Hi all, i am quite an old fart, so i just recently got excited about self hosting an AI, some LLM...

What i want to do is:

• chat with it
• eventually integrate it into other services, where needed

I read about OLLAMA, but it's all unclear to me.

Where do i start, preferably with containers (but "bare metal") is also fine?

(i already have a linux server rig with all the good stuff on it, from immich to forjeio to the arrs and more, reverse proxy, Wireguard and the works, i am looking for input on AI/LLM, what to self host and such, not general selfhosting hints)