How to do it...

To adapt the configuration file for production, you need to follow these steps:

1. Create a new configuration file for production based on the development file:

$ cd ~/odoo-prod/project
$ cp development.conf production.conf

1. Edit the production configuration file production.conf.
2. Change the addons path to match the production base directory:

addons_path = /home/odoo/odoo-prod/project/src/odoo/addons,
/home/odoo/odoo-prod/project/src/odoo/odoo/addons,
/home/odoo/odoo-prod/project/src/partner-contact

1. Change the data directory:

data_dir = /home/odoo/odoo-prod/project/filestore  

1. Change the server log path to match the production base directory:

logfile = /home/odoo/odoo-prod/project/logs/odoo.log  

1. Configure log rotation:

logrotate = True

1. Configure the logging handlers:

log_level = warn
log_handler = :WARNING,werkzeug:CRITICAL,odoo.service.server:INFO

1. Adapt the database connection parameters:

db_host = False
db_maxconn = 64
db_name = odoo-project
db_password = False
db_port = False
db_template = template1
db_user = False  

1. Configure the database filter, and disable database listing:

dbfilter = odoo-project$
list_db = False

1. Change the master password using a random password generated with pwgen :

admin_password = use a random password

1. Configure Odoo to run with workers:

workers = 4
# limit_memory_hard: 4GB    
limit_memory_hard = 4294967296
# limit_memory_soft: 640MB
limit_memory_soft = 671088640
limit_request = 8192
limit_time_cpu = 120
limit_time_real = 300

1. Only listen on the local network interface:

http_interface = 127.0.0.1

1. Save the file, and add it to the Git repository:

$ git add production.conf
$ git commit -m "add production configuration file"