did you ever get Volumio and Pi-hole to co-exist on the same server? I am looking for an install guide to install pi-hole on top of Volumio. Also, I am installing version 2.917. I found that post (Install Pi-hole on Volumio. | wasietsmet.nl) but there appears to be missing some steps, like by-pass OS check.
Pi-Hole blocks many legit services used by Volumio, so if you have Pi-Hole installed (on the same device or in another device) Volumio will work really bad and in a way that it’s very hard to troubleshoot.
So my advice is : don’t use Pi-Hole with Volumio. Installing it on the same device is even worse, as it might interfere heavily with Volumio’s operations.
Our support team had an hard time troubleshooting some problems for users with Pi-Hole active, so I am assuming that default configuration does not play well with Volumio. Hence, the suggestion of not using it.
If you could share your Pi-Hole configuration in a specific thread (something like Pi-Hole suggested configuration for Volumio) I think it will be very very useful.
Ehh - I understand you are absolutely right in this situation. I just like compact solutions, and my RPI with Volumio still has a lot of resources :).
There is nothing else but Pi Hole to run on an additional device.
It might be easier if you at the Volumio team published a list of domains for which Volumio needs access. In that way zealous Pi-hole users can exempt those from blacklisting.
I’m running Pi-hole which currently blocks 132.911 domains. That is considered a “light” configuration with 5 list subscriptions only. I’ve never experienced any problems on that front with Volumio and it’s also pretty easy to disable blocking (3 clicks).
Hi, I am not persuading anyone, but I launched PI-HOLE as follows:
Volumio 3
I stopped the Volumio hotspot.
I installed Pi-hole as standard.
I changed port 80 to 8080 in file: /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
I have given file permissions: /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases and /var/log/pihole-FTL.log
from /etc/dnsmasq.d/ I deleted the original configuration file added by volumio (I can’t remember the name).
Restart of the device - Volumio and Pi-hole work.
I indicated the IP RPI address on the router as the default DNS.
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