Pihole + VPN on proxmox
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vivachris · 2023-12-15 08:51

Hello Selfhosters,

I have been running pihole  and pivpn (wireguard) on a pi zero w for 3
years aproximately. Recenlty I have moved and decidede to build my own
server. Im running Proxmox and I have 2 vm's running. One for
automated media management and one for Home assistant. I would like to
move Pihole and pivpn to my new server. I've tried hosting it on the
VM for the automated media management but it is somehow interfering
with my indexers so it doesn't work for me. I also like the idea of
isolation/serperating certain tasks. So i've tried insalling Pihole in
a LXC container wich worked but when I want to install pivpn I run
into errors because of privileged or unprivileged container iirc.

Any advise on what would be the best fit for this situation. Im
looking for the most lightweigt way to host Pihole + vpn withing
proxmox. Can eighter be VM or LXC. Any advise would be much
appreciated!

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BarServer · 2023-12-15 11:36

A separate VM for PiHole + VPN doesn't sound that bad honestly.

Another idea: I have a separate VM for Portainer to easily run Docker
containers. You could then run Pihole as a Docker container there. (If
there is PiHole container that matches your needs.)