What I Found:

After some research, I discovered that if AutoGPT is running in a Docker container, it might be a networking issue. Docker often isolates its network, making it unable to access the host’s services directly.

Solution:
Instead of using localhost, replace it with host.docker.internal in the connection string:

http://host.docker.internal:11434/

This workaround is discussed in this GitHub issue: Ollama Issue #703.

Questions:

1. Is using host.docker.internal the best solution for this scenario?
2. Are there other networking configurations or best practices to make AutoGPT work seamlessly with Ollama?