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Guides Oct 29, 2026

Odoo on OVHcloud: how to host it properly

Short answer To host Odoo on OVHcloud, pick a VPS or a Public Cloud instance with enough memory. Put Postgres on the same server, on a second instance in a private network, or on OVHcloud's managed Po...

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Oct 28, 2026 · 18 min read

Odoo on AWS: how to host it properly

Short answer To host Odoo on AWS, run it on an EC2 instance with a gp3 EBS disk. Put Postgres on the same instance or on Amazon RDS. Open only ports 80 and 443, and log in with Systems Manager instead...

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Oct 27, 2026 · 16 min read

Odoo on Hetzner: how to host it properly

Short answer Hetzner is a good, low-cost home for Odoo. Pick a cloud server with enough memory. Run Postgres on it or on a second server on a private network. Use a Hetzner Cloud Firewall that only le...

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Oct 26, 2026 · 6 min read

Running Odoo in Docker in production

The short answer Odoo runs well in Docker in production. But a compose file that works on a laptop isn’t ready yet. You need a few more things. Pin the image. Fit the workers to the container’s memory...

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Oct 15, 2026 · 8 min read

Odoo on a VPS, what you have to run yourself

To self-host Odoo on a VPS, you need a Linux server, PostgreSQL, Odoo itself, a web server in front with SSL, and a backup that you have tested. Getting it to start takes an afternoon. The real work i...

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Aug 24, 2026 · 13 min read

How Do You Know If an Odoo Backup Will Actually Restore?

Nearly everyone running Odoo has backups. Almost nobody has a restore. Those are two different things, and the gap between them is where the bad days come from. A backup job that will give you a worki...

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Aug 13, 2026 · 11 min read

Copying Production Odoo to Staging Without Emailing Your Customers

The short version Restoring a dump neutralises nothing. Neutralisation is a separate step, and it is off by default in every entry point Odoo ships Neutralisation is a per-module opt-in . For each ins...

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Aug 6, 2026 · 10 min read

Configuring Odoo Behind a Reverse Proxy: The Complete proxy_mode Guide

Getting Odoo running behind nginx or Cloudflare is a ten-minute job. Getting it running correctly is a different one, and the gap between the two is unusually quiet: Odoo will serve pages, users will ...

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Jul 13, 2026 · 5 min read

How many odoo workers do you need

If you only remember one thing from this post: more workers is better, and RAM is what decides how many you can have. Everything else is detail. Here is the short version: Take your server's total RAM...

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May 6, 2026 · 4 min read

Best Odoo Hosting in the Philippines: The Complete Guide for 2026

Odoo has just opened an office in the Philippines, a clear signal that the Philippine market is entering a new phase of Odoo adoption. For businesses, developers, and implementation partners in the Ph...

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Apr 29, 2026 · 8 min read

Odoo Community Edition: Limitations, Hosting Options, and What You Can Do About Them

Odoo Community Edition is genuinely powerful software. It's free, open-source, and covers more business functionality than most companies will ever use. But if you've been running it for a while, you'...

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Apr 17, 2026 · 9 min read

How much does Odoo cost in 2026? The full breakdown

Last updated: 6 October 2026 Odoo's price has two parts. First, there's the licence you pay to Odoo. Then there's everything else: hosting, setup, and the time it takes to keep it all running well. Th...