LiteLLM OCI Proxy

A proxy server that provides OpenAI API compatibility for all models available through OCI Generative AI, including xAI Grok, Meta Llama, and Cohere models.

This proxy enables you to use the standard OpenAI SDK and API format to interact with OCI Generative AI models, making it easy to integrate OCI models into applications that expect OpenAI-compatible APIs.

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/rhossi/litellm-oci.git
cd litellm-oci

2. Install dependencies:

uv sync

3. Create your configuration file:

   • Copy the example configuration file:

   cp config.yaml.example config.yaml

4. Configure OCI credentials:

   • Open config.yaml in your editor

   • Replace the placeholder values with your OCI credentials:

     Values from OCI CLI config file (~/.oci/config section):

     • oci_user: Your OCI user OCID (from user field)
     • oci_fingerprint: Your OCI API key fingerprint (from fingerprint field)
     • oci_tenancy: Your OCI tenancy OCID (from tenancy field)
     • oci_region: Your OCI region (from region field, e.g., us-chicago-1)
     • oci_key_file: Absolute path to your OCI API private key file (from key_file field, e.g., /Users/yourname/.oci/oci_api_key.pem)

     Values from OCI Console:

     • oci_compartment_id: Your OCI compartment OCID (find in OCI Console under Identity & Security → Compartments, or use oci iam compartment list to find it)

   Note: Use absolute paths for oci_key_file (the ~ tilde is not expanded by LiteLLM).

5. Ensure your OCI API key is available:

   • Make sure your OCI API private key file exists at the path specified in oci_key_file
   • The key file should have appropriate permissions (typically 600 or 400)

   For help creating OCI API keys, see the official Oracle tutorial.

Running the LiteLLM Proxy

1. Activate the virtual environment:

source .venv/bin/activate

2. Start the proxy server using the configuration file:

litellm --config config.yaml

The proxy will start on http://localhost:4000 by default.

Note: If you're using Python 3.14 and encounter uvloop compatibility issues, use the wrapper script:

python run_proxy.py --config config.yaml

This wrapper script patches LiteLLM to use the asyncio event loop instead of uvloop, which is not compatible with Python 3.14.

OpenAI API Compatibility

This proxy provides full OpenAI API compatibility for all OCI Generative AI models. You can use:

• OpenAI Python SDK - Drop-in replacement for OpenAI API calls
• OpenAI-compatible HTTP clients in any language
• Standard OpenAI API endpoints (/v1/chat/completions, /v1/models, etc.)
• OpenAI response format (same structure as OpenAI responses)

All OCI models are accessible through the standard OpenAI API interface, making it easy to switch between OpenAI and OCI models without changing your application code.

Using the Proxy

Python Example

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="sk-any-string",  # Required by client but not validated by LiteLLM
    base_url="http://localhost:4000/v1"  # LiteLLM proxy endpoint
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai.grok-3",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, how are you?"}
    ],
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

cURL Example

curl http://localhost:4000/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-any-string" \
  -d '{
    "model": "xai.grok-3",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, how are you?"}
    ]
  }'

Running the Example Script

The main.py file demonstrates OpenAI API compatibility by using the OpenAI SDK to call the LiteLLM proxy:

1. First, activate the virtual environment and start the proxy (in one terminal):

source .venv/bin/activate
python run_proxy.py --config config.yaml

2. Then activate the virtual environment and run the example (in another terminal):

source .venv/bin/activate
python main.py

The main.py script dynamically loads all available models from config.yaml, allows you to select a model interactively, and makes requests using the standard OpenAI SDK format. This demonstrates full OpenAI API compatibility for all OCI Generative AI models.

Configuration

The config.yaml file (created from config.yaml.example) contains all supported OCI models with shared authentication credentials using YAML anchors. The configuration includes:

• OCI authentication credentials (user, fingerprint, tenancy, region, key file, compartment ID)
• Region: us-chicago-1
• Serving mode: ON_DEMAND
• drop_params: true (automatically filters unsupported parameters)

Available Models

All supported OCI models are configured in config.yaml:

xAI Grok Models:

• oci/xai.grok-4
• oci/xai.grok-4-fast-reasoning (Reasoning mode - for complex, multi-step problems)
• oci/xai.grok-4-fast-non-reasoning (Non-Reasoning mode - for speed-critical queries)
• oci/xai.grok-3
• oci/xai.grok-3-fast
• oci/xai.grok-3-mini
• oci/xai.grok-3-mini-fast
• oci/xai.grok-code-fast-1

Meta Llama Models:

• oci/meta.llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-fp8
• oci/meta.llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct
• oci/meta.llama-3.3-70b-instruct
• oci/meta.llama-3.2-90b-vision-instruct
• oci/meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct

Cohere Models:

• oci/cohere.command-latest
• oci/cohere.command-a-03-2025
• oci/cohere.command-plus-latest

To use a specific model, use its model_name when making requests (e.g., oci/xai.grok-4).

Security Note

⚠️ Important: The config.yaml file contains sensitive credentials. Do not commit it to version control. Consider using environment variables or a secrets manager for production deployments.