Ollama provider

Uses: Kong Gateway AI Gateway Admin API deck KIC Konnect API Terraform

Upstream paths

AI Gateway automatically routes requests to the appropriate Ollama API endpoints. The following table shows the upstream paths used for each capability.

Capability	Upstream path or API
Chat completions	/api/chat
Embeddings	/api/embed

Supported capabilities

The following tables show the AI capabilities supported by Ollama provider when used with the AI Proxy or the AI Proxy Advanced plugin.

Set the plugin’s route_type based on the capability you want to use. See the tables below for supported route types.

Text generation

Support for Ollama basic text generation capabilities including chat, completions, and embeddings:

Capability	Route type	Streaming	Model example	Min version
Chat completions	`llm/v1/chat`	Supported	llama3.2:1b	3.14
Embeddings	`llm/v1/embeddings`	Not supported	qwen3-embedding:8b	3.14

Ollama base URL

The base URL is $UPSTREAM_URL, where {route_type_path} is determined by the capability.

AI Gateway uses this URL automatically. You only need to configure a URL if you’re using a self-hosted or Ollama-compatible endpoint, in which case set the upstream_url plugin option.

Configure Ollama with AI Proxy

To use Ollama with AI Gateway, configure the AI Proxy or AI Proxy Advanced plugin.

Here’s a minimal configuration for chat completions:

kong.yaml

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_format_version: "3.0"
plugins:
  - name: ai-proxy
    config:
      route_type: llm/v1/chat
      model:
        provider: ollama
        name: llama3.2:1b
        options:
          upstream_url: http://localhost:11434/api/chat

curl -i -X POST http://localhost:8001/plugins/ \
    --header "Accept: application/json" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '
    {
      "name": "ai-proxy",
      "config": {
        "route_type": "llm/v1/chat",
        "model": {
          "provider": "ollama",
          "name": "llama3.2:1b",
          "options": {
            "upstream_url": "http://localhost:11434/api/chat"
          }
        }
      }
    }
    '

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Make the following request:

curl -X POST https://{region}.api.konghq.com/v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/plugins/ \
    --header "accept: application/json" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $KONNECT_TOKEN" \
    --data '
    {
      "name": "ai-proxy",
      "config": {
        "route_type": "llm/v1/chat",
        "model": {
          "provider": "ollama",
          "name": "llama3.2:1b",
          "options": {
            "upstream_url": "http://localhost:11434/api/chat"
          }
        }
      }
    }
    '

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echo "
apiVersion: configuration.konghq.com/v1
kind: KongClusterPlugin
metadata:
  name:
  namespace: kong
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: kong
  labels:
    global: 'true'
config:
  route_type: llm/v1/chat
  model:
    provider: ollama
    name: llama3.2:1b
    options:
      upstream_url: http://localhost:11434/api/chat
plugin: ai-proxy
" | kubectl apply -f -

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resource "konnect_gateway_plugin_ai_proxy" "my_ai_proxy" {
  enabled = true

  config = {
    route_type = "llm/v1/chat"

    model = {
      provider = "ollama"
      name = "llama3.2:1b"

      options = {
        upstream_url = "http://localhost:11434/api/chat"
      }
    }
  }

  control_plane_id = konnect_gateway_control_plane.my_konnect_cp.id
}

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For more configuration options and examples, see:

AI Proxy examples

AI Proxy Advanced examples

Ollama provider

Upstream paths

Supported capabilities

Text generation

Ollama base URL

Configure Ollama with AI Proxy

Tutorials

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