🐳 Docker Setup (Deprecated)

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✨ Major Update: Simpler Setup & More Flexibility! The observer-ollama service no longer requires SSL by default. This means no more browser security warnings for a standard local setup! It now also supports any backend that uses a standard OpenAI-compatible (v1/chat/completions) endpoint, like Llama.cpp.

This method uses Docker Compose to run everything you need in containers: the Observer WebApp, the observer-ollama translator, and a local Ollama instance. This is the easiest way to get a 100% private, local-first setup.

Prerequisites:

• Docker installed.
• Docker Compose installed.

Instructions:

1. Clone the repository and start the services:

   git clone https://github.com/Roy3838/Observer.git
   cd Observer/docker
   docker-compose up --build
   

2. Access the Local WebApp:

   • Open your browser to http://localhost:8080. This is your self-hosted version of the Observer app.

3. Connect to your Ollama service:

   • In the app's header/settings, set the Model Server Address to http://localhost:3838. This is the observer-ollama translator that runs in a container and communicates with Ollama for you.

4. Pull Ollama Models:

   • Navigate to the "Models" tab and click "Add Model". This opens a terminal to your Ollama instance.
   • Pull any model you need, for example:

     ollama run gemma3:4b # <- highly recommended model!
     

For NVIDIA GPUs: it's recommended to edit docker/docker-compose.yml and explicitly add gpu runtime to the ollama docker container. Add these to the ollama section of docker/docker-compose.yml:

    volumes:
      - ollama_data:/root/.ollama
    # ADD THIS SECTION
    runtime: nvidia
    deploy:
      resources:
        reservations:
          devices:
            - driver: nvidia
              count: all
              capabilities: [gpu]
    # UP TO HERE
    ports:
      - "11434:11434"

To Stop the Docker Setup:

cd docker && docker-compose down

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⚙️ Configuration

To customize your setup (e.g., enable SSL to access from app.observer-ai.com, disabling docker exec feature), simply edit the environment: section in your docker/docker-compose.yml file. All options are explained with comments directly in the file.