One DNS tool did what two containers couldn't, and I'm not going back to Pi-hole
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A homelab enthusiast shares their experience replacing a two-container DNS stack (Pi-hole + dnscrypt-proxy) with AdGuard Home. The key discovery was that AdGuard Home natively supports DNS-over-HTTPS encryption, eliminating the need for a separate dnscrypt-proxy container. The result: one dashboard, one backup, one update cycle, and one place to troubleshoot — with the same ad-blocking and encrypted upstream DNS functionality.
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Why I ended up running two services just to handle DNSThe part of AdGuard Home I wasn't expectingRunning one container instead of two is a bigger upgrade than it sounds313 Impressions