DNS For Pi-hole it self

[deHakkelaar]

About resolv.conf getting populated with the Pi IP:

@deHakkelaar

Do mind that most distros run some kind of "network manager" to populate that resolv.conf file:

Yes it should smiley If resolvconf is installed: $ dpkg -S bin/resolvconf openresolv: /sbin/resolvconf It can provide useful information: $ resolvconf -l # resolv.conf from eth0.dhcp # Generated by dhcpcd from eth0.dhcp domain home.dehakkelaar.nl search home.dehakkelaar.nl nameserver 10.0.0.1 EDIT: Might need sudo/root powers!

@seh2000

I have another application running on each of my two Pis' so I think I'll add 127.0.01 on each of them.
Should I also add and public DNS then?

No:

Why should Pi-hole be my only DNS server?

Reduced Ad Blocking Capability The main reason you should Pi-hole as your only DNS server is that you will see increased performance in the blocking of ads. If you have two DNS servers (Pi-hole and something else), your network clients may not always query Pi-hole for name resolution. If a query happens to be answered from a non-Pi-hole DNS server, your block lists will not apply (since that DNS server doesn't know about them). All Queries Need To Go Through Pi-hole First Since other DNS serv…