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Mssql differential restoration error

After trying to restore differential backup after a full backup, i got this error message : The log or differential backup cannot be restored because no files are ready to roll forward. To be able to complete differential restoration, full backup needs to be restored with “WITH NORECOVERY” option as follow:

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Kill remote desktop session

Remote desktop sometimes gives me this error message “The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections.” It means my previous remote desktop session has been lost or allowed connections are full. I order to solve this, if you don’t mind losing your unsaved work, you will need to kill a session to open a new one, replace 192.168.1.1 by your server’s IP on the following command.

Add xlsx support in scheduled outgoing email – Odoo 11

Download updated report_xlsx module Report_xlsx module adds xlsx report support to Odoo with xlsxwriter python library. However when trying to send an email with a xlsx report attached. I got this error message: “Unsupported report type xlsx found”. Mail module handles only PDF document as attachement, to add xlsx type support, we have to make some modification on report_xlsx module by inheriting mail.template model and overriding generate_email method, you’ll find the code bellow, customized report_xlsx module is downloadable above or by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page. Updated report_xlsx module for Odoo 11 community is available …

How to protect Odoo against brute force attack behind Nginx or Caddy

Odoo community is not protected against brute force attack by default, the system is vulnerable over internet, however Odoo store provides auth_brute_force App which can handle this task, it’s available through this link. But it doesn’t work correctly behind a reverse proxy such as Caddy or Nginx. In the second part of this post, i’ll explain the little tip to make it work. Download and install the module Download the file corresponding to your version of Odoo. Unzip the file “auth_brute_force-9.0.1.1.0.zip”. Move the folder “auth_brute_force” to your module folder: “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp/addons/“. Enable the developper mode through “About” popup. Then go to …

Start stunnel on Mac OS X Sierra startup

This file will start automatically sTunnel daemon on your Mac Os Sierra computer. sudo vi /Library/LaunchDaemons/macports.stunnel.plist for more information concerning sTunnel, OpenVPN setup please read this post: Make OpenVPN stealthy with stunnel on Mac OS and Debian