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Pastures works with any AI provider that implements the OpenAI chat completions API. This includes OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, Azure OpenAI, and any custom endpoint.

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Supported providers

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Configure in Pastures

Navigate to Pastures → Settings and enter:

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Ollama local setup

Ollama lets you run models locally with no API key and no data leaving your network.
1

Install Ollama

Or download from ollama.com.
2

Pull a model

This downloads the model weights (~4 GB for llama3.2).
3

Start Ollama

Ollama serves an OpenAI-compatible API at http://localhost:11434/v1.
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Configure in Pastures

In Pastures → Settings:
For Rancher running in a VM or container, replace localhost with the host machine’s IP address.

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Limitations of BYO mode

BYO mode uses your model’s general knowledge for diagnostics. The following features are only available with Rancher Oracle:
  • Source citations — GitHub issue links in diagnostic responses
  • Fleet correlation — Cross-cluster pattern matching
  • Fix verification — Post-fix monitoring
See Oracle Setup to enable these features.