Ollama: Modernizing Codex Configuration
Today we're diving into a nice cleanup effort by Eva H who tackled some deprecation warnings in the Ollama-Codex integration. The main pull request replaces the old OPENAI_BASE_URL environment variable with a proper config.toml profile system, making the setup more robust and future-proof. It's one of those satisfying maintenance tasks that makes the developer experience just a little bit smoother.
Duration: PT3M48S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Ollama.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Ollama
- Published: 2026-04-02T10:00:33Z
- Audio duration: PT3M48S
Transcript excerpt
This excerpt keeps the crawler page concise. Listen to the episode or use the RSS feed for the full update.
Hey there, developers! Welcome back to another episode of the Ollama podcast. I'm your host, and it's April 2nd, 2026 - hope you're having a fantastic start to your week! You know that feeling when you finally clean up that one nagging deprecation warning that's been staring at you from the logs? Well, today we're…
We've got some really nice quality-of-life improvements to dive into, thanks to the excellent work from Eva H. Let's jump right in!
Our main story today is all about modernizing how Ollama integrates with Codex. Eva H stepped up with pull request 15041, and honestly, this is the kind of thoughtful maintenance work that makes me genuinely excited. She tackled replacing the deprecated OPENAI_BASE_URL environment variable with a proper…
Now, if you've been using the Ollama-Codex integration, you might have seen that warning message: "OPENAI_BASE_URL is deprecated. Set openai_base_url in config.toml instead." Well, Eva didn't just fix the warning - she completely revamped how this configuration works to make it more robust and user-friendly.
The new approach uses a profiles.ollama section in your config.toml file at ~/.codex/config.toml, and you launch codex with the…
The pull…
Nearby episodes from Ollama
- Error Handling and Modelfile Fixes
- Weekly Recap - Gemma4 Integration & Audio Support
- Performance Lessons and Gemma4 Refinements
- Gemma4 Arrives with Audio Magic
- Tokenizer Love and Better Model Support
- Legacy Compatibility and Developer Experience Wins
- Smoothing the Launch Experience
- Fixing the Inconsistencies That Matter