Full list of Odoo options

The full list of options (that are shown when using the –help option):

 

Options:

–version             show program’s version number and exit
-h, –help            show this help message and exit

Common options:
-c CONFIG, –config=CONFIG
specify alternate config file
-s, –save          save configuration to ~/.openerp_serverrc
-i INIT, –init=INIT
install one or more modules (comma-separated list, use
“all” for all modules), requires -d
-u UPDATE, –update=UPDATE
update one or more modules (comma-separated list, use
“all” for all modules). Requires -d.
–without-demo=WITHOUT_DEMO
disable loading demo data for modules to be installed
(comma-separated, use “all” for all modules). Requires
-d and -i. Default is none
-P IMPORT_PARTIAL, –import-partial=IMPORT_PARTIAL
Use this for big data importation, if it crashes you
will be able to continue at the current state. Provide
a filename to store intermediate importation states.
–pidfile=PIDFILE   file where the server pid will be stored
–addons-path=ADDONS_PATH
specify additional addons paths (separated by commas).
–load=SERVER_WIDE_MODULES
Comma-separated list of server-wide modules
default=web

XML-RPC Configuration:
–xmlrpc-interface=XMLRPC_INTERFACE
Specify the TCP IP address for the XML-RPC protocol.
The empty string binds to all interfaces.
–xmlrpc-port=XMLRPC_PORT
specify the TCP port for the XML-RPC protocol
–no-xmlrpc         disable the XML-RPC protocol
–proxy-mode        Enable correct behavior when behind a reverse proxy

XML-RPC Secure Configuration:
–xmlrpcs-interface=XMLRPCS_INTERFACE
Specify the TCP IP address for the XML-RPC Secure
protocol. The empty string binds to all interfaces.
–xmlrpcs-port=XMLRPCS_PORT
specify the TCP port for the XML-RPC Secure protocol
–no-xmlrpcs        disable the XML-RPC Secure protocol
–cert-file=SECURE_CERT_FILE
specify the certificate file for the SSL connection
–pkey-file=SECURE_PKEY_FILE
specify the private key file for the SSL connection

NET-RPC Configuration:
–netrpc-interface=NETRPC_INTERFACE
specify the TCP IP address for the NETRPC protocol
–netrpc-port=NETRPC_PORT
specify the TCP port for the NETRPC protocol
–no-netrpc         disable the NETRPC protocol
–netrpc            enable the NETRPC protocol

Web interface Configuration:
–db-filter=REGEXP  Filter listed database

Static HTTP service:
–static-http-enable
enable static HTTP service for serving plain HTML
files
–static-http-document-root=STATIC_HTTP_DOCUMENT_ROOT
specify the directory containing your static HTML
files (e.g ‘/var/www/’)
–static-http-url-prefix=STATIC_HTTP_URL_PREFIX
specify the URL root prefix where you want web
browsers to access your static HTML files (e.g ‘/’)

Testing Configuration:
–test-file=TEST_FILE
Launch a YML test file.
–test-report-directory=TEST_REPORT_DIRECTORY
If set, will save sample of all reports in this
directory.
–test-enable       Enable YAML and unit tests.
–test-commit       Commit database changes performed by YAML or XML
tests.

Logging Configuration:
–logfile=LOGFILE   file where the server log will be stored
–no-logrotate      do not rotate the logfile
–syslog            Send the log to the syslog server
–log-handler=PREFIX:LEVEL
setup a handler at LEVEL for a given PREFIX. An empty
PREFIX indicates the root logger. This option can be
repeated. Example: “openerp.orm:DEBUG” or
“werkzeug:CRITICAL” (default: “:INFO”)
–log-request       shortcut for –log-
handler=openerp.netsvc.rpc.request:DEBUG
–log-response      shortcut for –log-
handler=openerp.netsvc.rpc.response:DEBUG
–log-web           shortcut for –log-
handler=openerp.addons.web.http:DEBUG
–log-sql           shortcut for –log-handler=openerp.sql_db:DEBUG
–log-level=LOG_LEVEL
specify the level of the logging. Accepted values:
[‘info’, ‘debug_rpc’, ‘warn’, ‘test’, ‘critical’,
‘debug_sql’, ‘error’, ‘debug’, ‘debug_rpc_answer’,
‘notset’] (deprecated option).

SMTP Configuration:
–email-from=EMAIL_FROM
specify the SMTP email address for sending email
–smtp=SMTP_SERVER  specify the SMTP server for sending email
–smtp-port=SMTP_PORT
specify the SMTP port
–smtp-ssl          if passed, SMTP connections will be encrypted with SSL
(STARTTLS)
–smtp-user=SMTP_USER
specify the SMTP username for sending email
–smtp-password=SMTP_PASSWORD
specify the SMTP password for sending email

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
–db_maxconn=DB_MAXCONN
specify the the maximum number of physical connections
to posgresql
–db-template=DB_TEMPLATE
specify a custom database template to create a new
database

Internationalisation options:
Use these options to translate OpenERP to another language.See i18n
section of the user manual. Option ‘-d’ is mandatory.Option ‘-l’ is
mandatory in case of importation

–load-language=LOAD_LANGUAGE
specifies the languages for the translations you want
to be loaded
-l LANGUAGE, –language=LANGUAGE
specify the language of the translation file. Use it
with –i18n-export or –i18n-import
–i18n-export=TRANSLATE_OUT
export all sentences to be translated to a CSV file, a
PO file or a TGZ archive and exit
–i18n-import=TRANSLATE_IN
import a CSV or a PO file with translations and exit.
The ‘-l’ option is required.
–i18n-overwrite    overwrites existing translation terms on updating a
module or importing a CSV or a PO file.
–modules=TRANSLATE_MODULES
specify modules to export. Use in combination with
–i18n-export

Security-related options:
–no-database-list  disable the ability to return the list of databases

Advanced options:
–debug             enable debug mode
–stop-after-init   stop the server after its initialization
-t TIMEZONE, –timezone=TIMEZONE
specify reference timezone for the server (e.g.
Europe/Brussels
–osv-memory-count-limit=OSV_MEMORY_COUNT_LIMIT
Force a limit on the maximum number of records kept in
the virtual osv_memory tables. The default is False,
which means no count-based limit.
–osv-memory-age-limit=OSV_MEMORY_AGE_LIMIT
Force a limit on the maximum age of records kept in
the virtual osv_memory tables. This is a decimal value
expressed in hours, and the default is 1 hour.
–max-cron-threads=MAX_CRON_THREADS
Maximum number of threads processing concurrently cron
jobs (default 2).
–unaccent          Use the unaccent function provided by the database
when available.

Multiprocessing options:
–workers=WORKERS   Specify the number of workers, 0 disable prefork mode.
–limit-memory-soft=LIMIT_MEMORY_SOFT
Maximum allowed virtual memory per worker, when
reached the worker be reset after the current request
(default 671088640 aka 640MB).
–limit-memory-hard=LIMIT_MEMORY_HARD
Maximum allowed virtual memory per worker, when
reached, any memory allocation will fail (default
805306368 aka 768MB).
–limit-time-cpu=LIMIT_TIME_CPU
Maximum allowed CPU time per request (default 60).
–limit-time-real=LIMIT_TIME_REAL
Maximum allowed Real time per request (default 120).
–limit-request=LIMIT_REQUEST
Maximum number of request to be processed per worker
(default 8192).