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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Since firmware version 3.0 on the Unifi UDM/UDM Pro, podman is no longer available, so we had to use another method to create a container.

We now use systemd-nspawn to create a container.

There are 3 steps:

1. Create the container.
2. Configure the container.
3. Install Pi-hole in the container.

Create the container

All …

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Configuring a Dynamic Domain Name Service (DDNS) on Ubiquiti's UniFi network manager is easy, if you use on of the configured providers that show up in the drop-down service.

I had recently upgraded to UnifiOS version 4.3.6, and finally Cloudflare exists as a selectable entry.

If you are running UDM version under …

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These instructions/screenshots were from an UDM Pro running:

UniFi OS UDM Pro 1.11.0 UniFi Network Application 7.0.23

Why

From the FBI field office in Portland:

Your fridge and your laptop should not be on the same network.¹

If those cheap "smart" lightbulbs you bought off Amazon get compromised because of …

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Configuring a Dynamic Domain Name Service (DDNS) on Ubiquiti's UniFi network manager is easy, if you use on of the configured providers that show up in the drop-down service.

I'd been using No-IP for a number of years, but decided to switch to Cloudflare as it was free, and given Cloudflare's reputation, reliable. …

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