Open WebUI

A Privacy-Preserving Chat Assistant

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. By combining Open WebUI with Cortecs, you can create a privacy-preserving AI Chatbot Platform. This guide will walk you through the setup process.

Before you begin: Make sure you have have generated your Cortecs API key. If not, check out our QuickStart guide.

1. Deploy Open WebUI

There are multiple ways to deploy Open WebUI.

To get started quickly, follow the official Quick Start guide for Open WebUI.

Once installation is complete, you’ll need to configure the external provider.

2. Connect Cortecs

Cortecs provides OpenAI-compatible API endpoints, making it easy to integrate with Open WebUI and many other tools. To connect:

1. Open Open WebUI in your browser.

2. Go to ⚙️ Settings -> Admin Settings → Connections.

3. At Manage OpenAI API Connections click ➕ Add Connection.

   1. Base URL: https://cortecs.ai/api/v1/models/serverless

   2. API Key: Your API Key

4. Click Save.

Cortecs Endpoints are OpenAI compatible to make easier its integration in a lot of products.

3. (Optional) Configure a Embedding Model

By default, Open WebUI uses SentenceTransformers for embedding generation. You can optionally switch to a Cortecs embedding model. To configure:

1. Open Open WebUI in your browser.

2. Go to ⚙️ Settings → Admin Settings → Documents → Embedding.

   1. Embedding Model Engine: OpenAI

   2. Base URL: https://cortecs.ai/api/v1/models/serverless

   3. API Key: Your API Key

   4. Embedding Model: Choose one of the embedding models of the models list

3. Click Save.

4. Start Chatting!

You're all set!

• Open the chat interface.

• Select your connected server's model from the model menu.

• Start chatting with your AI assistant.