Homelab/optimized/standalone/Pihole/README.md

Pi-hole DNS Blocker

This directory contains the docker-compose.yml for running a standalone Pi-hole DNS ad blocker.

Running with Podman Compose

To run this service using podman-compose:

1. Navigate to this directory:

   cd optimized/standalone/Pihole
   

2. Ensure you have replaced placeholder values like WEBPASSWORD with your actual secure password.
3. Ensure the necessary host directories for volumes (./etc-pihole, ./etc-dnsmasq.d) exist or create them.
4. Start the service:

   podman-compose up -d
   

Running with Podman

Due to network_mode: host, this service shares the host's network namespace and directly uses the host's IP address.

podman run -d \
  --name pihole \
  --network host \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  -e TZ="America/Chicago" \
  -e WEBPASSWORD="YOURSECUREPASSWORD" \
  -e FTLCONF_webserver_enabled="true" \
  -e FTLCONF_webserver_port="7300" \
  -e WEB_BIND_ADDR="0.0.0.0" \
  -e DNS1="127.0.0.1#5335" \
  -e DNS2="0.0.0.0" \
  -v ./etc-pihole:/etc/pihole \
  -v ./etc-dnsmasq.d:/etc/dnsmasq.d \
  pihole/pihole:latest

Notes

• network_mode: host is essential for Pi-hole to function correctly as a DNS server for your local network.
• The WEBPASSWORD environment variable is critical for securing your Pi-hole web interface.
• Ensure the volume bind mounts (./etc-pihole, ./etc-dnsmasq.d) are pointing to correct and persistent locations on your host.