Ollama has no authentication: 5 ways to share it with your team safely
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Ollama has no API keys. It listens on 127.0.0.1:11434 and answers whoever connects. On a laptop that's fine. The trouble starts when someone sets OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0 so a colleague can use the GPU box under the desk, and from then on every endpoint is open to anyone who can reach it. Not only chat,…
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- 2026-10-12 13:00 · DEV Community — AI
Ollama has no authentication: 5 ways to share it with your team safely