Under the recent hype of generative AI, many organizations are keen on PoC chat services in their own product lines based on the Large Language Model (LLM). As an infrastructure engineer, I spent…

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A guide for infrastructure engineers to deploy their first LLM-based chat service using Docker. It details the step-by-step deployment process, the necessary architecture involving Open WebUI, Ollama, and LiteLLM projects, and the hardware requirements, especially for running the Llama3 model. It uses Docker Compose for container orchestration and provides profiles for both local and remote model management. Special considerations for operationalizing the service at scale are also discussed.

Demo Open Web UI with Models. A guide to your first LLM-based chat…