Hi guys! So…I have a self-hosted DNS server. Initially I’d use pihole, with unbound, and the more or less basic blocklists. But from time to time things would start acting wonky. Sometimes a reboot would fix it. Sometimes…not really and I was really not sure what was going wrong, but it was clearly DNS. Changing the clients settings from my own server to something like 9.9.9.9 would immediately get it sorted out.

So I went with an adguard server. In the last few days I’ve started to notice weird behaviors. Today I’ve lost the Azure desktop I was connected, and it was very clearly looking like DNS. So I checked…and yup, 9.9.9.9 again would sort it all out. So…I’m not sure what’s going wrong. I’m selfhosting these on an LXC container in proxmox. Nothing else seems to have issues connecting, and I see almost no resources being used. Any ideas? Any other DNS server I might be able to try?

Thanks!

  • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
    3·
    11 hours ago

    I absolutely second Technitium as well. That thing is rock solid, can be used for basically everything, has blocking with a multitude of options and does provide a nice graphical GUI.

    I have it running in a dual DNS setup (main server+a Zimablade nowadays) and that shit just works - it’s the container that has caused the least amount of problems in the last 3 years.

    The API is fairly handy and quite easy - I have it integrated into HomeAssistant so I have a “Disable DNS Blocking” button in my “Network control” tab in the app.

    The only downside is the fact that initially it can be quite overwhelming, especially if you are not an DNS guru and just did the step from AdGuard/PiHole - but soon you realise that you actually only need a few fields for basic operations.

    • clb92@feddit.dkEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      I have it integrated into HomeAssistant so I have a “Disable DNS Blocking” button

      I need that. I already have a bunch of physical buttons on my desk, which do things via Home Assistant, so that’d be an obvious one for me to add next.

    • rhabarba@feddit.orgEnglish
      4·
      10 hours ago

      The only downside is the fact that initially it can be quite overwhelming

      On the other hand, Technitium comes with a fairly useful configuration straight out of the box. If you only want to use it on your home LAN (and therefore don’t necessarily need SSL), the only thing you really need to change is the block list field.

      • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        9 hours ago

        Yeah, absolutely - nevertheless it can inspire that reaction - which is a shame, because it’s indeed fairly easy.

        • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          7 hours ago

          I definitely bounced off of it as it had so much configuration I had no idea where to start. Adguard home was so much easier to set up, particularly because I also had to use it via DHCP as my router doesn’t have a dns option.