pi-hole

Storing unbound(8) logs into InfluxDB

2019-04-17

dashboard

grafana

influxdb

log

openbsd

pi-hole

syslog-ng

syslogd

unbound

I’m using unbound(8) on OpenBSD to block Ads . In the logs, I can see which domains were queried and blocked ; but I like to have a more graphical overview of whats happening over weeks. So I stole a few ideas from the Pi-Hole Web Interface , routed the logs to InfluxDB via syslog-ng and rendered statistics using Grafana.

Blocking Ads using unbound(8) on OpenBSD

2019-04-05

ad

dns

openbsd

pi-hole

privacy

unbound

The Internet is full of Ads and Trackers. Some of them are useful to monetize free content. Some are used in a non-ethical manner. Savvy users will configure Ad-Blocker on their Web browser. Others won’t. Most Appliance and IoT modules won’t allow third-party blocking addons. Here’s how to add an extra layer of privacy using OpenBSD and its unbound(8) DNS resolver.