Setup Pi-Hole

Description:

So after setting up my PI, I installed Pi-hole for my network on it.

To Resolve:

1. First you ssh to it:

   sudo vi /etc/dhcpcd.conf
   # set static IP; save and exit
   # change to root
   sudo su
   curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
   

   • When I did this, the installer wasn’t able to continue because I had changed the IP address of the pi. I then had to modify /etc/dhcpcd.conf and /etc/resolv.conf to also point to 8.8.8.8 for DNS since it cleared it and set everything to only point to 127.0.0.1. I then re-ran the installer for it to setup completely.

2. At the end of the install it gives you the admin password, copy it somewhere. Then type:

   pihole -a -p
   

3. Configure router to point to pi => This will vary from vendor to vendor but you typically login to your routers LAN interface in your web browser, then go to lan settings => and set the DNS server handed by DHCP to that of your pi-hole.

4. Commands:

   pihole -b example.com => Adding a site to blacklist  
   pihole -wild example.com => Adding a site and all its subsites to blacklist  
   pihole -w example.com => Adding a site to whitelist  
   pihole -wild -d pubnub.com => Remove a blacklist  
   pihole -up => update it  
   pihole -c => shows stats  
   pihole status => shows stats  
   pihole -q hulu => to query a specific domain  
   pihole disable / enable => Self explanatory  
   pihole restartdns => restart dns server
   

5. If you want to block Youtube, add the following to your blacklist section:

   (^|\.)googlevideo\.com$
   (^|\.)youtube\.com$
   (^|\.)ytimg\.l\.google\.com$
   

6. Recommended blocklists to add:
   • MasterBlocklist
   • Ransomware
   • Scam

7. Couple other commands I used to clean it up:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt full-upgrade
   sudo apt clean
   apt -y purge "pulseaudio*"
   

   • Update: pihole -up