Showing posts with label Local LLM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Local LLM. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Offline AI LLM System (TrueNAS Hosted)

 


TrueNAS Hosted Offline LLM:
Dolphin, Ollama and AnythingLLM

Introduction

Running AI models on your TrueNAS server provides centralized access to powerful language models for your entire network. This guide walks through deploying Ollama with Dolphin models and AnythingLLM on TrueNAS, making AI assistance available to all your devices while maintaining complete data privacy.

By the end of this guide, you'll have:

  • Ollama running as a Docker container on TrueNAS
  • Dolphin models stored efficiently on your ZFS pool
  • AnythingLLM accessible via web browser from any device on your network
  • Persistent storage that survives container restarts
  • Optional GPU passthrough for accelerated inference

Offline AI LLM System


Create a Completely Offline LLM:
Using Dolphin, Ollama, and AnythingLLM

Running a Large Language Model (LLM) completely offline gives you privacy, control, and independence from cloud services. In this comprehensive guide, I'll walk you through setting up a fully functional offline AI assistant using three powerful tools:

  • Dolphin - Uncensored, instruction-tuned language models
  • Ollama - Simple, efficient local LLM runtime
  • AnythingLLM - User-friendly web interface for interacting with local models

By the end of this guide, you'll have a ChatGPT-like experience running entirely on your own hardware, with no internet connection required!!