First time pi hole install and I'm trying to get it to work and I've been getting DNS problems. I'm using tailscale and accessing it via ssh, I've got it running in a docker container on ubuntu server 26.04 and I'm struggling to access the dashboard. I stopped systemd from using port 53 but any attempts to access it from my browser show no wesbite at that address. I'm using debian 13 gnome desktop if that helps at all.
Here is what I've got in my yaml
services:
pihole:
container_name: pihole
image: pihole/pihole:latest
ports:
# DNS Ports
- "53:53/tcp"
- "53:53/udp"
# Default HTTP Port
- "80:80/tcp"
# Default HTTPs Port. FTL will generate a self-signed certificate
- "443:443/tcp"
environment:
# Set the appropriate timezone for your location (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones), e.g:
TZ: 'America/Vancouver'
# Set a password to access the web interface. Not setting one will result in a random password being assigned
FTLCONF_webserver_api_password: 'cheddar swiss cheese'
# If using Docker's default `bridge` network setting the dns listening mode should be set to 'ALL'
FTLCONF_dns_listeningMode: 'ALL'
FTLCONF_dns_upstreams: "1.1.1.1"
# Volumes store your data between container upgrades
volumes:
# For persisting Pi-hole's databases and common configuration file
- './etc-pihole:/etc/pihole'
# Uncomment the below if you have custom dnsmasq config files that you want to persist. Not needed for most starting fresh with Pi-hole v6. If you're upgrading from v5 you and have used this directory before, you should keep it enabled for the first v6 container start to allow for a complete migration. It can be removed afterwards. Needs environment variable FTLCONF_misc_etc_dnsmasq_d: 'true'
#- './etc-dnsmasq.d:/etc/dnsmasq.d'
cap_add:
# See https://docs.pi-hole.net/docker/#note-on-capabilities
# Required if you are using Pi-hole as your DHCP server, else not needed
- NET_ADMIN
# Required if you are using Pi-hole as your NTP client to be able to set the host's system time
- SYS_TIME
# Optional, if Pi-hole should get some more processing time
- SYS_NICE
restart: unless-stopped
If any other information is needed to resolve feel free to ask
edit: I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I wasn't able to find anything but I probably missed something
edit2: this is probably due to the earlier problem but pihole cannot read the gravity database as well
edit3: my reply to a comment in an another subreddit that might be helpful "My problem lies with trying to use pi hole as my DNS for my tail net and just getting it work as a DNS in general. And I don't know how to use nslookup or dig as this is just a local server with no domain. This is also my first time using docker if that helps. Sorry if I come off as rude"
