#PiHole #AdBlocking #RaspberryPi4

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0473.html

Installing Pi-Hole

1. Log into the Raspberry Pi
2. Run the following commands in a terminal window

   update software repositories

   sudo apt update

   install available software updates

   sudo apt upgrade -y

   clean up downloaded apt files

   sudo apt clean

   install pi-hole

   curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
3. Press Enter until the DNS selection is displayed
4. Select a DNS provider and press Enter
5. Press Enter through the rest of the Pi-Hole installer, selecting the defaults
6. Copy the randomly generated admin password (just in case)
7. Press Enter to complete the installation
8. Run the following command to change the Pi-Hole admin password sudo pihole -a -p
9. Enter and confirm the new password
10. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/admin to view the pi-hole admin interface

Testing Pi-Hole

1. Back in the terminal, run the following commands to use the local pi-hole instance for DNS sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf
2. Add the following line at the top of the other nameservers nameserver 127.0.0.1
3. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to resolv.conf
4. Back in the web browser, open a new tab and navigate to a site that contains ads, like https://yahoo.com
5. Watch the Pi-Hole interface to see the ads being blocked

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