If you encounter an error stating llama:streaming - could not stream chat. Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 172.17.0.1:11434
when using AnythingLLM in a Docker container, this indicates that the IP of the Host inside of the virtual docker network does not bind to port 11434 of the host system by default, due to Ollama's restriction to localhost and 127.0.0.1. To resolve this issue and ensure proper communication between the Dockerized AnythingLLM and the Ollama service, you must configure Ollama to bind to 0.0.0.0 or a specific IP address.
If Ollama is run as a macOS application, environment variables should be set using launchctl
:
- For each environment variable, call
launchctl setenv
.launchctl setenv OLLAMA_HOST "0.0.0.0"
- Restart the Ollama application.
If Ollama is run as a systemd service, environment variables should be set using systemctl
:
- Edit the systemd service by calling
systemctl edit ollama.service
. This will open an editor. - For each environment variable, add a line
Environment
under the section[Service]
:[Service] Environment="OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0"
- Save and exit.
- Reload
systemd
and restart Ollama:systemctl daemon-reload systemctl restart ollama
On Windows, Ollama inherits your user and system environment variables.
- First, quit Ollama by clicking on it in the taskbar.
- Edit system environment variables from the Control Panel.
- Edit or create new variable(s) for your user account for
OLLAMA_HOST
,OLLAMA_MODELS
, etc. - Click OK/Apply to save.
- Run
ollama
from a new terminal window.