Self-host Ollama + Open WebUI with Docker

A local LLM runtime paired with a ChatGPT-style web interface, for running open models on your own hardware. This page describes the Levelrail template for Ollama + Open WebUI (AI). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: https://docs.openwebui.com/. Recommended memory: about 2048 MiB.

Services, ports and volumes

Service	Image	Container ports	Volumes
`ollama-api`	`ollama/ollama:latest`	none	`ollama_data -> /root/.ollama`
`open-webui`	`ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main`	8080	`open_webui_data -> /app/backend/data`

Environment variables

Service	Variable	Value
`open-webui`	`OLLAMA_BASE_URL`	Preset in the template

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

Deploy Ollama + Open WebUI with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select Ollama + Open WebUI. Review the Compose body and deploy. With the CLI:

levelrail-cli templates deploy ollama-open-webui --name my-ollama-open-webui

See the service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

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Self-host Ollama + Open WebUI with Docker

Services, ports and volumes

Environment variables

Deploy Ollama + Open WebUI with Levelrail

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​Services, ports and volumes

​Environment variables

​Deploy Ollama + Open WebUI with Levelrail

​More AI templates

Services, ports and volumes

Environment variables

Deploy Ollama + Open WebUI with Levelrail

More AI templates