Odoo on Cloud Run

Odoo is a comprehensive open-source ERP suite with 12M+ users and modules spanning CRM, accounting, inventory, manufacturing, HR, and eCommerce. This module deploys Odoo Community Edition on Cloud Run v2 on top of the App_CloudRun foundation, which provisions and manages the shared Google Cloud infrastructure.

This guide focuses on the cloud services Odoo uses and how to explore and operate them from the Google Cloud Console and the command line. For mechanics shared by every Cloud Run application — Workload Identity, traffic management, CI/CD, Cloud Armor, IAP, Binary Authorization, VPC Service Controls, backups, and the deployment lifecycle — refer to the App_CloudRun foundation guide rather than repeating them here.

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1. Overview

Odoo runs as a Python/PostgreSQL ERP workload. The deployment wires together a focused set of Google Cloud services:

Capability	Google Cloud service	Notes
Compute	Cloud Run v2	Python/Odoo service; gen2 execution environment required for NFS mounts; scales to zero by default
Database	Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15	Required — Odoo does not support MySQL or SQL Server
Shared files	Filestore (NFS)	Filestore, sessions, and extra-addons directories shared across all instances
Object storage	Cloud Storage	A dedicated addons bucket (odoo-addons) for custom and community addons
Cache & sessions	Redis (optional)	Disabled by default; required when max_instance_count > 1 to share session state
Secrets	Secret Manager	Auto-generated master password (ODOO_MASTER_PASS) and database password
Ingress	Cloud Load Balancing	External IP with optional custom domain and managed certificate

Sensible defaults worth knowing up front:

• PostgreSQL is mandatory. The database engine is fixed; selecting MySQL or NONE breaks startup.
• NFS is required. Without a shared Filestore volume, Odoo's filestore (attachments, binary fields, compiled assets) is isolated to each instance and lost on restart.
• Scale-to-zero is the default. min_instance_count = 0. Cold starts on the Odoo service add 30–60 seconds plus schema migration time. Set min_instance_count = 1 for production or any interactive workload.
• Two init jobs run on every deploy. nfs-init sets up NFS directory ownership and db-init creates the PostgreSQL database and user — both are idempotent.
• The Odoo master password is generated automatically and stored in Secret Manager; you never set it in plain text.
• First boot is slow. Odoo installs the base module and runs schema migrations on first start; the startup probe uses a TCP check (60s initial delay, 30s period, 3 retries — roughly 2.5 minutes total budget) since HTTP isn't reliable until after DB init completes.
• execution_environment = "gen2" is required. NFS volume mounts are only supported by the second-generation Cloud Run execution environment.

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2. Google Cloud Services & How to Explore Them

All commands assume PROJECT, REGION, and SERVICE are set to the values reported in the Outputs.

A. Cloud Run v2 — the Odoo service

The Odoo service runs as a Cloud Run v2 service in the gen2 execution environment. Requests to the service are routed through a Cloud Load Balancer.

• Console: Cloud Run → select the Odoo service to see revisions, traffic splits, logs, and metrics.
• CLI:

  gcloud run services list --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
  gcloud run services describe "$SERVICE" --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
  gcloud run services logs read "$SERVICE" --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION" --limit 100
  # Tail logs live:
  gcloud run services logs tail "$SERVICE" --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
  # Check Odoo health endpoint:
  curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "https://<service-url>/web/health"
  # Expect: 200

See App_CloudRun for revision management, traffic splitting, min/max instances, and concurrency settings.

B. Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15

Odoo stores all ERP data (contacts, invoices, inventory, orders) in a managed Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15 instance. Service instances connect privately through the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy sidecar over a Unix socket, so no public IP is exposed. On first deploy the db-init job creates the application database and user.

• Console: SQL → select the instance for connections, backups, flags, and metrics.
• CLI:

  gcloud sql instances list --project "$PROJECT"
  gcloud sql instances describe <instance-name> --project "$PROJECT"
  # Open an interactive shell to inspect schema/data:
  gcloud sql connect <instance-name> --user=<db-user> --project "$PROJECT"
  # Confirm database and user were created:
  gcloud sql databases list --instance=<instance-name> --project "$PROJECT"
  gcloud sql users list --instance=<instance-name> --project "$PROJECT"

The instance name, database name, user, and the Secret Manager secret holding the password are all surfaced in the Outputs. For the connection model, automated backups, and password rotation, see App_CloudRun.

