Everything One Needs To Know About Using Odoo RunBot (2023)

Odoo Runbot refers to a server which acts as a host for different Odoo ERP versions and branches installed. It is an online portal which is used for testing features of Odoo ERP.

Usually, all the latest versions of Odoo like production and testing are easily available on Odoo RunBot. Testing process of various versions and branches such as Odoo 11,12,13,14,15,16 and SaaS.

For example, if there is any problem that an engineer/ developer is facing he/she can sort it out in Odooo RunBot.

There are 2 possible situations:

If the specific issue is existing in the RunBot environment then it is a bug.

If not, it can be a configuration issue in the local Odoo version.

Usually, Odoo RunBot is Odoo Partnered to test the GitHub branches that are pushed.

What is the function of RunBot?

Odoo Runbot is a server which provides Odoo runbot installation. RunBot is introduced as per different Odoo versions and ventures.

How to access Odoo RunBot?

Anyone can easily access RunBot by visiting to this web address runbot.odoo.com .The RunBot server is known for being future-oriented.

Here is how Odoo RunBot looks like when the page gets loaded.

Odoo RunBot is also used for running Odoo and testing the entities of Odoo for demo purposes. In today’s time, anyone can use the Odoo branches along with the improvements that are made by the testing branch.

When the RunBot’s website/ landing page gets loaded completely there are two possible situations either you click on a build with a Green hash (#)/ link (🔗) or a Red hahs (#)/ link (🔗). The colors are used to represent whether a particular “build” is active (green) or not active (red). 

 In order to open a particular version of Odoo, one has to click on the blue clock square button at the end of an Odoo branch.

There are generally two types of Odoo versions that can be chosen, the community version or the enterprise version.

As seen in the image “Odoo” represents the “Community version” and “Enterprise” represents the Enterprise version. 

There are mainly 2 databases in Odoo RunBot. The 1st one is “All” and the 2nd one is “Base”.

In “all” database every module would be installed and contain demo data for better representation. The “base” database would not have any modules installed in it.

How to check the latest features in a RunBot?

As Odoo RunBot is a multi user environment, many users are using it together in real-time. The image displayed below has detailed build errors. Non-active branches would be shown if one would click on the gear symbol. 

Log File: We are able to see a simple log file and it contains the reasons of failure and errors in the build. 

How to login into Odoo Community/ Enterprise edition?

Here is how to log into the community/enterprise edition:
Step 1. Click on the “blue button” in the row of an active build. 

Step 2. The next step is to click “Sign in”

Step 3. Enter Email and Password.

There are two possible credentials to login to DB, clients can pick both:

User admin:

Email: admin
Password: admin

User Demo: 

Email: demo
Password: demo

Here is the view that any user would be able to view after entering email & password and then clicking on Login.

Main features in Odoo RunBot:

Here we can add some important key features of Odoo RunBot   

1. Blue Button

2. Green Button

3. Key logs

4. Detailed logs

• Blue button:
  The “blue button” is used to access the RunBot database’s “All” database.
• Green button:
  To access the “base” database click on the “Green Button”. It is also used to show logs, warnings and errors displayed on the build page.
• Detailed logs:

1. Full Base Logs: It displays complete logs of the whole Odoo installation process in the “base” database.
2. Full All Logs: It displays whole logs for all existing installation processes in the “whole” database.
3. Full Run Logs: They are used because one can inspect it essentially both for databases that continue after they've been run.