homelab-optimized/docs/guides/PERPLEXICA_STATUS.md

Perplexica Integration Status

Last Updated: 2026-02-16 13:58 UTC

Current Status

🔴 NOT WORKING - Configured but user reports web UI not functioning properly

Configuration

• Web UI: http://192.168.0.210:4785
• Container: perplexica (itzcrazykns1337/perplexica:latest)
• Data Volume: perplexica-data

LLM Provider: Groq (Primary)

• Model: llama-3.3-70b-versatile
• API: https://api.groq.com/openai/v1
• Speed: 0.4 seconds per response
• Rate Limit: 30 req/min (free tier)

LLM Provider: Seattle Ollama (Fallback)

• Host: seattle (100.82.197.124:11434 via Tailscale)
• Chat Models:
  • tinyllama:1.1b (12s responses)
  • qwen2.5:1.5b (10min responses - not recommended)
• Embedding Model: nomic-embed-text:latest (used by default)

Search Engine: SearXNG

• URL: http://localhost:8080 (inside container)
• Status: ✅ Working (returns 31+ results)

Performance Timeline

Date	Configuration	Result
2026-02-16 13:37	Qwen2.5:1.5b on Seattle CPU	❌ 10 minutes per query
2026-02-16 13:51	TinyLlama:1.1b on Seattle CPU	⚠️ 12 seconds per query
2026-02-16 13:58	Groq Llama 3.3 70B	❓ 0.4s API response, but web UI issues

Issues

1. Initial: CPU-only inference on Seattle too slow
2. Current: Groq configured but web UI not working (details unclear)

Related Documentation

• Setup Guide
• Troubleshooting
• Ollama Setup

Next Session TODO

1. Test web UI and capture exact error
2. Check browser console logs
3. Check Perplexica container logs during search
4. Verify Groq API calls in browser network tab
5. Consider alternative LLM providers if needed

Files Modified

• /hosts/vms/homelab-vm/perplexica.yaml - Docker Compose (env vars)
• Docker volume perplexica-data:/home/perplexica/data/config.json - Model configuration (not git-tracked)
• /hosts/vms/seattle/ollama.yaml - Ollama deployment