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Problem with Godaddy VPS upgrade

I recently had a problem with Godaddy ubuntu 16.04 VPS, after updating and upgrading the system: SSH port wasn’t anymore reachable, it’s the only access we have to the server, however other services are working normally, so the system is still running. I tried many times to restart, call the support, but it didn’t solve the problem. The only solution was to destroy the server and rebuild it from scratch + restoration of backups. I’ve also tested the upgrade with a clean and freshly installed system, same issue occurred. If you’re running Ubuntu 16.04 VPS on Godaddy, Do not upgrade …

Import xlsx file Odoo 11 – Sales orders

I will describe the basis in python to import xlsx file and how to handle the imported data, in this exemple sales orders is imported. Uploaded file is stored in the variable upload_file and is encoded in base 64, to read it we have to decode first the data by using b64decode function, then save it, for me i chose “/tmp” folder. Result import_data is an array of dictionary as follow [{‘column_name_1’:data_column_1_row_1, ‘column_name_2’:data_column_2_row_1,…},{‘column_name_1’:data_column_1_row_2, ‘column_name_2’:data_column_2_row_2,…},…] Bellow XML view for the importation module.

Disable database manager in Odoo

Module for odoo 8 and 11 available on Github. Some tips found on the web hides only the link from Odoo homepage however URL are still reachable (~/web/database/manager). By installing this module, it will filter the access to Odoo database manager through the controller except connections coming from IPs listed in system parameters. Whitelist option: Key: disable_database_manager.database_manager_whitelist Value: 192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2,etc… This module will avoid unwanted connections attempts and secure your database manager access. Works with NGINX with some modification on nginx config file, click here for more detail. To disable completely database manager access: Add list_db = False in odoo.conf / …