Getting Started

Set up BodhAI for the first time and invite your team.

Getting Started

What happens when you first open BodhAI

After installation, your browser opens to http://localhost:8742. BodhAI walks you through a one-time setup wizard before the main app loads.

Setup Wizard

Step 1 — Organisation details

Enter your organisation name and choose a workspace ID (e.g. acme). This becomes your subdomain when accessing remotely: acme.bodhai.app.

Step 2 — Admin account

Create the first admin user. Use a work email — this account controls user management, settings, and access approvals.

Step 3 — Model selection

BodhAI auto-detects your hardware and recommends a Qwen model size:

  • 7B — 16 GB RAM / under 16 GB VRAM
  • 14B — 24–48 GB RAM / 16–20 GB VRAM
  • 32B — 48 GB+ RAM / 20 GB+ VRAM

The model downloads in the background (~4–20 GB depending on size). You can start uploading documents while it downloads — answers will be available once the model is ready.

Step 4 — Done

You land on the Chat page. The knowledge base is empty until you upload your first documents.

First steps after setup

  1. Go to Upload and add a few documents
  2. Wait for the 'Ready' notification (indexing takes 30 seconds to 2 minutes per document)
  3. Go to Chat and ask a question about your documents

Inviting your team

Only the admin can invite other users. Go to Admin → Users → Invite user and enter their work email. They receive an invitation link and create their own password on first login.

See Managing Users for the full flow.