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Disable database manager in Odoo

Module for odoo 8 and 11 available on Github. Some tips found on the web hides only the link from Odoo homepage however URL are still reachable (~/web/database/manager). By installing this module, it will filter the access to Odoo database manager through the controller except connections coming from IPs listed in system parameters. Whitelist option: Key: disable_database_manager.database_manager_whitelist Value: 192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2,etc… This module will avoid unwanted connections attempts and secure your database manager access. Works with NGINX with some modification on nginx config file, click here for more detail. To disable completely database manager access: Add list_db = False in odoo.conf / …

App / Coding

Merge documents to PDF from iPhone

Are you looking for a quick and easy way to combine multiple files into a single document? Look no further than MergePDF!. This powerful PDF merging tool offers a simple and intuitive, making it easy to add files and merge them into one document. With MergePDF!, you can also scan on-fly ,reorder documents. Get organized and save time with MergePDF – the ultimate PDF merging tool! Only available in Apple Store for iOS devices. Valid extension: docx, doc, xls, xlsx, pptx, ppt, pdf, image files. Camera scan Rectangular shape detection Edit PDF Re-order and remove page Edit Images Crop and select …

Wordpress

WordPress Code Display

Plugin for displaying code in the front end: http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/syntaxhighlighter/ code to use in the backend: [code lang=”xml”][/code]

Odoo / OpenERP

How to get data from URL with a controller in Odoo 9

Create under your module a folder controller, in that folder create files controller.py and __init__.py and link your new file in __init__.py, don’t forget to add controller folder in the __init__.py at the root folder of your module. controller.py code bellow will make available the URL www.myodoo.com/page/random/random_variable, random_variable value will be stored in values dictionary on key variable. in folder view of your module create the file template.xml

Hacking / Linux

Fail2ban doesn’t ban but regex works

One of my Debian server with fail2ban has a problem to ban ip from brute force attack, however testing logs with fail2ban-regex worked perfectly. My solution has been found through this page. The cause of my issue was related to the timezone of the system. To solve this problem, i used the command bellow to reconfigure timezone and then fail2ban started to ban as usual.

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