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But that yielded an error message: "error": "model \u0027gemma3\u0027 not found"

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But that yielded an error message:
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Current Situation

I'm a beginner to ollama and installed the Docker version. After starting the container, I tried to run the sample REST request provided in the ollama ReadMe.md file:

PS C:\Temp> Invoke-RestMethod `
              -Uri 'http://localhost:11434/api/chat' `
              -Body (@{ `
                      model = 'gemma3'; `
                      messages = @(@{ `
                                  role = 'user'; `
                                  content = 'Why is the sky blue?'} `
                                  )} `
                      | ConvertTo-Json) `
              -Method Post

But that yielded an error message:

Invoke-RestMethod:
{
  "error": "model \u0027gemma3\u0027 not found"
}

Desired Situation

Please provide a working example that is successful right away.

OS

Windows

GPU

None

CPU

Docker

Ollama version

ollama/ollama:latest

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