To install Odoo 13 on Ubuntu 18.04 as a Service, Please follow below steps
Step 1: Create Startup File
sudo su root -c "echo 'sudo -u odoo /odoo/odoo-server/openerp-server --config=/etc/odoo-server.conf' >> /odoo/odoo-server/start.sh"
sudo chmod 755 /odoo/odoo-server/start.sh
Step 2 : Create init file
cat <<EOF > ~/odoo-server
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: odoo-server
# Required-Start: \$remote_fs \$syslog
# Required-Stop: \$remote_fs \$syslog
# Should-Start: \$network
# Should-Stop: \$network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Enterprise Business Applications
# Description: ODOO Business Applications
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/odoo/odoo-server/odoo-bin
NAME=odoo-server
DESC=odoo-server
# Specify the user name (Default: odoo).
USER=odoo
# Specify an alternate config file (Default: /etc/odoo-server.conf).
CONFIGFILE="/etc/odoo-server.conf"
# pidfile
PIDFILE=/var/run/\${NAME}.pid
# Additional options that are passed to the Daemon.
DAEMON_OPTS="-c \$CONFIGFILE"
[ -x \$DAEMON ] || exit 0
[ -f \$CONFIGFILE ] || exit 0
checkpid() {
[ -f \$PIDFILE ] || return 1
pid=\`cat \$PIDFILE\`
[ -d /proc/\$pid ] && return 0
return 1
}
case "\${1}" in
start)
echo -n "Starting \${DESC}: "
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \$PIDFILE \
--chuid \$USER --background --make-pidfile \
--exec \$DAEMON -- \$DAEMON_OPTS
echo "\${NAME}."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping \${DESC}: "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile \$PIDFILE \
--oknodo
echo "\${NAME}."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting \${DESC}: "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile \$PIDFILE \
--oknodo
sleep 1
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \$PIDFILE \
--chuid \$USER --background --make-pidfile \
--exec \$DAEMON -- \$DAEMON_OPTS
echo "\${NAME}."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/\$NAME
echo "Usage: \$NAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
EOF
Step 3 : Security Init File
sudo mv ~/odoo-server /etc/init.d/odoo-server
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/odoo-server
sudo chown root: /etc/init.d/odoo-server
Step 4 : Start Odoo on Startup
sudo update-rc.d odoo-server defaults
Step 5 : Start Odoo Service
sudo service odoo-server start
Step 6 : Restart Odoo Service
sudo service odoo-server restart
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