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This product has charges associated with it for seller support. Chroma, the open source vector database for AI and retrieval augmented generation, preinstalled behind an nginx reverse proxy on port 80 and gated by a unique password generated on first boot. Backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.
Overview
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.
Overview Chroma is the popular open source vector database for AI applications. It stores embeddings with their metadata and runs fast similarity search, making it a simple, developer friendly backend for retrieval augmented generation, semantic search and recommendation. This image delivers the Chroma server fully installed and configured as a system service, so a production ready vector database is running within minutes of launch. The current release available is Chroma 1.5.
Application Stack Chroma is installed into a dedicated Python virtual environment under /opt/chroma and run by an unprivileged service account on Python 3.12. It listens on the loopback address and an nginx reverse proxy fronts it on port 80. A systemd service starts the server on boot and restarts it on failure.
Secure By Default Access is gated by HTTP Basic Authentication at the nginx reverse proxy. This image generates a fresh password, unique to your instance, on its first boot and writes it to a root only file. The public heartbeat endpoint stays open for load balancers; everything else requires the password. The Chroma client authenticates with its built in basic auth provider. No shared or default credentials ship in the image.
Ready To Use Connect with the Chroma client, create a collection, and add documents with your own embeddings. Your data lives on a dedicated, independently resizable storage volume kept separate from the operating system disk. The image ships no embedding model and is CPU only.
cloudimg Support 24/7 technical support by email and chat. Help with Chroma deployment, collection design, embedding functions, backups, TLS termination and scaling.
Use Cases Vector search backend for retrieval augmented generation. Semantic search and recommendation over your own data. Prototyping and production RAG pipelines. A self hosted, in your own VPC vector database for teams with data residency or compliance requirements.
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Highlights
- Chroma, the open source vector database for AI and retrieval augmented generation, preinstalled as a systemd service behind an nginx reverse proxy on port 80, ready to use with no manual setup
- Secure by default: HTTP Basic Authentication gates access with a unique password generated for every instance on first boot and stored in a root only file
- 24/7 technical support from cloudimg, with expert help for collection design, embedding functions, backups, TLS termination and scaling
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Dimension | Description | Cost/hour |
|---|---|---|
m5.large Recommended | m5.large | $0.08 |
t2.micro | t2.micro instance type | $0.04 |
t3.micro | t3.micro instance type | $0.04 |
m8id.96xlarge | m8id.96xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
m7i.4xlarge | m7i.4xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
trn1.2xlarge | trn1.2xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
r8a.8xlarge | r8a.8xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
i7i.large | i7i.large instance type | $0.08 |
r7i.metal-48xl | r7i.metal-48xl instance type | $0.24 |
g5.16xlarge | g5.16xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
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Version release notes
Initial release of the Chroma 1.5 open source vector database.
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Usage instructions
Connect via SSH on port 22 as the default login user for your operating system variant (the user guide lists it per variant; on Ubuntu it is 'ubuntu'). Chroma is served by nginx on port 80. Retrieve the generated password with: sudo cat /root/chroma-credentials.txt. The heartbeat is open at http://<instance-public-ip>/api/v2/heartbeat; everything else is gated by HTTP Basic Authentication (user 'admin' + the password). Point the Chroma client at http://<instance-public-ip>/ port 80 using its built in basic auth provider (chroma_client_auth_provider chromadb.auth.basic_authn.BasicAuthClientProvider, credentials admin:<password>). The server runs on loopback port 8000 and is managed with systemctl (chroma.service, nginx.service). Data is stored under /var/lib/chroma. The user guide covers creating collections, adding embeddings, backups and enabling HTTPS.
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