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Troubleshoot

This page provides troubleshooting advice for issues you might encounter when using OpenRAG or contributing to OpenRAG.

OpenSearch fails to start​

Check that OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD is set and meets requirements. The password must contain at least 8 characters, and must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one digit, and one special character that is strong.

Langflow connection issues​

Verify the LANGFLOW_SUPERUSER credentials are correct.

Memory errors​

Container out of memory errors​

Increase Docker memory allocation or use docker-compose-cpu.yml to deploy OpenRAG.

Podman on macOS memory issues​

If you're using Podman on macOS, you may need to increase VM memory on your Podman machine. This example increases the machine size to 8 GB of RAM, which should be sufficient to run OpenRAG.

podman machine stop
podman machine rm
podman machine init --memory 8192   # 8 GB example
podman machine start

Port conflicts​

Ensure ports 3000, 7860, 8000, 9200, 5601 are available.

Langflow container already exists​

If you are running other versions of Langflow containers on your machine, you may encounter an issue where Docker or Podman thinks Langflow is already up.

Remove just the problem container, or clean up all containers and start fresh.

To reset your local containers and pull new images, do the following:

  1. Stop your containers and completely remove them.
# Stop all running containers
docker stop $(docker ps -q)

# Remove all containers (including stopped ones)
docker rm --force $(docker ps -aq)

# Remove all images
docker rmi --force $(docker images -q)

# Remove all volumes
docker volume prune --force

# Remove all networks (except default)
docker network prune --force

# Clean up any leftover data
docker system prune --all --force --volumes

  1. Restart OpenRAG and upgrade to get the latest images for your containers.

    uv run openrag

  2. In the OpenRAG TUI, click Status, and then click Upgrade. When the Close button is active, the upgrade is complete. Close the window and open the OpenRAG appplication.