budi471 / pihole-dnscrypt-docker

A docker-compose for Pi-hole and DNSCrypt, daemonized with a systemd service file.

Pi-hole DNSCrypt Docker

A docker-compose for Pi-hole and DNSCrypt, daemonized with a systemd service file.

Dependencies

docker
docker-compose

Uses the following Docker containers:

• https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole
• https://github.com/klutchell/dnscrypt-proxy

Configuration

Edit docker-compose.yml in the following ways.

Uncomment WEBPASSWORD and put in a password, by default it will be randomized.

WEBPASSWORD: 'password'

Uncomment TZ and put in your timezone, default is UTC.

• On Linux you can use timedatectl list-timezones to find the correct timezone.

TZ: 'America/Chicago'

Edit etc-dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy.toml to your preference.

Installation

1. Clone this repository to a directory of your choice.

   git clone https://gitlab.com/losuler/pihole-dnscrypt-docker

2. Edit pihole-dnscrypt-docker.service to point to the directory of the cloned repository.

   WorkingDirectory=/path/to/pihole-dnscrypt-docker

3. Copy the systemd service file.

   cp pihole-dnscrypt-docker.service /etc/systemd/system/

4. Reload the systemd manager configuration.

   systemctl daemon-reload

5. Enable and start the systemd service.

   systemctl enable --now pihole-dnscrypt-docker

Updating images

1. To update all images used by this docker-compose.

   docker-compose pull

2. Restart the systemd service.

   systemctl restart pihole-dnscrypt-docker

List old/unused images.

docker images -f dangling=true

Remove old/unused images.

docker image prune

Viewing logs

To view the status of the service.

systemctl status pihole-dnscrypt-docker

To view the entire log (append -f to view a live feed of the logs).

journalctl -u pihole-dnscrypt-docker

Testing

To test the running of the docker-compose before running the service.

docker-compose up --force-recreate