What is difference between xmlrc_port and http_port parameter in Odoo configuration file?

Question

What is the difference between xmlrc_port and http_port parameter which are used in Odoo configuration file.

Answer 1

None. Odoo 12 only uses http_port.

http_port was introduced in the version 11, prior to that, the parameter was xmlrc_port.

So, you should use

• http_port for Odoo >= 11
• xmlrc_port for Odoo < 11

In Odoo 12, xmlrc_port is kept for backward compatibility, see the mapping from xmlrc-port to http_port in the source code: https://github.com/odoo/odoo/blob/13.0/odoo/tools/config.py, line 147:

group.add_option("--xmlrpc-port", dest="http_port", type="int", help=hidden)

You can find the documentation

• for Odoo 11, using http_port, here: https://www.odoo.com/documentation/11.0/reference/cmdline.html
• for older versions, for example, Odoo 10, using xmlrc_port here: https://www.odoo.com/documentation/10.0/reference/cmdline.html