How to install Odoo ERP with NGINX on Ubuntu

By Jack Wallen | October 2, 2016, 2:38 PM PST

Odoo is an outstanding ERP system, says Jack Wallen. He walks you through the process of installing this free open source wonder on Ubuntu with NGINX.

If you're looking for a solid Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, you need not look any further than open source; within this realm there are plenty of powerhouse tools ready to serve you. One such tool is Odoo. This particular ERP tool does all of this and and more:
Accounting
CRM
Online billing
Project management
Issue tracking
Surveys
Social networks
Point of sale
Notes
Sales Management
Warehouse Management
MRP


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Odoo is powerful, flexible, and best of all free. I'll walk you through the steps of getting Odoo up and running on a Ubuntu 16.04 platform with NGINX. The installation is a bit cumbersome, but the end result is worth every step.

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Creating an Odoo user

The first thing we're going to do is create a user for Odoo. Open a terminal window and issue the following command: