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Ollama credentials#

You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes:

Prerequisites#

Create and run an Ollama instance with one user. Refer to the Ollama Quick Start for more information.

Supported authentication methods#

  • Instance URL

Refer to Ollama's API documentation for more information about the service.

View n8n's Advanced AI documentation.

Using instance URL#

To configure this credential, you'll need:

  • The Base URL of your Ollama instance.

The default Base URL is http://localhost:11434, but if you've set the OLLAMA_HOST environment variable, enter that value.

Refer to How do I configure Ollama server? 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? for more information.