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Getting Started

What is CICDoo "Getting started: the onboarding wizard" The Dashboard and Infrastructure Map

Concepts

Production, staging and development stages Domains, subdomains and SSL Odoo versions and editions (Community vs Enterprise) Workspaces and team collaboration

Servers

Adding a server Server domains and DNS Using a load balancer "Server actions: deploy, logs and charts"

Projects & Git

Creating a project Connecting GitHub Connecting GitLab Branches and instances

Instances & Console

Creating an instance Restarting, stopping and removing an instance Merging branches between stages Web IDE and remote access Instance settings explained Deployments and the job queue

Monitoring & Backups

Monitoring your instance Backups and restore Alert notifications (email and SMS)

Workspaces & Permissions

Inviting workspace members Member permissions and resource access A member cannot see or use a resource

Account & Security

Two-factor authentication (2FA) Profile and integrations settings Passwords and account recovery

Billing & Plans

"Plans: Free, Pro and Enterprise" Upgrading and managing your subscription What happens when you hit a plan limit

Support & Tickets

Opening a support ticket Getting help from the CICDoo team

Troubleshooting

"Troubleshooting: cannot connect a server" "Troubleshooting: a deployment failed" "Troubleshooting: my instance is down or slow" "Troubleshooting: domain or SSL problems"

Getting Started

What is CICDoo

An overview of what CICDoo does, its three core building blocks (servers, projects, instances) and the main areas of the app.

What CICDoo does

CICDoo lets you deploy and manage Odoo instances on your own servers, with continuous integration and deployment driven by your Git repositories. You connect a machine you control, point CICDoo at a GitHub or GitLab repository, and CICDoo takes care of deploying, restarting, backing up and monitoring your Odoo environments.

The three core objects

Everything in CICDoo is built from three objects:

  • Server: a machine (host or IP plus SSH access) that CICDoo can deploy to. You bring your own server from any provider. See Adding a server.
  • Project: your Odoo codebase, linked to a GitHub or GitLab repository. When you create a project you choose the Odoo version and edition, and assign one or more servers to it.
  • Instance: a running deployment of a project. Each instance is tied to a Git branch and belongs to a stage (production, staging or development). A project can have many instances. See Production, staging and development stages.

In short: servers host instances, and instances are deployments of a project's branches.

Main areas of the app

  • Dashboard: stat cards for your servers, projects, active instances, deployments and tickets, plus a live table of recent deployments and quick actions.
  • Servers: add and manage the machines CICDoo deploys to, with online status and CPU, memory and storage usage.
  • Infrastructure Map: a live visual map showing which containers run on which servers, with filters by server, project, stage and type.
  • Projects: your repositories. Each project opens a console where you manage its instances by stage.
  • Queue: the history of jobs CICDoo has run (deploy, restart, upgrade, backup, restore and more), with logs for each job.
  • Tickets: open and follow support tickets with the CICDoo team.
  • Settings: your account, billing plan, and workspace configuration for teams.

CICDoo has a Free plan to get started, plus paid plans that raise limits and unlock extra features. Current prices are on the pricing page at cicdoo.com.

If you get stuck, open a support ticket from the Tickets page or the chat widget.

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