What are your opinions of using Pi-hole for DNS within a homelab environment? (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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[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 0 points 1 week ago

and still on the original SD card

incredibly lucky. my Pi burned through so many cards I wouldn't use it for a pihole again, especially when mini pcs are better and cheaper

(and before anyone asks yes I was logging to ram)

[-] The_Jit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

3B on the original SD card still. But I also use log2ram to help reduce writes to the SD card.

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