# Current Status: Endpoint Ignored in text2vec-ollama Module

**URL:** <https://forum.weaviate.io/t/current-status-endpoint-ignored-in-text2vec-ollama-module/21680>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** technical\
**Created:** [July 19, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/current-status-endpoint-ignored-in-text2vec-ollama-module/21680 "2025-07-19T23:27:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![lssindustry4](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/lssindustry4/32/7497_2.png) [@lssindustry4](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/lssindustry4)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/current-status-endpoint-ignored-in-text2vec-ollama-module/21680/1 "2025-07-19T23:27:53Z")

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In Query-time text2vec-ollama module ignores custom endpoint and always falls back to localhost:11434

I have Weaviate, pipelines and Open WebUI containers sharing the same custom bridge network

I can run Langchain Python script and generate the embedding.

When I query using Open WebUI and pipelines, it falls back to localhost as explained above

OS is Windows Pro 11  
Ollama runs in the host computer  
I use Docker Desktop

All the environment variables are set properly

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**Author:** ![Shahin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/shahin/32/8085_2.png) [@Shahin](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Shahin)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/current-status-endpoint-ignored-in-text2vec-ollama-module/21680/2 "2025-07-23T12:47:25Z")

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Hi @lssindustry4,

Welcome to our community, it’s great to have you with us! 🥳

Just to confirm, is this the same issue as reported here?

> <https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/issues/8406>
>
> \*\*Description\*\*
> I’m running Weaviate v1.30.8 in Docker Compose and hosting Ollam…a (BGE-M3) on my physical machine at 192.168.1.217:11434. Although embedding via Ollama works from the host, any query-time vectorization in Weaviate still tries to POST to http://localhost:11434/api/embed and fails with connection refused. Neither environment variables nor schema settings seem to take effect.
> 
> \*\*Environment\*\*
> 
> Weaviate version: v1.30.8 (Docker image semitechnologies/weaviate:latest)
> 
> Deployment: Docker Compose (bridge network), ports 8088:8080, 50051:50051
> 
> Ollama service: Running on host 192.168.1.217:11434, responds correctly to:
> 
> bash
> curl -X POST http://192.168.1.217:11434/api/embed \\
> -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\
> -d '{"model":"bge-m3","input":"test"}'
> \*\*Client: Java SDK v5.2.1, using\*\*
> 
> java
> .targetVectors(new String\[\]{ "title" })
> to trigger query-time embedding
> 
> \*\*Docker Compose snippet\*\*
> 
> yaml
> 
> services:
> weaviate:
> image: semitechnologies/weaviate:latest
> ports:
> - "8088:8080"
> - "50051:50051"
> volumes:
> - /opt/weaviate/data:/var/lib/weaviate
> extra\_hosts:
> - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
> environment:
> PERSISTENCE\_DATA\_PATH: "/var/lib/weaviate"
> ENABLE\_API\_BASED\_MODULES: "true"
> ENABLE\_MODULES: "text2vec-ollama,generative-ollama"
> DEFAULT\_VECTORIZER\_MODULE: "text2vec-ollama"
> TEXT2VEC\_OLLAMA\_API\_ENDPOINT: "http://host.docker.internal:11434
> CLUSTER\_HOSTNAME: "node1"
> command:
> - --host
> - "0.0.0.0"
> - --port
> - "8080"
> - --scheme
> - "http"
> - --write-timeout
> - "600s"
> 
> 
> \*\*Schema configuration (Java SDK)\*\*
> java
> 
> List\<String\> vectorizeProperties = List.of("title", "content");
> WeaviateClass docClass = WeaviateClass.builder()
> .className(className)
> .vectorizer("text2vec-ollama")
> .moduleConfig(Map.of(
> "text2vec-ollama", Map.of(
> "model", "bge-m3",
> "apiEndpoint", "http://host.docker.internal:11434",
> "vectorizeProperties", vectorizeProperties
> )
> ))
> .properties(List.of(docId, title, content, unit))
> .build();
> 
> client.schema().classCreator().withClass(docClass).run();
> 
> \*\*Reproduction Steps\*\*
> 
> Deploy Weaviate via the above Docker Compose.
> 
> Create schema with the above Java code.
> 
> Restart Weaviate:
> 
> Run a GraphQL query with .targetVectors(new String\[\]{ "title" }).
> 
> \*\*Observed\*\*
> WeaviateErrorMessage(...): 
> remote client vectorize: send POST request: 
> Post "http://localhost:11434/api/embed": 
> dial tcp 127.0.0.1:11434: connect: connection refused
> 
> \*\*Expected\*\*
> Weaviate should use one of these custom endpoints for query-time embedding instead of defaulting to localhost:11434:
> 
> Schema’s moduleConfig.text2vec-ollama.apiEndpoint
> 
> Environment variable like TEXT2VEC\_OLLAMA\_API\_ENDPOINT 
> 
> 
> \*\*Additional Notes\*\*
> 
> I have verified network connectivity from both host and container to http://host.docker.internal:11434/api/embed.
> 
> No logs ever print my custom endpoint—Weaviate always seems unaware of it.
> 
> Please advise how to properly override the default embedding endpoint for query-time text2vec-ollama. Thank you!

Best regards,

Mohamed Shahin  
Weaviate Support Engineer  
(Ireland, UTC±00:00/+01:00)

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**Author:** ![lssindustry4](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/lssindustry4/32/7497_2.png) [@lssindustry4](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/lssindustry4)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/current-status-endpoint-ignored-in-text2vec-ollama-module/21680/3 "2025-07-23T16:37:58Z")

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Hi Mohamed,

Thank you for your response, this is a different issue but I have a similar issue as reported .

It always falls back to localhost:11434 during query- time .

Do you need any specifics ?

Best,

JC