Pi-Hole is an open source, network-wide ad blocker. Learn to deploy it as a Docker container to protect every device on your LAN from ads and trackers.

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Pi-Hole is an open source network-wide ad blocker that acts as a DNS server, blocking ads and trackers for every device on your LAN. This guide walks through deploying Pi-Hole as a Docker container on Ubuntu Server 24.04, including Docker installation steps, the docker run command with key configuration options, accessing the web dashboard, and two methods for routing your network's DNS traffic through Pi-Hole — either per-machine or network-wide via your router's DNS settings combined with Pi-Hole's built-in DHCP server.

How to deploy Pi-Hole with Docker and stop ads on every device on your LAN