C. Filestore (NFS) and Cloud Storage

Odoo's filestore (binary attachments, images, compiled assets), session data, and extra-addons directories are written to a Filestore (NFS) share mounted into every service instance so all revisions see the same files. A dedicated Cloud Storage bucket (odoo-addons) is also provisioned for custom and community addons.

• Console: Filestore → Instances for the NFS share; Cloud Storage → Buckets for the addons bucket.
• CLI:

  gcloud filestore instances list --project "$PROJECT"
  gcloud storage buckets list --project "$PROJECT"
  gcloud storage ls gs://<addons-bucket>/        # bucket name is in the Outputs
  # Confirm NFS subdirectories via a Cloud Run Jobs execution:
  gcloud run jobs execute nfs-init --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION" --wait

See App_CloudRun for NFS provisioning, GCS Fuse, and CMEK options.

D. Redis cache (optional)

Redis backs Odoo's session store when multiple instances are running. Without Redis, scale-to-zero and multiple instances both cause frequent session loss. Redis is disabled by default; set enable_redis = true and redis_host to enable it.

• Console: Memorystore → Redis (if using a managed instance).
• CLI:

  redis-cli -h <redis-host> ping
  redis-cli -h <redis-host> info keyspace
  # Confirm Redis environment variables injected into the running service:
  gcloud run services describe "$SERVICE" --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION" \
    --format='value(spec.template.spec.containers[0].env)' | grep -i redis

E. Secret Manager

The Odoo master password (ODOO_MASTER_PASS) and the database password are stored as Secret Manager secrets and injected into service instances at runtime; plaintext never appears in configuration.

• Console: Security → Secret Manager.
• CLI:

  gcloud secrets list --project "$PROJECT"
  # Retrieve the master password:
  gcloud secrets list --project "$PROJECT" --filter="name~master-password"
  gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=<master-password-secret> --project "$PROJECT"
  # Retrieve the database password:
  gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=<database-password-secret> --project "$PROJECT"

The database password secret name is in the Outputs. See App_CloudRun for the CSI integration and rotation.

F. Networking, ingress & load balancing

By default the Cloud Run service is fronted by a Cloud Load Balancer. A custom domain with a Google-managed certificate and a static external IP can be enabled.

• Console: Network services → Load balancing; VPC network → IP addresses.
• CLI:

  gcloud compute forwarding-rules list --project "$PROJECT"
  gcloud compute addresses list --project "$PROJECT"
  gcloud run services describe "$SERVICE" --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION" \
    --format='value(status.url)'

See App_CloudRun for custom domains, CDN, and static IP details.

G. Cloud Logging & Monitoring

Service stdout/stderr flow to Cloud Logging; Cloud Run metrics flow to Cloud Monitoring. Optional uptime checks and alert policies are available.

• Console: Logging → Logs Explorer; Monitoring → Dashboards / Alerting / Uptime checks.
• CLI:

  gcloud run services logs read "$SERVICE" --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION" --limit 50
  gcloud logging read \
    "resource.type=\"cloud_run_revision\" AND resource.labels.service_name=\"$SERVICE\"" \
    --project "$PROJECT" --limit 50
  # Watch for Odoo startup progress:
  gcloud run services logs tail "$SERVICE" --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION" \
    | grep -E "odoo.modules|http.server"

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3. Odoo Application Behaviour

• Two init jobs on every deploy.
  • nfs-init — mounts the NFS share and creates /mnt/filestore, /mnt/sessions, and /mnt/extra-addons with ownership 101:101 (the Odoo process user). Must succeed before Odoo starts.
  • db-init — runs after nfs-init and idempotently creates the PostgreSQL database and application user. Both jobs are safe to re-run.

  gcloud run jobs list --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
  gcloud run jobs executions list --job nfs-init --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
  gcloud run jobs executions list --job db-init --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"

