Getting StartedQuick Start

Quick Start

Get Apollo RAG up and running in under 5 minutes.

Prerequisites

  • Docker 20.10+ and Docker Compose 2.0+
  • 8GB RAM minimum (16GB recommended)
  • (Optional) NVIDIA GPU with CUDA 11.8+ for 10x faster performance

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/apollo-rag.git
cd apollo-rag

Configure Environment

Create a .env file:

cp .env.example .env

Essential variables:

OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434
OLLAMA_MODEL=llama3.1:8b
VECTOR_STORE=chroma

Launch Apollo

docker compose up -d

Make Your First Query

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/query \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"question": "What is Apollo RAG?", "mode": "simple"}'

Next Steps

Installation