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What are your opinions of using Pi-hole for DNS within a homelab environment? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by bernhoftbret@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've run Pi-hole in my homelab for years and benefited from using the service. As well as the hands-on education.

With that said, what is everyone else's experience with the software? Do you use Pi-hole in your homelab setup? I would assume many hundreds of thousands of people use Pi-hole.

Edit #1:

The image attached to this post is my RPi 5, which hosts the Pi-hole software. Big supporter of the whole "SBCs for learning and home improvement" mentality.

Edit #2:

It is interesting to see the broad support for Pi-hole and DNS blockers in general. The more options, the healthier the tech ecosystem is, which benefits everyone.

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[–] DonStuttgart1974@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

I had a look at it but didn't use it for longer, I used adguard later in a lxc container later, since i didn't see a point in using a different device, right now the adguard is running as a service on my opnsense so i don't have to rely on something other than the router for internet. I like the option to block on a dns level, and to be fair it's always a similar set of blocklists that can be used, the major difference is in the preselection. right now I could probably switch back to the default opnsense dns server and add the lists there, only losing the info on what has been blocked.