request.Unable to connect to local Ollama instance. Ollama may not be running

[DesignXX1]

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request.Unable to connect to local Ollama instance. Ollama may not be running 

I have tried everything but it doesn't seem to work: most likely I'm doing something wrong

[sestinj]

@DesignXX1 Can you try running ollama from your terminal, or making a curl request? For example, you can see their API docs here: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/api.md#generate-a-completion

[DesignXX1]

I tried that technique as well however with no success

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