homelab-pihole-dns
Pi-hole installation, blocklist management, DNS-over-HTTPS setup, DHCP integration, local DNS records, and troubleshooting broken DNS resolution on a home network. Use when the task explicitly involves Pi-hole — installing it, managing blocklists, configuring DoH or DHCP, adding local DNS records, or diagnosing DNS resolution with Pi-hole in the path.
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- Homelab Pi-hole DNS
- When to Use
- How Pi-hole Works
- Installation
- Docker (Recommended)
- Bare-Metal Install (Raspberry Pi OS / Debian / Ubuntu)
- Pointing Your Network at Pi-hole
- Blocklist Management
Pi-hole is a network-wide DNS ad blocker that runs on a Raspberry Pi or any Linux host. Every device on your network gets ad and malware domain blocking automatically — no browser extension needed. Installing Pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi or Linux host Configuring Pi-hole as the DNS server for a home network Adding or managing blocklists Setting up DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) upstream resolvers Creating local DNS records (e.g. nas.home.lan, pi.home.lan) Troubleshooting devices that lose internet access after Pi-hole is installed Running Pi-hole alongside or instead of DHCP Docker is the easiest way to install Pi-hole and makes updates and backups straightforward. Replace with a current Pi-hole release tag before deploying. Avoid latest for long-lived DNS infrastructure so upgrades are deliberate and reviewable. Set PIHOLEWEBPASSWORD in a .env file next to docker-compose.yml, chmod it to 600, and keep it out of git — do not put the password directly in the compose file. Access web admin at: http:// /admin Pi-hole requires a static IP before installing. DNS-over-HTTPS encrypts your DNS queries so your ISP cannot see what sites you resolve. Make your services reachable by name (e.g. nas.home.lan
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