Ep 7 | How to Setup a Homelab | How to Setup Pihole with OPNsense a Network-Wide Ad Blocker

Hey guys, Abe here; please see the links below to help you throughout this course!

In short, we will set up Pi-Hole and use our firewall/router OPNsense box to direct all our traffic to that DNS server. Pi-Hole is a network-wide ad blocker that can help reduce advertisements and trackers on your channel!

Video notes:
https://www.learntohomelab.com/homelabseries/EP7_setuppihole/

The rest of the videos in this series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAvgoEDVC5qFPNbsRBT-naqnsZwxIcqQ6

Our website:
https://www.learntohomelab.com/

Our Discord:
https://discord.gg/6MsHSJWZpH

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:49 Our website guides
01:13 What you need to get started
01:33 SSH into your VM for Pi-Hole
02:10 Installing Pi-Hole
04:06 Configuring OPNsense DNS to point to Pi-Hole
05:03 Setting a Static IP address in OPNsense
05:54 Verifying Pi-Hole works
08:24 Adding blocklists to Pi-Hole
09:50 Setting custom DNS servers
10:29 End device ad blocker recommendations