University of Manitoba Chatbot

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 - 3.10 (Rasa doesn't support Python 3.11+ yet)

Installation

1. Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Setup

ollama pull llama2
export OLLAMA_URL="http://localhost:11434"  # Default URL

Training the Model

rasa train

Running the Chatbot

You need to run two processes:

Terminal 1: Start the Action Server

rasa run actions

Terminal 2: Start the Rasa Server

rasa shell

For REST API:

rasa run --enable-api --cors "*"

Running again after the setup

• Use 2 terminals :

• In the first terminal : change the envirment to run python <= 3.10 as follows

  conda activate env_name
  cd 'to the same directory as the project'
  rasa run actions

• In the second terminal (optional if you want to interact with chat directly from terminal)

  conda activate env_name
  cd 'to the same directory as the project'
  rasa train
  rasa shell