Connecting Ollama and LM Studio Offline for Privacy-Preserving AI

Category: AI & Cybersecurity

Connecting Ollama and LM Studio Offline for Privacy-Preserving AI

Running Large Language Models (LLMs) locally has become the default setup for security-conscious developers. Two of the most popular offline model servers are Ollama and LM Studio.

In this guide, we show you how to configure these tools to connect with client-side dashboards like DomoDomo securely without internet access.

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🚀 Setting Up Ollama (CORS Configuration)

By default, browser applications cannot connect to local services due to Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) protections. To allow connection:

### On Windows:

1. Close Ollama from the taskbar.2. Open System Environment Variables. 3. Add a new variable: - Name: \
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