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

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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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[–] Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I run 2 instances of pihole/unbound as lxcs on my main server and local back up, works great.

If I didn't have the two big boxes I'd use my pi4/zero2 to run two instances of pihole/unbound.

If I didn't have my pis, I'd run 2 instances of pihole/unbound on literally anything I could install it on.

What I'm saying is that I consider pihole/unbound to be essential infrastructure at this point. I'm also trying to say I've broken my only instance of pihole enough times to understand the importance of redundancy.

I use Pis as a (sort of) hardware key to get family and friends onto my Tailscale VPN. They all have pihole too. I haven't convinced any of them to get a pi0 as a redundant box, but I'm sure they'll learn eventually too. No doubt it'll be my problem.