• Schema migration on start. The container starts Odoo with -i base, which applies any pending schema migrations automatically. Version upgrades are applied on next deployment.
• Odoo master password. An auto-generated 16-character alphanumeric password is stored in Secret Manager and injected as ODOO_MASTER_PASS. It protects the database management interface at /web/database/manager. Override it using explicit_secret_values:

  gcloud secrets list --project "$PROJECT" --filter="name~master-password"
  gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=<master-password-secret> --project "$PROJECT"

• Scale-to-zero and cold starts. The default min_instance_count = 0 means the service scales down to zero when idle. Cold starts add 30–60 seconds for Python/Odoo initialisation on top of NFS mount time. Set min_instance_count = 1 for any interactive-use deployment.
• Multi-instance and session state. Without Redis, multiple concurrent instances cannot share Odoo session state. Do not raise max_instance_count above 1 without enabling Redis and providing a redis_host value. Without Redis, session loss is frequent in multi-instance deployments.
• SMTP for outbound email. Odoo uses environment variables for its outbound mail transport. Configure SMTP_HOST, SMTP_PORT, SMTP_USER, SMTP_SSL, and EMAIL_FROM in environment_variables before going live; move SMTP_PASSWORD to secret_environment_variables.
• Health probes. The startup probe uses TCP (port 8069) with a 60-second initial delay. The liveness probe uses HTTP GET /web/health (requires HTTP 200). The liveness probe begins after 120 seconds. On first boot (schema creation), startup can take 2–10 minutes.

  curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "https://<service-url>/web/health"
  # Expect: 200

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4. Configuration Variables

Variables are grouped exactly as they appear on the deployment platform. Only settings specific to or notable for Odoo are listed; every other input is inherited from App_CloudRun with its standard behaviour and defaults.

Group 1 — Project & Identity

Variable	Default	Description
project_id	(required)	Target Google Cloud project.
region	us-central1	Region for the workload and regional resources.

Group 2 — Deployment Environment

Variable	Default	Description
tenant_deployment_id	demo	Short suffix that makes resource names unique per environment.
support_users	[]	Emails granted project access and monitoring alerts.
resource_labels	{}	Labels applied to all resources for cost/ownership tracking.

Group 3 — Application Identity

Variable	Default	Description
application_name	odoo	Base name for resources. Do not change after first deploy.
application_display_name	Odoo ERP	Friendly name shown in the Console.
application_description	Odoo ERP on Cloud Run	Service description annotation.
application_version	18.0	Odoo nightly channel to install ("18.0", "17.0", "16.0"). Increment to upgrade.

Group 4 — Runtime & Scaling

Variable	Default	Description
deploy_application	true	Set false to provision infrastructure only.
cpu_limit / memory_limit	1000m / 1Gi	Instance CPU and memory limits. Raise to ≥ 2 vCPU / 4 GiB for production.
min_instance_count	0	Minimum instances. Set to 1 to avoid cold starts for active users.
max_instance_count	1	Maximum instances. Do not raise above 1 without enabling Redis.
container_port	8069	Port Odoo listens on. Do not change unless the Odoo server is reconfigured.
execution_environment	gen2	Required for NFS volume mounts. Do not change.
timeout_seconds	300	Request handling timeout (5 minutes).
enable_cloudsql_volume	true	Cloud SQL Auth Proxy sidecar for socket connections.

Group 5 — Ingress & VPC

Variable	Default	Description
ingress_settings	all	Traffic allowed to the service. Set to internal-and-cloud-load-balancing with Cloud Armor for production.
vpc_egress_setting	PRIVATE_RANGES_ONLY	Sends only RFC-1918 traffic over VPC; public traffic exits via NAT.
enable_iap	false	Require Google sign-in in front of Odoo. Recommended for admin-only ERP deployments.
iap_authorized_users / iap_authorized_groups	[]	Who may access when IAP is enabled.

