I upgraded my Pihole running in Docker last year, adding additional security of DNS over HTTP (DoH):

https://www.nodinrogers.com/post/2025-09-15-pihole6-doh-docker/

However, a short 2 months later, Cloudflare announced the cloudflared proxy-dns command, which allowed DoH to work, would be removed from all new …

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Update April 2026

Cloudflared removed the proxy-dns command from cloudflared in February 2026, so this guide should only be used for historical reference.

New gude, using dnscrypt-proxy is here: https://www.nodinrogers.com/post/2026-04-09-pihole-doh-docker/

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

Not …

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Plex had a security breach, and because of that, recommended all Plex users reset their passwords.

Email sent out from Plex: …

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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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Why multiple Pi-holes and keeping them in sync

For redundancy, I run two Pi-hole instances on two different hardware devices.

Out of the box, making a change on one Pi-hole means logging into the other Pi-hole and making the same change, so the Pi-Hole instances return the same results.

Not an ideal situation, in case …

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Listening to audio books

Usually when I listen to an audiobook, I listen through the Audible mobile app if the books is something I've purchased through Audbile.

I have a decent size collection of DRM-free audiobooks, and for those I use the Smart AudioBook Player Android app.

However, allowing my family to access my …

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