Odoo 18 Architecture and Components<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Odoo 18 Community vs Enterprise feature comparison<\/li>\r\n
- Core components: Python application server and PostgreSQL database<\/li>\r\n
- Worker model, ORM layer, and addons architecture<\/li>\r\n
\r\nInstallation and Configuration on On-Premise Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Installing Odoo 18 Community from packages and source on Linux<\/li>\r\n
- Configuring odoo.conf, database filters, and addons paths<\/li>\r\n
- Setting up nginx reverse proxy with SSL termination<\/li>\r\n
\r\nAdvanced Administration<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Managing multi-database and multi-company environments<\/li>\r\n
- Configuring user groups, access rights, and record rules<\/li>\r\n
- Scheduled actions, server actions, and automation rules<\/li>\r\n
- Technical settings, logging levels, and developer mode tools<\/li>\r\n
\r\nSecurity Architecture and Hardening<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Threat modeling for Odoo on-premise deployments<\/li>\r\n
- Implementing SSO with OAuth2, SAML, and LDAP providers<\/li>\r\n
- Data encryption: TLS configuration, database encryption, and filestore protection<\/li>\r\n
- Audit logging, session security, and intrusion detection<\/li>\r\n
- Security headers, CSRF protection, and file upload hardening<\/li>\r\n
- Vulnerability assessment and security patch management<\/li>\r\n
\r\nOdoo API and Integration Patterns<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- REST API and XML-RPC: authentication, endpoints, and best practices<\/li>\r\n
- Building and securing custom API clients and integrations<\/li>\r\n
- Webhook configuration and event-driven integrations<\/li>\r\n
- Odoo Connect and external authentication backends<\/li>\r\n
\r\nIntegrating Odoo with Enterprise Systems<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Integrating email servers and configuring outbound\/inbound mail<\/li>\r\n
- Connecting payment gateways, shipping carriers, and e-signature services<\/li>\r\n
- Document management system integrations and external storage backends<\/li>\r\n
- Data import\/export frameworks and ETL patterns for Odoo<\/li>\r\n
\r\nEnvironment Monitoring and Performance Optimization<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Managing Odoo services with systemd and supervisor<\/li>\r\n
- Performance profiling: worker allocation, query analysis, and caching strategies<\/li>\r\n
- Monitoring resource usage, application metrics, and system health<\/li>\r\n
\r\nUpgrade Planning and Database Migrations<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Planning major Odoo version upgrades and compatibility assessment<\/li>\r\n
- Database migration strategies: scripts, testing, and validation<\/li>\r\n
- Rollback planning and fallback procedures<\/li>\r\n
- Managing custom module compatibility across versions<\/li>\r\n
\r\nOngoing Maintenance and Patch Management<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Applying security patches and minor version updates<\/li>\r\n
- Module update lifecycle: dependency checks and regression testing<\/li>\r\n
- Defining maintenance windows and communication protocols<\/li>\r\n
- Changelog review and impact analysis for updates<\/li>\r\n
\r\nStaging Environments and Deployment Strategies<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Setting up staging environments that mirror production<\/li>\r\n
- Deployment patterns: blue-green, canary, and rolling updates<\/li>\r\n
- CI\/CD pipelines for Odoo module deployment<\/li>\r\n
- Testing changes before production rollout<\/li>\r\n
\r\nSystematic Troubleshooting and Diagnostics<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Structured troubleshooting methodology for Odoo environments<\/li>\r\n
- Analyzing server logs, PostgreSQL logs, and application traces<\/li>\r\n
- Debug mode deep dive: developer tools and interactive shell<\/li>\r\n
- Diagnosing common issues: connection failures, module errors, and performance degradation<\/li>\r\n
- Network diagnostics and database connectivity troubleshooting<\/li>\r\n
\r\nOperational Support and Incident Management<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Building support workflows: triage, escalation, and resolution tracking<\/li>\r\n
- Root cause analysis and post-incident review processes<\/li>\r\n
- Creating and maintaining an operational knowledge base<\/li>\r\n
- Service-level monitoring and alerting configuration<\/li>\r\n
\r\nBackup, Recovery, and Disaster Recovery<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Automating PostgreSQL backups and filestore preservation<\/li>\r\n
- Point-in-time recovery and backup validation procedures<\/li>\r\n
- Restoring Odoo instances from backup with minimal data loss<\/li>\r\n
- Designing and testing a disaster recovery plan<\/li>\r\n
\r\nHigh Availability and Scaling<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Load balancing strategies for Odoo application servers<\/li>\r\n
- PostgreSQL replication and connection pooling<\/li>\r\n
- Session management and shared filestore in multi-node setups<\/li>\r\n
- Horizontal scaling patterns for growing deployments<\/li>\r\n
\r\nInfrastructure Automation and Configuration Management<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Standardizing server provisioning with Ansible or similar tools<\/li>\r\n
- Infrastructure as Code for repeatable Odoo deployments<\/li>\r\n
- Automating routine administrative tasks<\/li>\r\n
\r\nOperational Runbooks, Documentation, and Compliance<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n- Building runbooks for recurring operational procedures<\/li>\r\n
- Documentation standards for infrastructure and configurations<\/li>\r\n
- Compliance considerations: audit trails, data retention, and privacy regulations<\/li>\r\n
