commit 539eded8aa1a17f86a6eefb6453a7343fc13e298
Author: boxswapper <nick@hackerhaus.io>
Date:   Tue Feb 10 05:51:51 2026 -0700

    initial commit, not tested

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+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# Ansible Playbook – Deploy Ollama + Open‑WebUI with Podman
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+- name: Deploy Ollama + Open‑WebUI on a remote host using Podman
+  hosts: target                # <-- change to your inventory group / host
+  become: true                 # we need root to manage containers/volumes
+  vars:
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Port that the Open‑WebUI UI will listen on on the *host*.
+    # If you set the environment variable OPEN_WEBUI_PORT on the host
+    # before running the play, that value will be used, otherwise 3000.
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    open_webui_port: "{{ lookup('env', 'OPEN_WEBUI_PORT') | default('3000') }}"
+
+    # Secret key for the UI – you can also move this to a vault variable
+    webui_secret_key: "vk4HCy3FnlF0fqRT8MClJSGVmEdsP2tK"
+
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Container images – pinning to tags is recommended for production.
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    ollama_image:   "ollama/ollama:latest"
+    open_webui_image: "ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main"
+    # npm_image:    "jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest"   # (commented out)
+
+  tasks:
+
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 1️⃣ Install Podman (and the NVIDIA container toolkit if you need it)
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    - name: Install podman (Debian/Ubuntu)
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        name:
+          - podman
+          - ca-certificates
+          - curl
+          - gnupg
+        state: present
+        update_cache: true
+      when: ansible_facts.os_family == "Debian"
+
+    - name: Install podman (RHEL/CentOS/Fedora)
+      ansible.builtin.dnf:
+        name: podman
+        state: present
+      when: ansible_facts.os_family == "RedHat"
+
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 2️⃣ Create the named Podman volumes
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    - name: Create volume for Ollama data
+      containers.podman.podman_volume:
+        name: ollama
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Create volume for Open‑WebUI data
+      containers.podman.podman_volume:
+        name: open-webui
+        state: present
+
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 3️⃣ Run the Ollama container (GPU‑enabled)
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    - name: Pull Ollama image
+      containers.podman.podman_image:
+        name: "{{ ollama_image }}"
+        pull: true
+
+    - name: Start Ollama container
+      containers.podman.podman_container:
+        name: ollama
+        image: "{{ ollma_image }}"
+        state: started
+        restart_policy: unless-stopped
+        tty: true
+        pull: true                         # same as `pull_policy: always`
+        ports:
+          - "11434:11434"
+        volumes:
+          - "ollama:/root/.ollama"
+        # GPU access – expose *all* NVIDIA devices (the same as the compose file)
+        devices:
+          - "/dev/nvidiactl:/dev/nvidiactl"
+          - "/dev/nvidia-uvm:/dev/nvidia-uvm"
+          - "/dev/nvidia-uvm-tools:/dev/nvidia-uvm-tools"
+          - "/dev/nvidia0:/dev/nvidia0"
+          - "/dev/nvidia1:/dev/nvidia1"
+          - "/dev/nvidia2:/dev/nvidia2"
+          - "/dev/nvidia3:/dev/nvidia3"
+          # If you only have a single GPU you can keep just /dev/nvidia0,
+          # or use a loop with `count: all` in the compose – here we expose
+          # the typical device nodes. Adjust if your system uses a different
+          # naming scheme.
+        env:
+          # Optional – explicit, matches the commented out env in the compose
+          NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES: "all"
+
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 4️⃣ Run the Open‑WebUI container (depends on Ollama)
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    - name: Pull Open‑WebUI image
+      containers.podman.podman_image:
+        name: "{{ open_webui_image }}"
+        pull: true
+
+    - name: Start Open‑WebUI container
+      containers.podman.podman_container:
+        name: open-webui
+        image: "{{ open_webui_image }}"
+        state: started
+        restart_policy: unless-stopped
+        ports:
+          - "{{ open_webui_port }}:8080"
+        volumes:
+          - "open-webui:/app/backend/data"
+        env:
+          OLLAMA_BASE_URL: "http://ollama:11434"
+          WEBUI_SECRET_KEY: "{{ webui_secret_key }}"
+        extra_hosts:
+          - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+        depends_on:
+          - ollama                # ensures podman waits for ollama to be up
+        # No special GPU handling needed here – it talks to Ollama over the network
+
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 5️⃣ (Optional) Deploy the NPM / Nginx‑Proxy‑Manager service
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Uncomment the block below if you ever need the commented‑out service
+    # from the original compose file.
+    #
+    # - name: Pull NPM image
+    #   containers.podman.podman_image:
+    #     name: "{{ npm_image }}"
+    #     pull: true
+    #
+    # - name: Start NPM container
+    #   containers.podman.podman_container:
+    #     name: npm
+    #     image: "{{ npm_image }}"
+    #     state: started
+    #     restart_policy: unless-stopped
+    #     ports:
+    #       - "80:80"
+    #       - "81:81"
+    #       - "443:443"
+    #     volumes:
+    #       - "./data:/data"
+    #       - "./letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt"
+
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 6️⃣ Print a short summary for the operator
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    - name: Show deployment summary
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: |
+          --------------------------------------------------------------
+          ✅  Ollama  → http://{{ ansible_host }}:11434
+          ✅  Open‑WebUI → http://{{ ansible_host }}:{{ open_webui_port }}
+          --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# End of playbook
+# ------------------------------------------------------------