How to pass parameters to program ran in Docker container? - linux

Question

I'm new to Docker and I want to use an Odoo Docker image.
I want to update module, normally I would restart the server and start it again with
odoo -u module_name
But I cannot find how to do this with Docker container.
In other words, I would like to start application inside container with specific parameters.
I would like to do something like this
docker start odoo -u module_name
How to do it?

Answer 1

you can use docker-compose and inside Odoo service add bellow command:
tty: true
command: -u target_modules_to_update
if you don't have a docker-compose file let me know and i will help.

Answer 2

#tjwnuk you can add the following code In file named docker-compose.yml:
version: '2'
services:
web:
image: odoo:version_number_here
depends_on:
- db
ports:
- "target_port_here:8069"
tty: true
command: -u module_name -d database_name or any config paramter you need to add
volumes:
- odoo:/var/lib/odoo
- ./config/odoo.config:/etc/odoo/odoo.conf
- ./addons-enterprise:/mnt/enterprise-addons
- ./custom_addons:/mnt/extra-addons
restart: always
db:
image: postgres:version_number_here
ports:
- "1432:5432"
environment:
- POSTGRES_DB=db_name
- POSTGRES_USER=db_user
- POSTGRES_PASSWORD=db_password
volumes:
- "odoo-dbs:/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata"
restart: always
volumes:
odoo:
odoo-dbs:
And you should have those dirs:
1- config Inside this dir you should have file name odoo.config you can add any configuration here also
2- addons-enterprise <== this for enterprise addons If you have
3- custom_addons <== this for your custom addons
finally, If you don't Install docker-compose you can run this command below:
apt install docker-compose
I hope this answer helps you and anyone who has the same case.

Answer 3

Either switch into the container an start another Odoo instance:
docker exec -ti <odoo_container> bash
odoo -c <path_to_config> -u my_module -d my_database --max-cron-threads=0 --stop-after-init --no-xmlrpc
or switch into the database container and set the module to state to upgrade:
docker exec -ti <database_container> psql -U <odoo_db_user> <db_name>
UPDATE ir_module_module set state = 'to upgrade' where name = 'my_module';
Using the database way requires a restart of odoo.