The installation is very complex, which is why our installer does most of the work. You may also want to read how Pi-hole™ was originally made as a guide to setting it up from scratch.
https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/#alternative-semi-automated-install-methods
This is a historical document and left for archival purposes. For up to date information please use https://docs.pi-hole.net/
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The Installer
Our intelligent installer is tailored to installations at home and behind firewalls. If you are installing Pi-hole in an environment beyond that scope, you will need to take extra security measures when installing it.
Hardware
Pi-hole is very lightweight as it only handles DNS queries and returns a blank HTML file so it doesn't n…
root access since we install several system-wide services including DNS and a Web server.