Ollama credentials
You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes:
Prerequisites
Create and run an Ollama (opens in a new tab) instance with one user. Refer to the Ollama Quick Start (opens in a new tab) for more information.
Supported authentication methods
- Instance URL
Related resources
Refer to Ollama's API documentation (opens in a new tab) for more information about the service.
Using instance URL
To configure this credential, you'll need:
- The Base URL of your Ollama instance or remote authenticated Ollama instances.
- (Optional) The API Key for Bearer token authentication if connecting to a remote, authenticated proxy.
The default Base URL is http://localhost:11434, but if you've set the OLLAMA_HOST environment variable, enter that value. If you have issues connecting to a local n8n server, try 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost.
If you're connecting to Ollama through authenticated proxy services (such as Open WebUI (opens in a new tab)) you must include an API key. If you don't need authentication, leave this field empty. When provided, the API key is sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header of the request to the Ollama API.
Refer to How do I configure Ollama server? (opens in a new tab) for more information.
Ollama and self-hosted n8n
If you're self-hosting n8n on the same machine as Ollama, you may run into issues if they're running in different containers.
For this setup, open a specific port for n8n to communicate with Ollama by setting the OLLAMA_ORIGINS variable or adjusting OLLAMA_HOST to an address the other container can access.
Refer to Ollama's How can I allow additional web origins to access Ollama? (opens in a new tab) for more information.