Running Pi-hole with Docker and Tailscale — by gabesw on Pi-hole Community

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The poster moves Pi-hole onto its own Tailscale node by sharing the Tailscale container's network (network_mode: service:tailscale) and tagging it. The caveat reported is that query logs then show all requests from localhost instead of the real clients, and the thread is an open question rather than a settled solution.

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Source: Running Pi-hole with Docker and Tailscale by gabesw on Pi-hole Community. Licence: Link only (©).

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
Tested hands-on: Not by Oddbyte.Me

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