Group 6 — Environment Variables & Secrets

Variable	Default	Description
environment_variables	{}	Plain-text settings. Empty by default — set SMTP_HOST, SMTP_PORT, SMTP_USER, SMTP_SSL, and EMAIL_FROM here for outbound email.
secret_environment_variables	{}	Map of env var → Secret Manager secret name (e.g. SMTP_PASSWORD).
explicit_secret_values	{}	Sensitive values written to Secret Manager during deploy. Use to set a custom ODOO_MASTER_PASS.

Group 7 — Backup & Maintenance

Variable	Default	Description
backup_schedule	0 2 * * *	Automated backup cron (UTC).
backup_retention_days	7	Retention; raise to 90+ for financial/compliance data.
enable_backup_import / backup_source / backup_file / backup_format	restore options	Restore a PostgreSQL dump on deploy.

Group 8 — CI/CD & GitHub Integration

Standard App_CloudRun Cloud Build / Cloud Deploy integration — see App_CloudRun. Key inputs: enable_cicd_trigger, github_repository_url, github_token, enable_cloud_deploy.

Group 9 — Custom SQL Scripts

enable_custom_sql_scripts, custom_sql_scripts_bucket, custom_sql_scripts_path, custom_sql_scripts_use_root — run SQL from a GCS bucket after provisioning. See App_CloudRun.

Group 10 — Cloud Armor, Domains & Artifact Registry

Variable	Default	Description
enable_cloud_armor	false	Attach a Cloud Armor (WAF) policy to the load balancer. Strongly recommended for any internet-facing Odoo deployment.
admin_ip_ranges	[]	CIDRs allowed privileged access.
application_domains	[]	Custom hostnames for the load balancer.
enable_cdn	false	Enable Cloud CDN on the load balancer backend.
max_images_to_retain	7	Maximum recent Artifact Registry images to keep.

Group 11 — Cloud Storage & NFS

Variable	Default	Description
create_cloud_storage	true	Provision the addons bucket.
storage_buckets	[{ name_suffix = "data" }]	Additional buckets beyond the Odoo-managed odoo-addons bucket.
enable_nfs	true	Required — Odoo's filestore, sessions, and addons directories must reside on shared storage.
nfs_mount_path	/mnt/nfs	NFS mount path inside the container as seen by App_CloudRun.
gcs_volumes	[]	Additional GCS Fuse mounts.

Group 12 — Database Backend

Variable	Default	Description
database_type	POSTGRES_15	Fixed — do not change to MySQL or NONE.
application_database_name	odoo	Database name. Immutable after first deploy.
application_database_user	odoo	Application user. Immutable after first deploy.
database_password_length	32	Generated password length (16–64).
enable_auto_password_rotation	false	Zero-downtime DB password rotation.

Group 13 — Jobs & Scheduled Tasks

Variable	Default	Description
initialization_jobs	[]	Leave empty to use the built-in nfs-init + db-init jobs.
cron_jobs	[]	User-defined scheduled tasks (Cloud Scheduler → Cloud Run Jobs).

Group 14 — Observability & Health

Variable	Default	Description
startup_probe	{ type = "TCP", initial_delay_seconds = 60 }	TCP probe on port 8069; HTTP not available until after DB init.
liveness_probe	{ type = "HTTP", path = "/web/health", initial_delay_seconds = 120 }	HTTP check after 120 seconds; /web/health returns 200 only when Odoo has a live DB connection.
uptime_check_config	{ enabled = false, path = "/" }	Optional Cloud Monitoring uptime check; disabled by default.
alert_policies	[]	Optional metric alert policies.

Group 21 — Redis Cache

Variable	Default	Description
enable_redis	false	Enable Redis for session storage. Required when max_instance_count > 1.
redis_host	""	Redis endpoint. Required when enable_redis = true.
redis_port	6379	Redis port.
redis_auth	""	Optional Redis auth password (sensitive).

Group 22 — VPC Service Controls & Audit Logging

Variable	Default	Description
enable_vpc_sc	false	Enforce a VPC-SC perimeter (requires organization_id).
vpc_cidr_ranges / vpc_sc_dry_run	[] / true	Access level CIDRs / dry-run mode.
enable_audit_logging	false	Detailed Cloud Audit Logs.

