Last updated on 5 April 2025
Web portal settings
You do not need to enable anything on the ‘Web portal settings’ screen click ‘Next’ again.
On the final screen click ‘Done’ which will begin the download of the container images and once downloaded they will be launched!
The image will now be downloaded and extracted. You should see ‘Code 0’ when it has finished.
You will now see your Pi-hole running and should have a green status on the left-hand side.
Accessing the Web UI
The web interface will now be available via the following methods. If you use the https address you will need to accept the self-signed certificate warning in your browser.
| Network Mode | Access method |
|---|---|
| Host | http://nasIP:8000/admin |
| Bridge | http://nasIP:8000/admin https://nasIP:8443/admin |
| Macvlan | http://macvlanIP/admin https://macvlanIP/admin |
You can access the UI with the password you specified in the compose.
Update your Router DNS
Now you need to add the appropriate IP address to your router or DHCP Server settings the IP you use will depend on which network method you used to set up Pi-hole
Note: some routers have both WAN and LAN DNS settings, you will just be changing your local LAN setting.
Bridge or Host = Use your NAS IP address.
Macvlan = The address you chose for the container on the line ‘ipv4_address:’
It can take some time for all of your devices to move over the new DNS settings so be patient, and you will gradually start to see your stats begin to start.
Add some block lists
Don’t go crazy with block lists as adding 10 million blocked URLs is largely a waste of time stick to some good quality core lists from these sites
That’s it you are now blocking ads network wide!
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Any progress on the unbound portion of this posting?
Thanks in advance.
Hey Matt – I have been a bit restricted time and bandwidth wise recently – It will come back just a matter of getting some time to setup and test locally