How to Install Pi-hole with Docker

Pi-hole is a DNS server that blocks ads and trackers across your whole network. With Docker you install it from a single docker-compose.yml: version 6 embeds the web panel into the pihole-FTL binary, exposes DNS on port 53 and the admin UI on port 80, and is configured with FTLCONF_-prefixed variables.

July 16, 2026 10 min

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Docker networking: bridge, host and custom networks

Docker ships six network drivers: bridge, host, none, overlay, macvlan and ipvlan. The default bridge network connects containers by IP but without name resolution. A user-defined bridge adds an internal DNS server so services find each other by name, and it is the recommended choice for almost any deployment.

July 16, 2026 8 min