OpenRAG

getting started

Set up your secrets:

cp .env.example .env

Populate the values in .env

Requirements:

Docker or podman with compose installed.

Run OpenRAG:

docker compose build

docker compose up

CPU only:

docker compose -f docker-compose-cpu.yml up

If you need to reset state:

docker compose up --build --force-recreate --remove-orphans

Configuration

OpenRAG uses environment variables for configuration. Copy .env.example to .env and populate with your values:

cp .env.example .env

Key Environment Variables

Required:

• OPENAI_API_KEY: Your OpenAI API key
• OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD: Password for OpenSearch admin user
• LANGFLOW_SUPERUSER: Langflow admin username
• LANGFLOW_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: Langflow admin password
• LANGFLOW_CHAT_FLOW_ID: ID of your Langflow chat flow
• LANGFLOW_INGEST_FLOW_ID: ID of your Langflow ingestion flow
• NUDGES_FLOW_ID: ID of your Langflow nudges/suggestions flow

Ingestion Configuration:

• DISABLE_INGEST_WITH_LANGFLOW: Disable Langflow ingestion pipeline (default: false)
  • false or unset: Uses Langflow pipeline (upload → ingest → delete)
  • true: Uses traditional OpenRAG processor for document ingestion

Optional:

• LANGFLOW_PUBLIC_URL: Public URL for Langflow (default: http://localhost:7860)
• GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID / GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET: For Google OAuth authentication
• MICROSOFT_GRAPH_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID / MICROSOFT_GRAPH_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET: For Microsoft OAuth
• WEBHOOK_BASE_URL: Base URL for webhook endpoints
• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID / AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: For AWS integrations
• SESSION_SECRET: Secret key for session management (default: auto-generated, change in production)
• LANGFLOW_KEY: Explicit Langflow API key (auto-generated if not provided)
• LANGFLOW_SECRET_KEY: Secret key for Langflow internal operations

See .env.example for a complete list with descriptions, or check the docker-compose.yml files.

For podman on mac you may have to increase your VM memory (podman stats should not show limit at only 2gb):

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