Unable to connect to Ollama

[rmd1433]

Hello!

I'm experiencing an issue connecting to the local Ollama server while using your page-assist extension. The application displays "Unable to connect to Ollama 🦙" message and a red icon.

I've tried various recommendations from the documentation and discussions, but the problem persists.

Could you provide instructions for running the local Ollama server or suggest other solutions to this issue?

Thank you for your assistance!

[n4ze3m]

Hey, sorry about that. Is your Ollama server running locally? If not, you need to run it. You can download Ollama from here: https://ollama.com/download

[oatmealm]

I'm jumping in to ask about using a remote installation of ollama. When trying something like http://10.0.0.10:11434 as the url_base it can't find the server. The server is accessible remotely otherwise from other client, like ios or cli.

[oatmealm]

Just to say that the project is really impressive (I've tried with a local server as well). thanks!

[n4ze3m]

I'm jumping in to ask about using a remote installation of ollama. When trying something like http://10.0.0.10:11434 as the url_base it can't find the server. The server is accessible remotely otherwise from other client, like ios or cli.

Usually, page assist works with the remote server. I will try to debug it. Maybe it's because of this issue: ollama/ollama#2335

Just to say that the project is really impressive (I've tried with a local server as well). thanks!

thanks :)

[oatmealm]

Great!
I've been looking around the console and I do see 403 forbidden... which is strange. OLLAMA_ORIGINS is set with a wildcard... I'm seeing same problem with Lumos

[oatmealm]

some more info... I'm running ollama manually on the server to trace:

OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0 OLLAMA_ORIGINS=chrome-extension://* ollama serve

[n4ze3m]

🤔 can you try this command

OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0 OLLAMA_ORIGINS=* ollama serve

[oatmealm]

It did.
Again, amazing work. Really enjoy using the app.
Would love to help in testing if you need help or feedback.

[n4ze3m]

Hey guys, a new fix has been released for this issue. All you need to do is go to Settings > Ollama setting and enable custom origin URL, which will resolve the issue.

for more information: https://github.com/n4ze3m/page-assist/blob/main/docs/connection-issue.md

[MicPec]

I am having trouble getting Ollama to work on my Vivaldi browser. Ollama is up and running, everything works fine on Firefox, but I can't seem to establish a connection on Vivaldi.

[n4ze3m]

Hey @MicPec

I just tested it on the Vivaldi browser (windows) , and it seems to be working fine. Can you try turning on this setting from the web UI settings > Ollama setting? It may resolve the issue.

for more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fydtRnxjfJU or https://github.com/n4ze3m/page-assist/blob/main/docs/connection-issue.md#solutions

[MicPec]

Thanks for quick response. I did try this before, no luck. BTW this is the Linux machine.
Open WebUI and Lobe Chat are working fine on Vivaldi so connection is blocked from extension. Maybe some vivaldi hidden settings, but I could't find.

[n4ze3m]

Hey @MicPec , I will test on my Linux machine with Vivaldi. For OpenWebUI and LobreChat, they have a server, but for PageAssist, everything happens in the browser, which is why this issue exists

Another fix is by changing Custom origin url in advance settings to chrome-extension://jfgfiigpkhlkbnfnbobbkinehhfdhndo, then you need to restart Ollama with the following environment variable, which may work:

OLLAMA_ORIGINS=chrome-extension://* ollama serve

source: ollama/ollama#2335 (comment)

[MicPec]

I've managed to run it, the problem was completely different. The connection was blocked by uBlock 🤦🏻‍♂️, so I had to add jfgfiigpkhlkbnfnbobbkinehhfdhndo to the exceptions lists. Now everything works fine.
Thanks for Your help anyway

[oatmealm]

Talking of which, and it's not specific to page-assist, I had to change OLLAMA_ORIGINS=chrome-extension://* to a promiscuous * , since nothing was able to connect any more remotely, or locally like from this extension (I'm using Firefox).

[n4ze3m]

Hey @oatmealm

In the latest version of Page Assist, there is an advanced URL configuration. All you need to do is enable Enable or Disable Custom Origin URL.

[oatmealm]

Is it needed when OLLAMA_ORIGINS is set correctly?

[n4ze3m]

Is it needed when OLLAMA_ORIGINS is set correctly?

Not needed :) An alternative method only