Complete Guide: Install Odoo on Any Ubuntu VPS

Production-ready ERP in under 5 minutes — Odoo + PostgreSQL 16 + Nginx + Free SSL

1 Connect to Your Server via SSH

Connect to your server using any SSH client (PuTTY, Terminal, Windows Terminal, etc.):

 ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP

Replace YOUR_SERVER_IP with your actual server IP address.

2 Download the Script

Download the script from the official NG HOST VIP server:

 wget https://download.nghost.vip/odoo_setup.sh

Or with curl:

 curl -O https://download.nghost.vip/odoo_setup.sh

3 Grant Execute Permission

 chmod +x odoo_setup.sh

4 Run the Script

 sudo bash odoo_setup.sh

The NG HOST VIP welcome banner will appear:

+==================================================================+
|                NG HOST VIP - SYSTEMS                             |
|             Odoo ONE-CLICK INSTALLER (v3.0)                      |
+==================================================================+
       Preparing your production-grade ERP...

  Server IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

5 Choose Your Access Method

You'll be asked how you want to access Odoo:

  How would you like to access Odoo?

  [1]  IP Address  ->  http://YOUR_SERVER_IP   (no SSL)
  [2]  Domain Name ->  https://your-domain.com (free SSL)

  Your choice [1 or 2]:

• Option [1] — IP Address: Quickest. Access Odoo via http://YOUR_SERVER_IP. No SSL.
• Option [2] — Domain Name: Production-ready with free SSL via Let's Encrypt.

If you choose [2], you'll then be asked for:

  Domain name (e.g. erp.example.com): erp.example.com
  Email for SSL certificate:          [email protected]

6 Save Your Credentials

After installation (~3-7 minutes), the script prints all your credentials on the screen and also saves them to:

 cat /root/odoo-credentials.txt

Phase 1 / 6 System Update & Base Packages

• Refreshes apt and upgrades the OS.
• Installs Nginx, Certbot, Python build tools, image and PDF libraries, Node.js / npm, UFW, Fail2ban and all Odoo dependencies.

Phase 2 / 6 Install wkhtmltopdf (PDF Engine)

Downloads and installs wkhtmltox 0.12.6.1 from the official GitHub release — required for Odoo to render invoices, reports and PDF exports.

Phase 3 / 6 Install PostgreSQL 16

• Adds the official PostgreSQL APT repository (signed GPG, Ubuntu 24.04 compatible).
• Installs postgresql-16 and postgresql-client-16.
• Enables and starts the PostgreSQL service.

Phase 4 / 6 Detect & Install Latest Stable Odoo

• Queries nightly.odoo.com to detect the latest stable major version automatically.
• Adds the Odoo APT repository with verified GPG key.
• Installs the odoo package and creates the odoo system user.

Phase 5 / 6 Configure Odoo, Nginx & SSL

• Generates secure random Master and DB passwords using openssl.
• Writes a hardened /etc/odoo/odoo.conf with workers auto-scaled to your CPU.
• Deploys an Nginx reverse proxy with WebSocket and long-polling support.
• If a domain was provided, requests a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate and enables HTTPS redirect.
• Configures UFW firewall (SSH + HTTP + HTTPS only).

Phase 6 / 6 — Success Install odoo-manager & Finalize

A final success screen displays:

• Access URL (IP or HTTPS domain)
• Master Password (for creating new databases)
• Database user & password
• Installs the odoo-manager CLI tool
• Saves everything to /root/odoo-credentials.txt

SSL Certificate Issuance Failed

Cause: your domain's A Record isn't pointing to the server yet. Verify with ping yourdomain.com and once DNS has propagated, run only the SSL step:

 certbot --nginx -d your-domain.com -m [email protected] --agree-tos --non-interactive --redirect

Website Not Loading After Installation

Make sure firewall ports are open and services are running:

 sudo ufw allow 80
 sudo ufw allow 443
 odoo-manager status

Odoo Service Not Responding

Check the live logs and restart the services:

 odoo-manager logs
 odoo-manager restart

Lost Your Master Password?

It is stored in /etc/odoo/odoo.conf under admin_passwd. You can also change it manually, then restart Odoo with odoo-manager restart.

Congratulations — Your Odoo is Live!

With this script you can deploy a production-grade Odoo ERP on any Ubuntu server in under 5 minutes instead of spending hours on manual configuration.

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