[GH-ISSUE #189] Helm values ollama.models.pull and ollama.models.run don't work #68

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opened 2026-10-18 21:05:30 +00:00 by bsakaguchi · 2 comments
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Originally created by @josef-hak on GitHub (Feb 26, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/helm-charts/issues/189

Hey folks, please how should these values work? I expected after providing e.g.

ollama:
  models:
    pull: [smollm:135m]
    run: [smollm:135m]

... the model smollm:135m will be available directly, pre-downloaded. But models list is empty after sign in. I tried that also with llama2 - the value which is used in examples, but the same result.

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Could anyone tell how to use it properly, please? Tested with chart 5.13.0.

Originally created by @josef-hak on GitHub (Feb 26, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/helm-charts/issues/189 Hey folks, please how should these values work? I expected after providing e.g. ~~~yaml ollama: models: pull: [smollm:135m] run: [smollm:135m] ~~~ ... the model [`smollm:135m`](https://ollama.com/library/smollm/tags) will be available directly, pre-downloaded. But models list is empty after sign in. I tried that also with llama2 - the value which is used in examples, but the same result. <img width="1503" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3bc0bcba-bc1d-482c-9a02-49dd594dc272" /> Could anyone tell how to use it properly, please? Tested with chart 5.13.0.
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@james-westbrook commented on GitHub (Feb 26, 2025):

Hi @Josca, I believe the model names need to be wrapped in quotes, such as '["smollm:135m"]'. There also was a bug with those in an older version of the chart, so if adding quotes doesn't fix it, try pulling the latest chart.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2686354253 --> @james-westbrook commented on GitHub (Feb 26, 2025): Hi @Josca, I believe the model names need to be wrapped in quotes, such as '["smollm:135m"]'. There also was a bug with those in an older version of the chart, so if adding quotes doesn't fix it, try pulling the latest chart.
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@josef-hak commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2025):

Hey @0xThresh , thank you for quick response. I found the issue 🎉 . There is another "ollama" helm value nested in upper level one. So all my ollama configs were ignored 🤦 . Problem solved:

ollama:
  ollama:
    models:
      pull: [smollm:135m]
      run: [smollm:135m]
<!-- gh-comment-id:2687364456 --> @josef-hak commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2025): Hey @0xThresh , thank you for quick response. I found the issue 🎉 . There is another "ollama" helm value nested in upper level one. So all my ollama configs were ignored 🤦 . Problem solved: ~~~yaml ollama: ollama: models: pull: [smollm:135m] run: [smollm:135m] ~~~
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