mrcharles
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Commit 33b5c76 claimed to harden Pi-hole on both DNS nodes but only
modified markdown — the working docker-compose.yml, gravity-validate.sh,
healthcheck, and autoheal config were never written to the repo, leaving
the DNS hardening unreproducible from version control.
This commits the live, verified-working config from the boxes into
netinfra/pihole/:
- docker-compose.yml (shm_size 1024M root-cause fix, healthcheck, autoheal)
- gravity-validate.sh (pre-start SQLite header check, auto-quarantine corrupt DB)
- .env.example (web UI password templated; real .env gitignored)
Defends against the gravity.db / /dev/shm corruption production outage.
The live password is templated as ${PIHOLE_WEB_PASSWORD} so no secret
enters git.
[#376]
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# netinfra/pihole/ — Pi-hole recursive DNS (pfv-netinfra-01/02)
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> **Redmine:** [#376](https://projects.knownelement.com/issues/376) (up/down alerts + commit hardening) · [#357](https://projects.knownelement.com/issues/357) (cluster build, closed)
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Pi-hole v6 runs as the recursive resolver on port 53 of both DNS nodes.
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Technitium (`tsys-dns`) runs as the authoritative server on port 5300; the two
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share the `dnsnet` Docker network so Pi-hole can conditional-forward `knel.net`
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zones to Technitium.
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## Hardening (defense-in-depth against gravity.db corruption)
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The operator hit a production outage when Pi-hole's `/dev/shm` was too small,
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corrupting `gravity.db`. The live config on both nodes now includes:
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- **`shm_size: 1024M`** — fixes the root cause (default 64M was too small).
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- **`gravity-validate.sh`** — entrypoint that checks the SQLite header of
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`gravity.db` before start; auto-moves a corrupt/empty DB aside so Pi-hole
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can regenerate it cleanly.
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- **Healthcheck** — `dig +norecurse @127.0.0.1 pi.hole` + gravity.db non-empty;
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fails the container if DNS or the DB is broken.
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- **`autoheal`** sidecar — restarts any container labeled `autoheal=true` that
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goes unhealthy.
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## Deploy
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The compose reads the web UI password from a gitignored `.env`:
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```bash
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cd netinfra/pihole/
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cp .env.example .env # then edit .env and set PIHOLE_WEB_PASSWORD
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docker compose up -d
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```
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Files are deployed to `/home/localuser/services/pihole/` on each node. Volumes
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(`./etc-pihole`, `./etc-dnsmasq.d`) hold the persistent state.
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## Verify
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```bash
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dig @127.0.0.1 +short google.com # recursive
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dig @127.0.0.1 +short git.knownelement.com # knel.net via Technitium forward
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docker inspect pihole --format '{{.State.Health.Status}}'
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```
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