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Install and Configure Pi-Hole With Unbound on a Local Omada Controller

Pi-hole is a network-level ad and malware blocker. Due to some hardware issues in the past, I've had to do this process a few times, collecting steps from around the internet each time. Rather than have to compile steps from a variety of different sources next time, the steps in this doc describe how I set up Pi-hole with:

  • Raspberry Pi 4
  • Unbound recursive DNS with Cloudflare DNS for fallback
  • Block and allowlists maintained via pi-hole-updatelists
  • A cron job and script to automate maintenance
  • Local Omada router and controller

The steps in this doc include a fresh install of Raspberry Pi OS to host the Pi-hole. If you already have a device with a Debian-based operating system, skip to Install Pi-hole.

This doc is made to be a copy and paste solution for my set of preferences and hardware. Visit the official Pi-hole documentation for other use-cases and details.

Prerequisites​

  • Raspberry Pi 4
  • microSD card 4GB or larger
    • A way to plug it into a computer to get it set up.
  • Familiarity with a terminal application and the command line.