Ollama Connection Refused? The 60-Second Triage

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The error never lies about what it means: curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 11434: Connection refused is your operating system reporting that nothing is listening on port 11434. Connection refused means the server side needs work. Ollama listens on 127. 0. 0. 1:11434 unless told otherwise.

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