docker-pihole-unbound/one-container

Pi-Hole + Unbound - 1 Container

Description

This Docker deployment runs both Pi-Hole and Unbound in a single container.

The base image for the container is the official Pi-Hole container, with an extra build step added to install the Unbound resolver directly into to the container based on instructions provided directly by the Pi-Hole team.

Usage

First create a .env file to substitute variables for your deployment.

Pi-hole environment variables

Vars and descriptions replicated from the official pihole container:

Variable	Default	Value	Description
TZ	UTC	<Timezone>	Set your timezone to make sure logs rotate at local midnight instead of at UTC midnight.
WEBPASSWORD	random	<Admin password>	http://pi.hole/admin password. Run docker logs pihole | grep random to find your random pass.
FTLCONF_REPLY_ADDR4	unset	<Host's IP>	Set to your server's LAN IP, used by web block modes and lighttpd bind address.
REV_SERVER	false	<"true"|"false">	Enable DNS conditional forwarding for device name resolution
REV_SERVER_DOMAIN	unset	Network Domain	If conditional forwarding is enabled, set the domain of the local network router
REV_SERVER_TARGET	unset	Router's IP	If conditional forwarding is enabled, set the IP of the local network router
REV_SERVER_CIDR	unset	Reverse DNS	If conditional forwarding is enabled, set the reverse DNS zone (e.g. 192.168.0.0/24)
WEBTHEME	default-light	<"default-dark"|"default-darker"|"default-light"|"default-auto"|"lcars">	User interface theme to use.

Example .env file in the same directory as your docker-compose.yaml file:

FTLCONF_REPLY_ADDR4=192.168.1.10
TZ=America/Los_Angeles
WEBPASSWORD=QWERTY123456asdfASDF
REV_SERVER=true
REV_SERVER_DOMAIN=local
REV_SERVER_TARGET=192.168.1.1
REV_SERVER_CIDR=192.168.0.0/16
HOSTNAME=pihole
DOMAIN_NAME=pihole.local
PIHOLE_WEBPORT=80
WEBTHEME=default-light

Using Portainer stacks?

2022-3-11: I'm being told the advice below is not longer true in Portainer. If you're using Portainer, try it without removing the volumes declaration and see if it works.

Portainer stacks are a little weird and don't want you to declare your named volumes, so remove this block from the top of the docker-compose.yaml file before copy/pasting into Portainer's stack editor:

volumes:
  etc_pihole-unbound:
  etc_pihole_dnsmasq-unbound:

Running the stack

docker-compose up -d

If using Portainer, just paste the docker-compose.yaml contents into the stack config and add your environment variables directly in the UI.