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            <h1>Running Pi-Hole Ad-Blocker in a Proxmox VE LXC Linux Container [CT]</h1>
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          <h2>Creating the Container</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Proxmox VE web UI</li>
	<li>Select a storage device from the left navigation that allows storing Container templates</li>
	<li>Select CT Templates from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Click the Templates button</li>
	<li>Search for core &gt; Click TurnKey Core to select it &gt; Click the Download button</li>
	<li>After the download completes, close the download dialog</li>
	<li>Right click the Proxmox node name &gt; Create CT</li>
	<li>Enter the Hostname PiHole, Password and Confirm the password &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Select the Storage where the container template was downloaded and select the TurnKey Core container template &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Set the Storage device to save the container to &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Leave the defaults on the CPU tab &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the Memory tab, set the Memory to 1024 &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Leave the defaults on the Network tab, setup a static IP address if needed (I prefer to set this from my router)  &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Leave the defaults on the DNS tab &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Verify the summary and click Finish</li>
	<li>After the container creation completes, close the download dialog</li>
	<li>Right click the PiHole container in the left navigation pane &gt; Start</li>
	<li>Click console in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
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<h2>Installing Updates and Pi-Hole</h2>

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	<li>Log into the container with the username root and the password set during the setup</li>
	<li>On the Initialize Hub services dialog, press tab and select Skip &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>On the System Notifications dialog, press tab and select Skip &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>On the Security updates dialog, press tab to select Install to enable automatic updates or Skip &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Press Enter to select Advanced Menu</li>
	<li>Arrow down and select Quit &gt; Press Enter &gt; Select Yes to confirm &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Run the following commands to install updates
	<div class="codeBlock CMD"># update software repositories<br />
	apt update<br />
	# install available software updates<br />
	apt upgrade -y<br />
	# clean apt cache<br />
	apt clean<br />
	# reboot the container<br />
	reboot now</div>
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	<li>Log back into the container</li>
	<li>Run the following command to install Pi-Hole
	<div class="codeBlock CMD">curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash</div>
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	<li>Press Enter until the DNS selection is displayed</li>
	<li>Select a DNS provider and press Enter</li>
	<li>Press Enter through the rest of the Pi-Hole installer, selecting the defaults</li>
	<li>Copy the randomly generated admin password (just in case)</li>
	<li>Press Enter to complete the installation</li>
	<li>Run the following command to change the Pi-Hole admin password
	<div class="codeBlock CMD">pihole -a -p</div>
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	<li>Enter and confirm the new password</li>
	<li>Click the Applications button &gt; Internet &gt; Chromium Web Browser</li>
	<li>Navigate to http://DNSorIP/admin</li>
	<li>Click Login</li>
	<li>Authenticate with the admin password</li>
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<h2>Testing Pi-Hole From Windows Client</h2>

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	<li>Click the Start button &gt; Type control panel &gt; press Enter</li>
	<li>Click View By &gt; Small Icons</li>
	<li>Click Network and Sharing Center</li>
	<li>Click Change adapter settings</li>
	<li>Right click on the network connection &gt; Properties</li>
	<li>Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) &gt; Properties</li>
	<li>Select the radio option next to Use the following DNS server addresses</li>
	<li>Input the IP address of the Pi-Hole VM</li>
	<li>Click OK on both of the open dialog windows</li>
	<li>Right click the Start button &gt; Command Prompt (Admin)</li>
	<li>Type the following commands to flush your DNS cache and restart the network connections (note: your network connection will drop if running the commands on a remote machine)
	<div class="codeBlock">ipconfig /flushdns<br />
	ipconfig /release<br />
	ipconfig /renew</div>
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<p>More on Pi-Hole <a href="https://pi-hole.net/" target="_blank">https://pi-hole.net/</a></p>
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