From 5a6d03f5c85940ea060614baa9e9211a6c644bcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vijayakanth Manoharan <vijayakanthmanoharan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:34:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Use host Ollama for Docker app runtime

---
 README.md          | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 docker-compose.yml | 38 +++-----------------------------------
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 470959c..28730dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,17 +32,29 @@ ollama pull qwen3.5:9b
 
 ## Docker Compose
 
-Start both the app and `Ollama` together:
+Run the app in Docker while keeping `Ollama` on the host:
 
 ```bash
 docker compose up --build
 ```
 
 This compose stack will:
-- start `Ollama`
-- pull `qwen3.5:9b` through the `ollama-init` service
-- start the Next.js app on `http://localhost:3000`
-- persist the SQLite database and pulled model with named Docker volumes
+- start only the Next.js app on `http://localhost:3000`
+- keep SQLite data in a named Docker volume
+- connect to host `Ollama` through `host.docker.internal`
+
+Before running Docker Compose, make sure host `Ollama` is already up:
+
+```bash
+ollama serve
+ollama pull qwen3.5:9b
+```
+
+If you run the app outside Docker, keep using:
+
+```bash
+OLLAMA_URL=http://127.0.0.1:11434/
+```
 
 ## In-app helpers
 
@@ -53,5 +65,5 @@ This compose stack will:
 ## Environment
 
 - `DATABASE_URL` - Prisma SQLite connection string
-- `OLLAMA_URL` - local or container Ollama base URL
+- `OLLAMA_URL` - Ollama base URL; in Docker Compose this defaults to `http://host.docker.internal:11434/`
 - `OLLAMA_MODEL` - selected model tag, default `qwen3.5:9b`
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f352b7f..dc59e35 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,50 +1,18 @@
 services:
-  ollama:
-    image: ollama/ollama:latest
-    container_name: monthytracker-ollama
-    ports:
-      - "11434:11434"
-    volumes:
-      - ollama_data:/root/.ollama
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "ollama", "list"]
-      interval: 15s
-      timeout: 10s
-      retries: 20
-      start_period: 20s
-
-  ollama-init:
-    image: ollama/ollama:latest
-    depends_on:
-      ollama:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    environment:
-      OLLAMA_HOST: http://ollama:11434
-      OLLAMA_MODEL: ${OLLAMA_MODEL:-qwen3.5:9b}
-    entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
-    command: "ollama pull ${OLLAMA_MODEL:-qwen3.5:9b}"
-    volumes:
-      - ollama_data:/root/.ollama
-    restart: "no"
-
   app:
     build:
       context: .
     container_name: monthytracker-app
-    depends_on:
-      ollama:
-        condition: service_healthy
-      ollama-init:
-        condition: service_completed_successfully
     environment:
       DATABASE_URL: file:/data/dev.db
-      OLLAMA_URL: http://ollama:11434/
+      OLLAMA_URL: ${OLLAMA_URL:-http://host.docker.internal:11434/}
       OLLAMA_MODEL: ${OLLAMA_MODEL:-qwen3.5:9b}
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
     ports:
       - "3000:3000"
     volumes:
       - app_data:/data
 
 volumes:
-  ollama_data:
   app_data: