> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# daemon

> run a RamaLama REST server

## Synopsis

**ramalama daemon** \[*options*] \[start|run]

## Description

Inspect the specified AI Model about additional information
like the repository, its metadata and tensor information.

## Options

#### **--help**, **-h**

Print usage message

## COMMANDS

#### **start**

pepares to run a new RamaLama REST server so it will be run either inside a RamaLama container or on the host

#### **run**

start a new RamaLama REST server

## Examples

Inspect the smollm:135m model for basic information

```bash theme={"system"}
$ ramalama inspect smollm:135m
smollm:135m
   Path: /var/lib/ramalama/models/ollama/smollm:135m
   Registry: ollama
   Format: GGUF
   Version: 3
   Endianness: little
   Metadata: 39 entries
   Tensors: 272 entries
```

Inspect the smollm:135m model for all information in json format

```bash theme={"system"}
$ ramalama inspect smollm:135m --all --json
{
    "Name": "smollm:135m",
    "Path": "/home/mengel/.local/share/ramalama/models/ollama/smollm:135m",
    "Registry": "ollama",
    "Format": "GGUF",
    "Version": 3,
    "LittleEndian": true,
    "Metadata": {
        "general.architecture": "llama",
        "general.base_model.0.name": "SmolLM 135M",
        "general.base_model.0.organization": "HuggingFaceTB",
        "general.base_model.0.repo_url": "https://huggingface.co/HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM-135M",
        ...
    },
    "Tensors": [
        {
            "dimensions": [
                576,
                49152
            ],
            "n_dimensions": 2,
            "name": "token_embd.weight",
            "offset": 0,
            "type": 8
        },
        ...
    ]
}
```

## See Also

[ramalama(1)](/pages/commands/ramalama/)

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*Feb 2025, Originally compiled by Michael Engel \<[mengel@redhat.com](mailto:mengel@redhat.com)>*