I recently upgraded both of my Pi-Holes to version 6.

Not much to really write about, but there are some differences for some edge use cases, none of which impacted myself.

I wanted to implement DNS over HTTPS (DoH), which adds an additional layer of security to your network.

If you are running Pi-hole on a Unifi UDM, …

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I recently upgraded both of my Pi-Holes to version 6.

Not much to really write about, but there are some differences for some edge use cases, none of which impacted myself.

I wanted to implement DNS over HTTPS (DoH), which adds an additional layer of security to your network.

If you are running Pi-hole in Docker, see …

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By default, the Docker daemon listens for connections on a Unix socket to accept requests from local clients.

We are going to configure Docker to accept requests from remote clients by configuring it to listen on an IP address/port, in addition to the Unix socket.

There is a lot of conflicting, and incorrect …

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SSH into a UDM Pro

After enabling SSH access into a UDM Pro, and adding a public SSH key via the web GUI, enabling password-less SSH is as easy as using copying the public key into the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file.

Problems after reboot and/or upgrade

Everything works great, until you reboot or upgrade, in which case, …

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While there are a lot of annoying things on Facebook, including Facebook itself, Facebook Reels have to be about the most annoying.

If I wanted "reels", I'd go to Instagram, or TikTok, or one of the many other applications that show short videos.

I keep clicking on Facebook Reels, and selecting "Not …

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I had an instance where I needed to expand a virtual Windows 10 install on my Proxmox server.

I've documented it before, in both Proxmox and in Windows, but it requires deleting the existing recovery partition in Windows 10, as it would otherwise sit between the old hard drive size and the newly added additional space. …

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