feat: support physical and Docker Ollama runtimes

dashboard/plugin_api.py

@@ -31,7 +31,20 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
 
 router = APIRouter()
-LOCAL_OLLAMA = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_HOST", "http://localhost:11434").rstrip("/")
+
+
+def _running_in_container() -> bool:
+    return Path("/.dockerenv").exists() or Path("/run/.containerenv").exists()
+
+
+def _ollama_base_url() -> str:
+    configured = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_HOST", "").strip()
+    if configured:
+        return configured.rstrip("/")
+    return "http://ollama:11434" if _running_in_container() else "http://localhost:11434"
+
+
+LOCAL_OLLAMA = _ollama_base_url()
 REMOTE_OLLAMA = "https://ollama.com"
 CATALOG_FILE = "catalog.json"
 MODEL_RE = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._:/-]{0,190}$")
@@ -1396,8 +1409,21 @@ def status() -> dict[str, Any]:
             variants.append(variant)
         row["variants"] = sorted(variants, key=lambda item: (item.get("size_bytes") or 0, item["name"]))
 
+    ollama_version = _ollama_version()
     return {
-        "ollama": {"available": bool(tags or ps_rows), "version": _ollama_version(), "endpoint": LOCAL_OLLAMA},
+        "ollama": {
+            "available": bool(tags or ps_rows or ollama_version),
+            "version": ollama_version,
+            "endpoint": LOCAL_OLLAMA,
+            "containerized": _running_in_container(),
+            "configured_endpoint": bool(os.environ.get("OLLAMA_HOST", "").strip()),
+            "connection_hint": (
+                "Set OLLAMA_HOST to a reachable Ollama service, such as "
+                "http://ollama:11434 or http://host.docker.internal:11434."
+                if _running_in_container() and not (tags or ps_rows or ollama_version)
+                else ""
+            ),
+        },
         "models": local,
         "popular": popular,
         "popular_filter": {