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This product has charges associated with it for deployment, configuration, and ongoing support. Self-hosted AI search engine bundled with Ollama LLM and SearXNG. Get cited, up-to-date answers from the web with RAG-ready architecture on EC2.
Overview
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for deployment, configuration, and ongoing support.
Perplexica - AI-Powered Self-Hosted Search Engine with Support
Self-hosted AI search engine bundled with Ollama LLM and SearXNG. Get cited, up-to-date answers from the web with RAG-ready architecture on EC2.
Pre-configured AMI. Docker Compose handles all services on first boot. Published by Waltsoft.
SECURITY: This AMI binds services to localhost only. Configure a reverse proxy (Nginx/Caddy) with HTTPS for production access. Change all default passwords immediately after launch.
IMPORTANT: The t3.micro free tier instance may not have sufficient resources for all workloads. GPU-accelerated, memory-intensive, or multi-container applications require t3.medium or larger. Performance varies by instance type. Waltsoft provides the pre-configured deployment only and does not guarantee upstream software functionality.
Highlights
- 6 specialized search focus modes for research, writing, and discovery
- Supports 30+ local and remote LLM models via OpenAI-compatible API
- Docker-based deployment with full-text source citations on every answer
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Operating system
Ubuntu 24.04
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Dimension | Description | Cost/hour |
|---|---|---|
t3.medium Recommended | t3.medium instance | $0.01 |
t3.micro | t3.micro instance | $0.00 |
t3.large | t3.large instance | $0.01 |
m5.large | m5.large instance | $0.01 |
r5.large | r5.large instance | $0.01 |
m5.xlarge | m5.xlarge instance | $0.01 |
Vendor refund policy
No refunds after launch.
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Perplexica verified
Additional details
Usage instructions
Quick Start
- Launch on t3.medium or larger
- Wait 2-3 minutes for services
- Access: http://YOUR_PUBLIC_IP:3000
- Configure LLM API key in settings
- Search with AI-powered answers
Features
- AI-powered search engine (Perplexity alternative)
- Web search + LLM summarization
- Source citations
- Multiple search modes
Ports
- 3000: Perplexica Web UI
- 22: SSH (ubuntu)
Documentation
https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Perplexica
Support
Support
Vendor support
Community support via GitHub issues. Email support@waltsoft.net for critical issues.
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