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Ollama

Change Ollama Models Directory in Ubuntu Linux​

1.1. Copy installed ollama models from one disk to another​

cp -r <curret/path/to/models> <destination/to/store/model/files>
  • Example command: cp -r /mnt/INTERNAL/Ollama/.ollama /home/appuser/Ollama/.ollama

1.2. Get it from any other system (Linux) in your network​

See Secure Copy (SCP)


sudo systemctl stop ollama

3. Get user and group owner names of your destination folder​

Go to the folder where you're going to keep ollama files

cd /home/appuser/Ollama/.ollama (Example)

Check details of all files

ls -lk -a

4. Create and Override Ollama service using config file​

sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/ollama.service.d; sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ollama.service.d/override.conf

Add the path, user, and group of new location in the file

Example

[Service]
Environment="OLLAMA_MODELS=/home/appuser/ollama/.ollama/models" # change this path to your path
User=appuser # change this path to your User
Group=appuser # change this path to your Group

5. Restart System Daemon (this is not a system reboot) and Ollama​

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl restart ollama

6. Check the working​

ollama list

7. Try downloading a model and check if it is saving to the new location​

ollama run <model_name>
  • Get new model name from ollama.com/models

Optionals​

Check details of all directories​

ls -ld -a

Status of Ollama​

To see status of ollama (whether it is running, stopped, exited, error)

sudo systemctl status ollama

Error logs of Ollama​

To see the error logs of ollama (limiting to the latest 50 lines)

journalctl -u ollama -n 50

Ollama and Open WebUI from separate computers​

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