Activate DHCP on first boot

[Xyala]

Thanks for sharing this, great project and it works amazing!

Quick question, I'm using the DHCP from the PiHole and I would like to see if there is a way to have it turned ON by default so that it's enabled straight from the start on first boot of the balena app.

And, of course, if there is a way to pre-set the DHCP settings (ip range, etc.)

Thanks!

[klutchell]

Is that something that is possible with the Pi-hole service itself, or the upstream image?

I would check the Docker Pi-hole repo or the Pi-hole Userspace to see if that is possible with command line arguments.

[Xyala]

Good question, but if it would be possible it would be great.

I looked around the Docker Pi-Hole but if there is something about how it can be done it isn't clearly stated how.

I'm going to post on the Userspace forums.
Thanks!

[Xyala]

Link to the forum : https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/enable-and-set-pihole-dhcp-server-at-container-start/25894/3

I'm invited to reach out to who wrote the code haha.

[DigeratiDoge]

In CLI, you can use the enabledhcp command.

sudo pihole -a enabledhcp [from] [to] [router] [leasetime] [domain]

[klutchell]

Great, thanks @DigeratiDoge !

@Xyala you can try adding something like this as a final RUN command in your pihole/Dockerfile with your own values and see if you get the behavior you're looking for.

RUN pihole -a enabledhcp [from] [to] [router] [leasetime] [domain]