Connect a local model with Ollama
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How does AgentLaire AI Control use a local model?
Section titled “How does AgentLaire AI Control use a local model?”AgentLaire AI Control talks to Ollama through its OpenAI-compatible API, as a provider of type “OpenAI-compatible (Ollama, vLLM, LiteLLM)”. AgentLaire AI Control is free. See the product page.
The steps are: install Ollama, pull a model, add the provider, test it, allow data sharing and, if you want, make it the default. Nothing is sent to Ollama until a manager allows data sharing.
How do I install Ollama and pull a model?
Section titled “How do I install Ollama and pull a model?”Ollama runs models on your own machine or server. Install it from ollama.com, then pull a model that supports tool calls:
ollama pull qwen3:14bPick a size your hardware can run. Check that the server answers:
curl http://localhost:11434/v1/modelsThe reply lists the model you pulled. The name in that list is what you enter as the default model, for example qwen3:14b.
What base URL do I use?
Section titled “What base URL do I use?”The base URL is where the Odoo server reaches Ollama, ending in /v1. localhost means the machine Odoo itself runs on.
| Where Odoo runs | Base URL |
|---|---|
| Same machine as Ollama, no Docker | http://localhost:11434/v1 |
| Docker Desktop, Ollama on the host | http://host.docker.internal:11434/v1 |
Docker Compose, Ollama in a service called ollama |
http://ollama:11434/v1 |
| Another server | http://<server address>:11434/v1 |
Inside a container, localhost is the container, not your computer, so it fails there. On Linux, Ollama listens on the local machine only by default; to reach it from a container, start it with OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0 and use the host’s address.
How do I add Ollama as a provider?
Section titled “How do I add Ollama as a provider?”AgentLaire AI Control keeps providers under AI Control › Configuration › Connections › Providers. Click New and fill in the dialog:
| Field | Value for Ollama |
|---|---|
| Name | Any name, for example “Ollama” |
| Provider Type | OpenAI-compatible (Ollama, vLLM, LiteLLM) |
| Base URL | From the table above. Required for this type. |
| API key | Leave empty. Ollama needs none. |
| Default Model | The model name, for example qwen3:14b |
Click Save and test connection. The message “Connection successful” with the time in milliseconds means Odoo reached Ollama. The model name is not checked here, so open the provider afterwards and click Refresh models to list the models Ollama offers.
A local model has no price. Its cost shows as $0.00.
How do I allow data sharing?
Section titled “How do I allow data sharing?”AgentLaire AI Control blocks a provider from receiving data until an AI Manager allows it. Open the provider and, under Data sharing, click Allow data sharing. The provider then receives, after the outbound redaction rules:
- the chat messages users send;
- tool results, which hold the records the user can read;
- for AgentLaire AI Dashboards, field names, aggregated tile results when a user asks for an explanation, and sample values only when a manager allows them.
The form shows who allowed it and when. Withdraw takes it back. Changing the provider type or the base URL withdraws it too. With a local provider, nothing leaves your own network.
How do I test the connection again?
Section titled “How do I test the connection again?”Open the provider and click Test connection in the form header. The Health, Calls (24 h) and Avg latency (ms) figures at the top of the form fill in as agents use the provider.
How do I make it the default provider?
Section titled “How do I make it the default provider?”Open AI Control › Configuration › Settings and choose the provider in Default provider, under Providers. Agents use the default provider unless an agent names another. Click Save.