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+ <title>Install Pi-Hole on Windows 11 Via WSL</title>
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+ <h1>Install Pi-Hole on Windows 11 Via WSL</h1>
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+ <div></div>
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+ <div id="content">
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+ <h2>Installing WSL</h2>
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+<ol>
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+ <li>Log into the Windows 11 device</li>
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+ <li>Launch PowerShell as administator by right clicking the Start button > search power > Right click on Windows PowerShell > Run as Administrator</li>
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+ <li>Run the following command to install WSL
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+ <div class="codeBlock PS"># enable WSL feature<br />
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+ dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart<br />
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+ # enable virtual machine platform<br />
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+ dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Type Y to reboot the system</li>
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+ <li>Launch Powershell as administrator and run the following additional commands to use WSL 2
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+ <div class="codeBlock PS"># enable virtualization platform<br />
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+ Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform<br />
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+ # enable wsl2<br />
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+ wsl --set-default-version 2<br />
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+ # download the wsl kernel update<br />
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+ $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi -OutFile .\wsl_update_x64.msi<br />
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+ # reset progress preference<br />
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+ $ProgressPreference = 'Continue'<br />
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+ # install the downloaded file<br />
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+ .\wsl_update_x64.msi</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Download the PiHole for WSL installer script <a href="https://github.com/DesktopECHO/Pi-Hole-for-WSL1/raw/master/PH4WSL1.cmd" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
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+ <li>Navigate to the Downloads directory > Right click the downloaded .cmd file > Run as Administrator</li>
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+ <li>Press Enter to accept the default install location (C:\Program Files)</li>
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+ <li>Press Enter to continue with the installation</li>
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+ <li>If prompted, allow network access for lighttpd and sshd</li>
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+ <li>When prompted, enter and confirm a Pi-Hole admin password</li>
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+ <li>After the Pi-Hole installation script completes, right click the Start button > run > type cmd > Press Enter</li>
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+ <li>Run the following commands in command prompt
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+ <div class="codeBlock"># enter wsl prompt<br />
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+ wsl<br />
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+ # edit resolv.conf<br />
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+ sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Add the following line
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+ <p>nameserver 127.0.0.1</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to resolv.conf</li>
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+ <li>Run the following command to update the Pi-Hole blocklist
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+ <div class="codeBlock"># update pihole<br />
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+ sudo pihole -g</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/admin</li>
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+ <li>Click Login</li>
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+ <li>Authenticate with the admin password set earlier</li>
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+</ol>
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+<p>Special thanks to the developer of this installation script <a href="https://github.com/DesktopECHO/Pi-Hole-for-WSL1" target="_blank">https://github.com/DesktopECHO/Pi-Hole-for-WSL1</a></p> </div>
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