[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":114},["ShallowReactive",2],{"seo-verification":3,"blog-heberger-open-webui-en":6},{"google":4,"bing":5},"EycwPY2XMyTkVzas3n1ygeNJFGAH513qrMjfDljzsMQ","",{"id":7,"slug":8,"title":9,"excerpt":10,"readTime":11,"views":12,"isPinned":13,"publishedAt":14,"category":15,"categories":20,"featuredImage":22,"bgImage":23,"posterImage":24,"relatedSolution":25,"intro":27,"sections":28,"ctaTitle":67,"ctaBody":68,"ctaButton":69,"ctaUrl":70,"relatedPosts":71},1,"heberger-open-webui","How to Host Open WebUI on a VPS","A complete guide to deploying Open WebUI on your own VPS. Keep control of your data, avoid cloud API costs, and access your LLMs from a clean web interface.",6,3200,false,"2026-06-01T00:00:00+00:00",{"id":7,"name":16,"slug":17,"color":18,"icon":19},"Artificial Intelligence","intelligence-artificielle","bg-purple-500\u002F10 text-purple-400","ia",[21],{"id":7,"name":16,"slug":17,"color":18,"icon":19},null,"\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fbg.svg","\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fheberger-open-webui-poster.svg",{"categorySlug":19,"appSlug":26},"open-webui","Open WebUI is an open source web interface that lets you interact with language models (LLMs) such as Llama, Mistral, or Ollama from a browser. 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If you only use external APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic), 2 GB of RAM is enough for the interface.",{"type":46,"title":47,"steps":48},"steps","Deployment in 5 steps",[49,52,55,58,61],{"title":50,"body":51},"Prepare your VPS","Order a Cloud VPS with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Update the system: `apt update && apt upgrade -y`. Enable the UFW firewall and allow the SSH (22), HTTP (80), and HTTPS (443) ports.",{"title":53,"body":54},"Install Docker","Install Docker Engine from the official Docker repository. Add your user to the docker group to avoid repeated sudo commands. Verify the installation: `docker run hello-world`.",{"title":56,"body":57},"Start Open WebUI","Pull the official Docker image and launch the container, exposing port 3000. Mount a volume to persist data across restarts. Open WebUI is accessible at `http:\u002F\u002Fvotre-ip:3000`.",{"title":59,"body":60},"Configure a reverse proxy (Nginx)","Install Nginx and set up a virtual host that proxies requests to port 3000. Use Certbot (Let's Encrypt) to obtain a free SSL certificate. Your interface will be accessible over HTTPS on your domain.",{"title":62,"body":63},"Connect your models","In the Open WebUI interface, configure your API connections: local Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic, or any other compatible provider. Create user accounts as needed.",{"type":65,"body":66},"tip","If you want to run an Ollama model directly on the same VPS, opt for a plan with at least 8 GB of RAM and NVMe SSDs to reduce model loading times.","Deploy your Open WebUI environment in just a few minutes.","Order a MegaDomaine Cloud VPS and choose the Artificial Intelligence template during setup. 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