* fix(http): harden BaseURL proxy scheme/host detection
Split comma-separated X-Forwarded-Proto and honor the RFC 7239 Forwarded
header so generated links use https behind common reverse-proxy setups.
Refs #10482
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Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
* feat(http): honor explicit external base URL in BaseURL
When _external_base_url is set in the request context it dictates the
origin (scheme+host+port); the proxy path prefix is still appended.
Refs #10482
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
* feat(config): generalize LOCALAI_BASE_URL to ExternalBaseURL
LOCALAI_BASE_URL now sets a single instance-wide external base URL used
for OAuth callbacks and all self-referential links. A Pre middleware
stamps it into the request context for middleware.BaseURL.
Refs #10482
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
* docs: document LOCALAI_BASE_URL and reverse-proxy headers
Refs #10482
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
* test(http): cover parseForwarded edge cases; clarify base-url flag group
Adds direct unit coverage for quoted/malformed/multi-element Forwarded
headers and regroups the external base URL flag away from auth-only.
Refs #10482
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
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* docs: add 'how LocalAI works' architecture diagram
Add a blueprint-style architecture diagram: clients -> small core (API,
router, WebUI, agents) -> gRPC -> backend processes pulled on demand as
OCI images. Place it on the overview page and replace the stale external
architecture image on the reference page.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 [Claude Code]
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
* docs: add blueprint diagrams across feature, distributed & getting-started docs
Add 24 architecture/flow/comparison diagrams (PNG + HTML source) under
docs/static/images/diagrams/, wired into their docs pages, from an
impact-vs-effort audit of the docs. Broaden the API surface on the
overview architecture diagram (OpenAI, Anthropic, ElevenLabs, Ollama,
and LocalAI's own API) and move the gRPC boundary label clear of the arrows.
Pages: distributed mode (architecture, scheduling, ds4 layer-split),
distributed inferencing, MLX, realtime, quantization, MCP, agents,
mitm & cloud proxy, middleware, reverse-proxy TLS, VRAM, voice & face
recognition, reranker, function calling, fine-tuning (recipe + jobs),
diarization, audio transform, quickstart, model resolution.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 [Claude Code]
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
* docs: add composable-core diagram to README hero
Commit the composable-core card (small core + on-demand backend tiles)
alongside the other diagrams and reference it from the README hero via a
repo-relative path, so it renders on GitHub.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 [Claude Code]
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
* docs: fix composable-core connectors/badge and federated-vs-worker layout
- composable-core: thicken the plug-in connectors so they read clearly, and
widen the SEPARATE IMAGE badge so its text no longer overflows the box.
- federated-vs-worker: shorten the WHOLE/SPLIT REQUEST pills to fit, and
replace the tangled node-to-node activation arrows with a clean fan-out
(request split across all sharded nodes), mirroring the federated panel.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 [Claude Code]
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
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