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# You Don't Need Pi-hole
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**Network-wide DNS blocking without extra hardware.**
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This project implements the ad-blocking functionality of a
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[Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net) without needing any extra hardware.
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A Pi-hole is a [Raspberry Pi](https://www.raspberrypi.com/) based "black hole"
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for Internet advertisements. It works by intercepting and answering DNS queries
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for a list of known advertisement servers.
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This project instead uses `dnsmasq` running on an existing server to answer DNS
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queries.
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## How to Install
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You'll need `dnsmasq` installed for this.
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1. Clone the project:
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```sh
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git clone --recursive https://codeberg.org/h3xx/you-dont-need-pihole.git /etc/you-dont-need-pihole
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```
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2. Run `update.sh` to generate the blocklist.
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3. Update `dnsmasq.d/01-you-dont-need-pihole.conf`, replacing `/etc/you-dont-need-pihole` with wherever the root
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of this project is installed to.
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4. Add the configuration directory to `dnsmasq.conf`:
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```sh
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echo 'conf-dir=/etc/you-dont-need-pihole/dnsmasq.d' >> /etc/dnsmasq.conf
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```
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You can also copy or symlink `dnsmasq.d/01-you-dont-need-pihole.conf` if you need
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the config to live somewhere else.
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5. Restart the `dnsmasq` service.
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6. Make sure `53/udp` is unfirewalled.
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7. Go into your router settings and change the IP addressed provied via DHCP to
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be your server's local IP address. [See this thread for a
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walkthrough.](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-configure-my-devices-to-use-pi-hole-as-their-dns-server/245)
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8. Recommended: Configure your local machine to use the local `dnsmasq` daemon
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for client DNS queries, i.e. software running on the same server as
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`dnsmasq`. This is a good idea because it may save some network traffic
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depending on how your router works. Worst case scenario, it'll do nothing.
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If your OS uses `dhcpcd` for network configuration, you can add this line to your
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`/etc/dhcpcd.conf`
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```
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static domain_name_servers=127.0.0.1
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```
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## License
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Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Dan Church.
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License GPLv3: GNU GPL version 3.0 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html)
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with Commons Clause 1.0 (https://commonsclause.com/).
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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You may NOT use this software for commercial purposes.
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