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Document setting server vars for windows
Daniel Hiltgen 1 year ago
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    systemctl restart ollama
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+### Setting environment variables on Windows
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+On windows, Ollama inherits your user and system environment variables.
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+1. First Quit Ollama by clicking on it in the task bar
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+2. Edit system environment variables from the control panel
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+3. Edit or create New variable(s) for your user account for `OLLAMA_HOST`, `OLLAMA_MODELS`, etc.
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+4. Click OK/Apply to save 
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+5. Run `ollama` from a new terminal window 
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 ## How can I expose Ollama on my network?
 
 Ollama binds 127.0.0.1 port 11434 by default. Change the bind address with the `OLLAMA_HOST` environment variable.