First, a note about my setup: the host system runs Windows 11, and all tools are installed inside a Windows 11 virtual machine using VMware. To fully utilize the available hardware resources on the host system, I installed
Ollama.
Next, download and install Docker Desktop. I recommend installing it via the Microsoft Store, which you can access
here.
Then, install the
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) if it is not already installed:
wsl --install
After the installation completes, reboot your system.
Next, execute the following command to connect OpenWebUI to Ollama running on another machine. Replace
http://192.168.2.39:11434 with the IP address of your Ollama instance:
docker run -d `
--name open-webui `
-p 3000:8080 `
-e OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://192.168.2.39:11434 `
--restart unless-stopped `
ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main
After the installation completes, wait a short time for OpenWebUI to start. The service does not start immediately, and no status message is shown during the initialization process.
