Import a local GGUF file into Ollama via the blob API then POST /api/create
domain: ollama.com · 6 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps
Compute the file's SHA-256: sha256sum model.gguf.
Check whether the server already has it: curl -I http://localhost:11434/api/blobs/sha256:<digest> — 200 OK means it exists, 404 Not Found means upload needed. This checks your local server, not ollama.com.
Upload: curl -T model.gguf -X POST http://localhost:11434/api/blobs/sha256:<digest> — returns 201 Created on success, 400 Bad Request if the actual digest doesn't match the one in the URL.
Create the model referencing the blob: POST /api/create with {"model": "my-gguf-model", "files": {"test.gguf": "sha256:<digest>"}}.
For safetensors models, push every file (config.json, tokenizer.json, model.safetensors, etc.) as its own blob and list them all in files.
Known gotchas
The digest in the URL must be the real SHA-256 of the bytes you upload — a mismatch is a 400, not a warning.
Blob and create calls hit the server's filesystem — when Ollama runs remotely or in Docker, curl -T uploads over the network to that server; local file paths in files are names, not paths.
Safetensors files pushed as blobs remain cached only until the Ollama server restarts.
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