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Pi-hole
Pi-hole is a DNS-based adblocker for your network. Think of it as /etc/hosts on steriods.
no, you can't block youtube ads
Personal Blocklists
I maintain a list of the blocklists I use, here​
Pi-hole on Docker
Here's a docker-compose containg the useful info to spawn a pi-hole container.
Important: this is a generic pi-hole installation, with some personal preferences.
DNS points to the malware-blocking Cloudflare resolver, but I can also highly recommend Quad9.
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version: "3.3"
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services:
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  pihole:
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    container_name: pihole
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    image: pihole/pihole:latest
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    hostname: pihole
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    ports:
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      - "53:53/tcp"
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      - "53:53/udp"
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      - "80:80/tcp"
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    environment:
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      TZ: "Europe/London"
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      WEBPASSWORD: "<web-password>"
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      ServerIP: "<ip-address>"
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      PIHOLE_DNS_: "1.1.1.2;1.0.0.2"
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      DNSSEC: "true"
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      BLOCK_ICLOUD_PR: "true"
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      WEBUIBOXEDLAYOUT: "traditional"
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      WEBTHEME: "default-dark"
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      REV_SERVER: "true"
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      REV_SERVER_TARGET: "<gateway-ip>"
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      REV_SERVER_CIDR: "<ip-cidr>/24"
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    volumes:
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      - "./etc-pihole/:/etc/pihole/"
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      - "./etc-dnsmasq.d/:/etc/dnsmasq.d/"
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    cap_add:
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      - NET_ADMIN
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    restart: unless-stopped
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To persist data, the container mounts the host locations ./etc-pihole/ & ./etc-dnsmaq.d/
To combat iCloud Private Relay, which bypasses pihole, the additional option BLOCK_ICLOUD_PR: "true" has now been added.
File Breakdown:
Element
Meaning
TZ
Standard Format Timezone
WEBPASSWORD
Web Console Password
PIHOLE_DNS_
Target DNS Servers (Pihole will forward all non-blocked requests to these addresses
BLOCK_ICLOUD_PR
Drop iCloud Private Relay DNS Requests
WEBTHEME
Theme used by Web Console
Links
​Pi-Hole - The official Pi-Hole website
​Firebog.net - a great selection of blocklists
​1.1.1.2 - Cloudflare's DNS resolver site
​Quad9 - Quad9 homepage
Infrastructure
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