From eacb99f963a3fb87e1eda9bd0537b89224dfa4a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ".bulat" Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 02:37:17 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify host Ollama with Docker (#1594) --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 135c19d..4442507 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ Ollama must listen outside its own loopback interface: OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0:11434 ollama serve ``` +This connects Odysseus in Docker to an Ollama server that is already running on +your host machine; it does not start Ollama inside the container. +`host.docker.internal` is Docker's hostname for the host machine from inside the +container. Cookbook **Serve** is a separate workflow for serving downloaded +models through Odysseus/llama.cpp, so Windows users with an existing Ollama +install usually only need to add the endpoint in Settings. + **Useful checks.** ```bash