====== Setting up OpenWebUI and Ollama using Docker ====== ===== Prerequisites ===== 1. A system with Docker installed ===== Step 1: Install Ollama ===== 1. Open a terminal window. 2. Run the following command to install Ollama: curl https://ollama.ai/install.sh | sh 3. Verify the installation by running: ollama --version ===== Step 2: Pull a Language Model ===== Pull a language model (e.g., Llama 3) using Ollama: ollama pull llama3 ===== Step 4: Set Up OpenWebUI ===== 1. Open a new terminal window. 2. Run the OpenWebUI Docker container: sudo docker run -d \ --network=host -v /home/azam/open-webui/:/app/backend/data \ -e OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:11434 \ --name open-webui --restart always ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main This command does the following: 1. Runs the container in detached mode (`-d`) 2. Names the container "openwebui" (`--name openwebui`) 3. If Ollama and OpenWebUI are running on the same system it uses the system network (`--network=host`) 4. Sets the Ollama API base URL environment variable (`-e OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL=...`) 6. Uses the OpenWebUI Docker image (`ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main`) ===== Step 5: Access OpenWebUI ===== 1. Open a web browser and navigate to: http://localhost:8080 ===== Step 6: Configure OpenWebUI ===== 1. In the OpenWebUI interface, first create an account. 2. Login to the account created. ===== Step 7: Test the Setup ===== 1. Start a new chat in OpenWebUI. 2. Select the language model you pulled earlier (e.g., Llama 3). 3. Send a test message to verify that everything is working correctly. ==== Additional Docker Commands ==== - To stop the OpenWebUI container: docker stop openwebui - To start the OpenWebUI container again: docker start openwebui - To remove the OpenWebUI container: docker rm openwebui