can write such a start-up script very easily. We also recommend you take a look at an alternative tool called `openerp-command` that can, among other things, launch the server. Yet another alternative is to use a WSGI-compatible HTTP server and let it call into one of the WSGI entry points of the server.