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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "Deploy Qwen Instruct with Open WebUI" |
| 3 | +description: "This guide includes instructions on how to deploy Open WebUI with a self-hosted Qwen Instruct Large Language Model (LLM) on an Akamai Compute Instance." |
| 4 | +published: 2026-02-18 |
| 5 | +modified: 2026-02-18 |
| 6 | +keywords: ['qwen', 'qwen-instruct', 'open-webui', 'vllm', 'ai', 'llm', 'llm-inference', 'qwen-llm'] |
| 7 | +tags: ["quick deploy apps", "linode platform", "cloud manager", "ai", "llm-inference", "llm"] |
| 8 | +aliases: ['/products/tools/marketplace/guides/qwen-instruct-with-openwebui/'] |
| 9 | +external_resources: |
| 10 | +- '[Open WebUI Documentation](https://docs.openwebui.com/getting-started/)' |
| 11 | +- '[Qwen Documentation](https://github.com/QwenLM)' |
| 12 | +authors: ["Akamai"] |
| 13 | +contributors: ["Akamai"] |
| 14 | +license: '[CC BY-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0)' |
| 15 | +marketplace_app_id: 1980062 |
| 16 | +marketplace_app_name: "Qwen Instruct with Open WebUI" |
| 17 | +--- |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +Open WebUI is an open-source, self-hosted web interface for interacting with and managing Large Language Models (LLMs). It supports multiple AI backends, multi-user access, and extensible integrations, enabling secure and customizable deployment for local or remote model inference. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +The Marketplace application deployed in this guide uses a Qwen Instruct model as an instruction-tuned, open-weight LLM optimized for reasoning, code generation, and conversational tasks. Qwen models are designed for high-quality inference across a wide range of general-purpose and technical workloads and integrate seamlessly with self-hosted platforms like Open WebUI. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +## Deploying a Quick Deploy App |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +{{% content "deploy-marketplace-apps-shortguide" %}} |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +{{% content "marketplace-verify-standard-shortguide" %}} |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +{{< note title="Estimated deployment time" >}} |
| 30 | +Open WebUI with Qwen Instruct should be fully installed within 5-10 minutes after the Compute Instance has finished provisioning. |
| 31 | +{{< /note >}} |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +## Configuration Options |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +- **Recommended plan:** RTX4000 Ada x1 Small or Larger GPU Instance |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +{{< note type="warning" >}} |
| 38 | +This Marketplace App only works with Akamai GPU instances. If you choose a plan other than GPUs, the provisioning will fail, and a notice will appear in the LISH console. |
| 39 | +{{< /note >}} |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +### Open WebUI Options |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +- **Linode API Token** *(required)*: Your API token is used to deploy additional Compute Instances as part of this deployment. At a minimum, this token must have Read/Write access to *Linodes*. If you do not yet have an API token, see [Get an API Access Token](/docs/products/platform/accounts/guides/manage-api-tokens/) to create one. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +- **Email address (for the Let's Encrypt SSL certificate)** *(required)*: Your email is used for Let's Encrypt renewal notices. This allows you to securely access Open WebUI through a browser. |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +- **Open WebUI admin name** *(required)*: This is the name associated with your Open WebUI administrator account and is required during initial setup. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +- **Open WebUI admin email** *(required)*: This email address is used to log into Open WebUI. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +{{% content "marketplace-required-limited-user-fields-shortguide" %}} |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +{{% content "marketplace-special-character-limitations-shortguide" %}} |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +## Getting Started After Deployment |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +### Obtain the Credentials |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +When deployment completes, the system automatically generates credentials to administer your pgvector instance. These are stored in the limited user’s `.credentials` file. |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +1. Log in to your Compute Instance using one of the methods below: |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | + - **Lish Console**: Log in to Cloud Manager, click **Linodes**, select your instance, and click **Launch LISH Console**. Log in as `root`. To learn more, see [Using the Lish Console](/docs/products/compute/compute-instances/guides/lish/). |
| 64 | + - **SSH**: Log in to your instance over SSH using the `root` user. To learn how, see [Connecting to a Remote Server Over SSH](/docs/guides/connect-to-server-over-ssh/). |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +2. Run the following command to access the contents of the `.credentials` file: |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +```command |
| 69 | +cat /home/$USERNAME/.credentials |
| 70 | +``` |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +### Accessing Open WebUI Frontend |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +Once your app has finished deploying, you can log into Open WebUI using your browser. |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +1. Open your web browser and navigate to `https://DOMAIN/`, where *DOMAIN* can be replaced with the custom domain you entered during deployment or your Compute Instance's rDNS domain (such as `192-0-2-1.ip.linodeusercontent.com`). See the [Managing IP Addresses](/docs/products/compute/compute-instances/guides/manage-ip-addresses/) guide for information on viewing rDNS. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +Now that you’ve accessed your dashboard, check out [the official OpenWebUI documentation](https://docs.openwebui.com/) to learn how to further use your instance. |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +{{% content "marketplace-update-note-shortguide" %}} |
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