How to enable Longpolling in odoo¶

Longpolling is a way to deliver instant notification to web client (e.g. in chats).

To activate longpolling:

install dependencies

odoo 11.0

python -c "import gevent" || sudo pip3 install gevent

odoo 10.0

python -c "import gevent" || sudo pip install gevent
python -c "import psycogreen" || sudo pip install psycogreen

configure nginx

location /longpolling {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8072;
}
location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8069;
}

if you install odoo 9.0 via deb package, then you have to restore openerp-gevent file (see #10207):

cd /usr/bin/
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/odoo/odoo/9.0/openerp-gevent
chmod +x openerp-gevent