Selfhosted @lemmy.world jwr1 @kbin.earth 2mo ago

Introducing Pi-hole v6

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Anyone got screenshots of the new UI?
- https://u.drkt.eu/PZJz6H.png I don't know how to embed an image link
  
  It's not fundamentally different
  
  just for future reference (click the source button to see how I embedded your image)
  
  ![alt text](https://image.link/)
  
  Thanks, I haven't used pi-hole in a while, but it looks the same for me.
  
  Thanks for sharing! I need to get mine running again.
  
  Top premitted domain: e621.net
  
  A fellow sysadmin furry I see
  
  It doesn’t really look different at all
Be careful upgrading Docker versions, it has breaking changes.

https://registry.hub.docker.com/r/pihole/pihole/
- Whew, this is why I pin on sha256. I fear for the latest crowd.
  
  Edit: At least it seems updating the container doesn't break things:
  
  Replacing any v5 image (2024.07.0 and earlier) with a v6 image will result in updated configuration files. These changes are irreversible.
  
  Live on the edge
  
  Pin to develop
  
  I don't use pihole, but everything I use is pinned by major release version. No problem yet with surprise breakage.
Looks like a great release!
If Pi-Hole starts supporting DoH out-of-the-box, I'll happily switch from AdguardHome.
- What is DoH?
  
  DNS Over Https
  
  Not to be confused with
  
  DNS Over TLS
  
  It's just a way of keeping your ISP from reading your DNS requests.
  
  DNS over HTTPS. It allows encrypted DNS lookup with a URL, which allows for url-based customizations not possible with traditional DNS lookups (e.g. the server could have /ads or /trackers endpoints so you can choose what to block).
  
  DNS Over TLS (DoT) is similar, but it doesn't use URLs, just IP addresses like generic DNS. Both are encrypted.
Has anyone tried https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns? It seems to be a complete DNS server instead of what looks like a bunch of bash config for a standard Linux tool. There are block lists you can configure as well, and it supports pretty much everything.

It's way overkill, but hey, why not?
- I probably would just stick with dnsmasq
How much is Pi-hole worth it assuming I’m using UBO and also have most non-ad based streaming services?

I’m thinking phones and less often used devices?
- It’s extra protection, especially if you use non-browser apps on your devices it can limit tracking.
- I love my pihole. Even gets rid of the ads on my roku homescreen.
- It's really nice for random browsing/apps. Games, free tools, general web browsing; none of it loads ads.
  
  Some mobile games will even attempt to load ads, fail, then give you the reward for 'watching' the ad.
  
  It also stops devices from phoning home to upload telemetry and blocks known malware domains. (depends on the lists you use, heres a source for some lists)
- I can tell you something: I'm using some free apps on my Android phone and never notice ads at home, but when I'm on the mobile network or on a different wifi (at work or some public place) I start seeing them.
  
  This is one of the reasons why I set up a Wireguard VPN connection to my home network, and an on-demand VPN connection on my phone that automatically turns on anytime I’m not on the home network. Even away from home I get the benefits of my Pi-hole+Unbound (running as recursive resolver) setup.
- I’m partial to AdGuardHome myself, but PiHole does the job well
- I have both but just use pihole as a local DNS server/forwarder. I bump into too many random times where sites or redirects don't work properly since they get blocked.
Good news! Hope they implement detailed query log and support for upstream DoH DNS next.
- They've added a bit more info to the query log, when you click on individual items.
  
  It's still not a native feature, but; You can add DOH using cloudflared, incl configuring which upstream(s) to use (you don't have to use cloudflare itself, just the tool).
  
  There's even a docker version.
Pi-hole is one of my favorite pieces of software. It is the reason I began self-hosting six years ago.
I still prefer NextDNS
- That says it will only function for 300,000 queries per month. Based on my last 24 hours from pi-hole, that wouldn't even last a week. Are you using a paid plan?
  
  I am. Paid plan equates to like $2-3 per month. Tied it into Tailscale (I think TS has official docs explaining how) and haven't given it another thought.
- NextDNS isn’t selfhosted, is it?
- What does nextdns do that pihole can't?
  
  The biggest feature for me is the ability to use it on any network (cellular, vpn, WiFi, etc). I never see ads. Pihole can’t (easily) do that.
I was running Pi-hole on an actual Raspberry Pi 4 that was apparently running Raspbian 10. My upgrade did not go smoothly. But I got it and I'm liking the new version. The only issue I see so far is that the admin panel in v5 used to have a "remember me for 7 days" checkbox when logging in, this version does not.
It seems PADD got borked. Permission thing is happening again.

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