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Updating PiHole with Docker-Compose

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Updating PiHole with docker-compose

Disclaimer & Credits

These are the instructions I follow whenever there is an update available for the PiHole Docker image. They are based on the steps described on the Official Repository.

Instructions

  • List downloaded images - this will get us the Image ID of the last downloaded PiHole image (which is now outdated): sudo docker images.
  • Delete outdated image with sudo docker image rm ***<ID of image>***
  • Check that docker-compose will use the latest image version: sudo nano docker-compose.yml - I use pihole/pihole:latest on the directive under services > pihole > image.
  • Download latest image version with sudo docker pull pihole/pihole:latest.
  • Take down container - WARNING: Clients using the PiHole as DNS Server won’t be able to resolve addresses at this point and until you take the container up again. If your PiHole uses its own IP address as DNS-Server, be sure to change it on /etc/resolv.conf. You can change it to your router IP or to a public resolver, for instance.
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cd /pihole/directory
sudo docker-compose down
  • Renew docker-compose images (requires DNS, see above): sudo docker-compose pull
  • Take container up again: sudo docker-compose up -d

Last steps

If you changed the DNS server on your /etc/resolv.conf, remember to change it back to your PiHole’s IP address.

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