Posts about pi-hole

Sync a bare metal Pi-Hole instance with a Pi-Hole docker container on another host
August 10, 2023
I've run Pi-Hole bare metal for years and recently decided to run a secondary instance of Pi-Hole on another machine as a Docker container. Gravity Sync keeps them updated with all the same DNS records, block lists, etc. Here's how I set it up.
Using a forwarding resolver in Pi-Hole for DNS over TLS
July 27, 2023
Configs necessary for Pi-Hole to use either Cloudflared or Unbound as forwarding resolver to Quad9 using DNS over TLS.
Using DNS over HTTPS with Pi-Hole and Cloudflared
July 13, 2023
When using Pi-Hole as a network-wide ad blocker, your DNS requests still go out in plain text and can be seen by your ISP. DNS over HTTPS encrypts DNS requests between your Pi-Hole and the upstream DNS resolver. Here is a quick guide on how to set that up with Cloudflared daemon.
Set up Pi-Hole for network-wide ad blocking and Unbound for recursive DNS
October 8, 2022
Besides just using a browser extension for ad blocking, I've been using Pi-Hole for years to prevent all devices on my network from getting ads, and stopping smart home devices from phoning home for telemetry and tracking. Pi-Hole will run on almost anything that can run Linux, is very easy to set up, and super effective with the right ad lists.