I came across Pi-hole about a year ago, and have been using it on and off since then for small projects.

A few months ago I decided to use it for private DNS, but the compatibility with Android Private DNS was not widely available or effective. I spent many hours searching over the internet, piecing together code from various sources and testing it.

I am finally happy to say that I am able to create a working piece of code for Android Private DNS!

As a member of the open source community, I would like to give back, and am posting the code here for use by fellow members. I am sure there are at least a few members out there who may have need for this code.

1. Ubuntu / Debain Based (Any Version)
2. Pi-Hole Installed With Web Server
3. Allow The Following Ports in TCP (80,443,853)

Note I dont use Raspberry Pi to run Pi-Hole so i was not able to test. but the same steps are required for it.

This is a simple script which requires 2 arguments

1. Domain Name To Run Android Private DNS Service
2. Email To Share with letsencrypt to get an SSL For Android Private DNS

sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/varunsridharan/pi-hole-android-private-dns/master/pi-hole-android-private-dns.sh
sudo bash pi-hole-android-private-dns.sh {domain_name} {email_for_letsencrypt}

Example Run sudo bash pi-hole-android-private-dns.sh mydns.example.com [email protected]

If you would like to help, please take a look at the list of issues or the To Do checklist.

This project is licensed under General Public License v3.0 license. See the LICENSE file for more info.

2017 - 2020 Varun Sridharan, varunsridharan.in

If you find it useful, let me know 😉

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