December 2024 – broadlypointless.com

Month: December 2024

PiHole & Unbound

Posted on 28/12/202428/12/2024 by Mark

Installation Steps
Install Ubuntu Server 20.04 (https://ubuntu.com/download/server)
Install Pi-Hole – sudo curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
Set the Web Admin Password – pihole -a -p [password]
Install Unbound DNS – sudo apt install unbound
Create Unbound Configuration File – sudo nano /etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/pi-hole.conf
Copy example config – https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/
Restart Unbound to apply Configuration – sudo service unbound restart
Disable Forwarding DNS in PiHole
Set Custom DNS in PiHole – 127.0.0.1#5335

Raspberry Pi 5 8GB, Active Cooler, NVMe HAB!

Posted on 20/12/202420/12/2024 by Mark

Pretty sure I don’t need an excuse, but it is Xmas, so thought I’d treat myself (again, again, again) but it’s a nice platform to try more docker containers that I haven’t tried before. It’s quiet, and the fan doesn’t even really spin a lot, so it’s quiet. It was easy to put together and now has a 500GB NVMe drive inside it, no SD card, it boots right from the NVMe!

Happy days!