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To use Ollama with Hymalaia, follow the instructions below.

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🧾 Prerequisites

You need to have Ollama installed on your system. You can find installation instructions and source code at:
⚠️ Note: While we support self-hosted LLMs, you will get significantly better responses with more powerful models like GPT-4.

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🚀 Getting Started with Ollama

  1. Install Ollama following the instructions for your operating system
  2. Start a model using the command:
ollama run llama2
  1. Verify the API works with a test request:
curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d '{
  "model": "llama2",
  "prompt":"Why is the sky blue?"
}'

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⚙️ Set Up Hymalaia with Ollama

  1. Navigate to the LLM page in the Hymalaia Admin Panel
  2. Add a Custom LLM Provider with the following identifiers:
OllamaLLMProvider1
OllamaLLMProvider2
🔍 Note: For the API Base, when using Docker, point to host.docker.internal instead of localhost (e.g., http://host.docker.internal:11434).

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🛠️ Environment Configuration

You may want to adjust these environment variables to optimize for locally hosted LLMs: 
# Extend timeout for CPU-based model execution
QA_TIMEOUT=120

# Always run search, never skip
DISABLE_LLM_CHOOSE_SEARCH=True

# Disable LLM-based chunk filtering
DISABLE_LLM_CHUNK_FILTER=True

# Disable query rephrasing
DISABLE_LLM_QUERY_REPHRASE=True

# Disable automatic filter extraction
DISABLE_LLM_FILTER_EXTRACTION=True

# Optional: Use simplified prompting for weaker models
# QA_PROMPT_OVERRIDE=weak
For more detailed setup and environment configuration examples, refer to the Model Configs.
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