PiHole without RaspberryPI on Mikrotik Routers - *upcomming function*
Since the new OS Release 7.1rc4 Mikrotik has added the function to use Docker Containers on your Mikrotik router, this feature is awesome and I want to show how easy it is to place the very often used Pi-Hole DNS AD-Blocker onto your Router.
This function is under heavy development and at this stage paused by Mikotik I will add more informations when the Container System is accessible again.
This tutorial will guide you through the following steps
- How to install / enable the container package
- Prepairing of Docker PiHole Arm Package via Docker Host
- Setup of virtual networks of Docker on Mikrotik
- Installation and Setup of PiHole
For this setup I use my Lab Mikrotik RB5009UG+S+IN Link
Setup Container function
Use the terminal via WinBox or SSH Conection of your Mikrotik:
Check the setup of your Mikrotik:
system/device-mode/print
Enable the Container Mode on your Mikrotik, you need to have physical access to your router to press the reset button after this command:
system/device-mode/update mode=enterprise container=yes
Check the if the setup of container was done:
system/device-mode/print
Prepairing of Docker PiHole Arm Package via Docker Host
Download the latetest package of PiHole (arm64)
docker pull pihole/pihole:latest@sha256:1c02cda06ba1b997d10e0c12743002e845ed87bf010fca0ad838c3dba6ac6c58
Generate a tar file out of the docker image to transfer it to the Mikrotik (depending on plattform this can take up to 5 minutes)
docker save pihole/pihole > pihole.tar
Use SCP or WinBox to tranfer the pihole.tar to your Mikrotik
Setup Virtual Network and Enviroment for Docker and PiHole
Create a veth interface for Docker:
/interface/veth/add name=veth1 address=172.17.0.2/16 gateway=172.17.0.1
Create a bridge for containers and add veth to it:
/interface/bridge/add name=docker
/ip/address/add address=172.17.0.1/16 interface=docker
/interface/bridge/port add bridge=docker interface=veth1
Create enviromental variables:
0 list="pihole" name="TZ" value="Europe/Berlin"
1 list="pihole" name="ServerIP" value="172.17.0.2"
2 list="pihole" name="WEBPASSWORD" value="Start123"