Pi-Hole on google cloud

Pi-Hole on google cloud is a DNS based adblocker. Without installing any client-side software, it protects our devices from unwanted content.

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Let’s look at Pi-Hole on Google Cloud in more detail.

pihole on google cloud

Firstly, navigate to https://cloud.google.com.
Then, click Console at the top right if we have previously used Google’s Cloud Services.
If this is the first time, click Try Free.

Then, click the

Network

tab after

expanding Management

Security

Disks

Networking

, and

Sole Tenancy

. Under

Network Interfaces

, select the Pencil icon.

It’s not a good idea to use an ephemeral external IP address. To reserve a new static IP address, select
```
Create IP Address
```
.
Then, click Create.
By clicking the
```
SSH
```
button in a browser, we can log into the Virtual Machine via SSH. Make a mental note of the External IP address.
Finally, click the
```
Hamburger
```
Menu in the upper left corner, then
```
VPC Network
```
, then
```
Firewall Rules
```
.

At the top of the page, in the centre, click
```
Create Firewall
```
Rule.
```
Allow-openvpn
```
should be the rule’s name, and the Targets dropdown should be set to All instances in the network.
```
0.0.0.0/0
```
should be the source IP ranges. Select the
```
udp
```
checkbox, and the port number next to it should be changed from all to
```
1194
```
. After that, press the
```
Create
```
button. Because our server does not run any service on Port
```
3389
```
, we can disable the
```
default-allow-rdp
```
rule that Google set up with a default action of Allow. It is perfectly safe to ignore this rule. If you disable the
```
default-allow-ssh firewall
```
rule, the browser-based SSH in the Google Cloud Console will be disabled.

Firstly, we want to update and upgrade the Virtual Machine once we log in via SSH.
Then, by running this command in the bash shell, we can ensure that we have elevated root privileges.
```
sudo su
```
Finally, run the following command in the bash shell to update and upgrade:
```
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
```

Firstly, run the following command in the bash shell to ensure we have elevated root privileges:
```
sudo su
```
Then, in the bash shell, run the following command to install Pi-Hole:
```
curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
```
We’ll proceed to a blue screen with a series of prompts.

*Select OK or affirmatively for all prompts until we’re asked to select an upstream DNS provider. *Then, when asked if we want to enter a custom domain or a custom search domain, say “No.” *Then, when the question “Select Protocols” appears, IPv6 must be turned off. *Finally, for all other prompts, select OK or answer affirmatively.
Set a strong password for the Web Interface that we will remember.
```
pihole -a -p
```
Then, set the
```
Interface Listening Behavior
```
of the Pi-Hole to local using the following command:
```
pihole -a -i local
```
Finally, at the bottom of the page, click the
```
Save
```
Button.

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