# edit the service using --full
sudo systemctl edit --full ollama.service


# add an Environment line with the OLLAMA host variable using 0.0.0.0 to allow network access 

[Unit]
Description=Ollama Service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ollama serve
User=ollama
Group=ollama
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin"
Environment="OLLAMA_HOME=/mnt/disk2/ollama-on-drive2"
Environment="OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0:11434"

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target


# restart ollama
sudo systemctl restart ollama.service


# go to your client PC

# run curl and hit your ollama.server:


curl -X POST http://ollama.server:11434/api/generate \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "tinyllama",
"prompt": "Hello, Ollama! What is the weather today?"
}'


{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.423771713Z","response":"C","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.430902786Z","response":"ertain","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.437219537Z","response":"ly","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.443500336Z","response":"!","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.449772373Z","response":" Here","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.456042159Z","response":"'","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.46225449Z","response":"s","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.468603879Z","response":" the","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.474836308Z","response":" weather","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.481140862Z","response":" forec","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.487328786Z","response":"ast","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.4936607Z","response":" for","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.499915257Z","response":" today","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.506196379Z","response":" in","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.512491632Z","response":" your","done":false}
{"model":"tinyllama","created_at":"2025-06-21T22:01:39.518807151Z","response":" preferred","done":false}