Wanted to share how I built my Pi Hole container on a QNAP NAS where my DHCP server is on my home network router (Ubiquiti) and not in the Qnap.
Pi-Hole on a Qnap NAS using Container Station
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Open Container Station in Qnap
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Click on create in left menu
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Enter “Pi hole” in search bar and select the “Official Pi Hole Docker”.
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Once the image downloads, create a new container from the image.
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Adjust the CPU Limit and Memory Limit accordingly.
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Click the advanced settings link and under “Network” create a Container Mac address (any mac will work). * Create your own or use a mac address generator service (MAC address generator | MAC Address Vendor Lookup ). The only way I could get the static IP to stick in my router was to create a hard mac address as without, the container will random generate a new mac address with every reboot.
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Change the Network Mode: to “Bridged”; select the correct Interface for the QNAP network; and select “use DHCP”.
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I had a hard time getting static IP to work within the Qnap, as I do not/not use my QNAP as the DHCP server. My DCHP server is on my home router.
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Click “Create”. The new container should start up on its own.
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Go to the “Overview” tab in Container Station and click the “Open Link” icon (chain link). This will open a new tab in your browser using the IP address of your new Pi Hole container.
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To create a new password for Pi Hole; go back to the “Overview” tab in Container Station and click the “Terminal” icon. When the run command pop up box opens, enter “pihole -a -p” (no quotes) . This will open a new tab and it will prompt you to enter a new password twice.
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Go back to the tab that opened in your browser for the pi hole admin panel and try the new password.
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To set the Pi Hole IP to static: Log into your Home router and find the IP/mac address for the newly created Pi Hole container and set the mac to static IP.
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You now will be able to use the Pi Hole address as your DNS server for Pi Hole features.
