Setting up AdGuard Home
Like Pi-hole, AdGuard Home is a network-level software for blocking ads and tracking. It operates as a DNS server that re-routes tracking domains to a "black hole", preventing your devices from connecting to those servers.
If you would like to compare AdGuard to Pi-hole have a look at this link.
Docker Compose¶
Below are a list of ports AdGuard Home uses for added features. You can find documentation on their wiki about Encryption and DNSCrypt. I have not included these in my docker compose.
67:67/udp,68:68/tcp,68:68/udp- AdGuard Home DHCP server.443:443/tcp- HTTPS/DNS-over-HTTPS server.853:853/tcp- DNS-over-TLS server.784:784/udp- DNS-over-QUIC server.5443:5443/tcp,5443:5443/udp- DNSCrypt server.
Below is as docker compose that deploys AdGuard Home with my usual Traefik setup.
version: "3.8"
networks:
default:
name: traefik-proxy
volumes:
adguard-data:
adguard-config:
services:
adguard:
image: adguard/adguardhome
container_name: adguard
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- 53:53/tcp
- 53:53/udp
volumes:
- adguard-data:/opt/adguardhome/work
- adguard-config:/opt/adguardhome/conf
labels:
- traefik.enable=true
- traefik.http.services.adguard.loadbalancer.server.port=3000
- traefik.http.routers.adguard.rule=Host(`adguard.example.org`)
- traefik.http.routers.adguard.tls.certresolver=le
- traefik.http.routers.adguard.entrypoints=websecure
When going through the setup process, make sure to set the admin interface to port 3000 as in the screenshot below.
Setup your DHCP server to give your clients the IP address for AdGuard as the DNS and you are good to go.