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Ganesh Joshi
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Docker Compose for Local LLMs: Ollama and Friends

This post was created with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy before publishing.

Trending in 2026: local inference (for example via Ollama or similar) is standard for offline dev, eval sets, and privacy-sensitive experiments. Docker Compose wires APIs, vector DBs, and model runners together.

Profiles

Use Compose profiles so developers without GPUs skip heavy services. Document minimum hardware.

Practical takeaway

Never commit model weights. Mount volumes explicitly. Read Docker and your inference project’s docs for current image names and ports.

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