Overview
To authenticate with Ollama, you need:- API Key — an Ollama API key.
Prerequisites
- An Ollama account. Sign up if you don’t have one.
Step 1: Create an Ollama API key
- Sign in to ollama.com and open the Keys page in your settings.
- On the API keys tab, click Create API key.

- Enter a name for the key and click Create.

- Copy the key from the Save your API key dialog. Ollama shows it only once, so store it somewhere safe.

Step 2: Enter your API key in the Connect UI
- Open the form where you need to authenticate with Ollama.
- Enter your API Key in the designated field.
- Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.
