Can I schedule updates for my Odoo instance?

Yes. Hodiploy lets you choose between triggering Odoo version updates yourself, or scheduling them to run automatically at a set time, without thinking about it.

What this update covers

This is about updating the Odoo image for the version you're running, in other words the fixes Odoo publishes for that version. This setting is independent of deploying your custom code via Git, which is driven separately by your repository.

It is not a major version upgrade either: moving from 18 to 19 is not done through this setting, since an instance's version is fixed at creation.

Where to configure it

1. Log in to Hodiploy from your Client Area
2. Select the instance in your list
3. Click "Edit"
4. Scroll down to the "Update method" section

The two available modes

• Manual: you decide yourself when the update is applied, with the "Update my instance" button.
• Automatic: you set a day, a time window and a timezone, and the update runs on its own as soon as a new image is available.

In both cases, the update is based on the official Odoo image published on Docker Hub, for the version you chose when creating your instance. In automatic mode, as soon as a new image is available for that version, it is pulled and applied in the window you defined.

For example, if your instance runs Odoo 19 and automatic mode is configured, every new update of the version 19 image published on Docker Hub will be applied to your instance, in the time window you defined.

Automatic mode is particularly useful for scheduling your updates outside working hours, in the middle of the night for instance, to minimise the impact on your users.

A redeployment to plan for

As with any configuration change on your instance, an update triggers a redeployment. In manual mode, pick a moment when nobody is working on the instance before triggering it. In automatic mode, make sure the window you set doesn't clash with your users' activity.

Knowing what happened

The "Last ERP update" column in the list tells you when the instance actually changed image version. The instance's activity log is more precise still: it records the start of each update, the version it came from, the version it went to, and the failure if there was one. If you enabled the email alert on the instance, you are notified as well.

A question about scheduling your updates?

If you're unsure which mode best fits your business, contact us and our team will be happy to help you.

Updated on: 22/08/2026