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5. Outputs

These values are returned on a successful deployment and are the quickest way to locate and explore the running resources.

Output	Description
service_name	Cloud Run service name.
service_url	Primary URL for the Odoo service.
service_location	Cloud Run region.
stage_services	Map of service URLs for Cloud Deploy stage-specific revisions.
load_balancer_ip	External IP of the load balancer.
load_balancer_url	Custom-domain URL when a domain is configured.
database_instance_name	Cloud SQL instance name.
database_name	Application database name.
database_user	Application database user.
database_password_secret	Secret Manager secret holding the DB password.
database_host	Cloud SQL instance private IP (reachable via VPC egress — Cloud Run has no 127.0.0.1 proxy; the socket mount for DB_HOST lives at /cloudsql/...). Sensitive.
database_port	Database port.
storage_buckets	Created Cloud Storage buckets.
network_name / network_exists / regions	VPC network, presence, available regions.
container_image / container_registry	Deployed image and Artifact Registry repo.
monitoring_enabled / monitoring_notification_channels / uptime_check_names	Monitoring status, channels, and uptime checks.
initialization_jobs	Names of the setup jobs.
deployment_id / tenant_id / resource_prefix	Naming identifiers.
project_id / project_number	Project identifiers.
cicd_enabled / github_repository_url / github_repository_owner / github_repository_name / cicd_configuration	CI/CD status and details.
artifact_registry_repository / cloudbuild_trigger_name / cloudbuild_trigger_id	Registry and build trigger.
vpc_sc_enabled / vpc_sc_perimeter_name / vpc_sc_dry_run_mode	VPC-SC status.
audit_logging_enabled / artifact_registry_cmek_enabled	Audit logging and CMEK status.

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6. Configuration Pitfalls & Sensible Defaults

Risk: Critical (data loss / outage / security) — High (service degraded) — Medium (cost or partial degradation) — Low (minor).

Setting	Sensible value	Risk	Consequence if wrong
database_type	POSTGRES_15	Critical	Odoo requires PostgreSQL exclusively; MySQL or NONE breaks startup.
enable_nfs	true	Critical	Without NFS, attachments and session data are isolated per instance and lost on restart.
execution_environment	gen2	Critical	NFS volume mounts are unsupported in gen1; the service will fail to start.
application_database_name / _user	set once	Critical	Immutable after first deploy; renaming recreates the DB/user and destroys all ERP data.
memory_limit	≥ 4Gi for production	Critical	Default 1Gi can trigger Python OOM during module loading or large transaction processing.
explicit_secret_values (ODOO_MASTER_PASS)	strong, unique	Critical	The database manager at /web/database/manager is protected only by this password; a weak value exposes drop-database to anyone who can reach the URL.
max_instance_count with Redis disabled	1	High	Multiple instances without Redis continuously invalidate each other's sessions.
enable_redis	true when max_instance_count > 1	High	Without Redis, users are logged out when their request lands on a different instance.
redis_host	explicit endpoint	High	Required when enable_redis = true; empty causes session backend failures at startup.
min_instance_count	1 for production	High	Scale-to-zero adds cold-start delays of 30–90 seconds and stops the Odoo background scheduler.
backup_retention_days	90 for production	High	Odoo contains financial records; 7 days is insufficient for most compliance requirements.
application_version	valid LTS (18.0, 17.0)	High	Invalid version tag fails the Cloud Build step during image build.
enable_iap / enable_cloud_armor	enable for production	High	The Odoo database manager and admin portal should not be publicly reachable without authentication.
ingress_settings	internal-and-cloud-load-balancing with Cloud Armor	Medium	all exposes the Cloud Run URL directly, bypassing the WAF layer.
timeout_seconds	900 for report-heavy deployments	Medium	Long Odoo reports or imports can exceed 5 minutes; the default 300 will return 504 for large report generation.

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For the foundation behaviour referenced throughout — IAM, traffic management, scaling, CI/CD, Cloud Armor, IAP, Binary Authorization, VPC-SC, backups, and image mirroring — see App_CloudRun. Odoo-specific application configuration shared with the GKE variant is described in Odoo_Common.