Co-installation with pi-hole or Home Assistant

[MontrealPaul]

Hello!
I have Pi-hole running on an older Raspberry Pi (Pi 1, Model B, Rev. 2, 512MB), and it works well in my home network.
My Pi-hole is also my DHCP server.

I also have "Home Assistant" (HA) running on a Raspberry Pi 4, 4G RAM.

My question is: Can I install Pi.Alert on my RBPi4 alongside of HA, and still link it functionally with Pi-hole's DHCP and DNS activities, or must I install it on the same server as Pi-Hole?

Thank you!

Cheers,
-Paul

[leiweibau]

Hello,

Thank you for your interest.

First of all, I have to say that I cannot cover all configurations within my installation script.
If Pi-hole v5 is used, Pi.Alert must be installed on the same hardware. Here the problem is that I recommend to install Pi-Hole together with the Pi.Alert installation script, because for Pi.Alert the web server configuration has to be customized. With the guide for manual installation, you can recognize and modify problem points individually.

If Pi-hole v6 is used, it is not necessary for Pi-hole and Pi.Alert to be installed on the same hardware, as an API is used for Pi-hole 6. However, it is not yet possible to read the DHCP leases via the API.

[MontrealPaul]

Thank you for your fast response!

I am indeed running Pi-hole V5. (I didn't know there was a V6... Will have to look into that...)

I could try installing it on the other server and manually tweaking the web parameters - I'm comfortable with that - but what I think I'll do for now is the simpler "For Dummies" approach and install it on the Pi-Hole server, for testing purposes, and maybe upgrade both when support for V6 matures.

I've even toyed with the idea of installing both on the Home Assistant server, but I don't want to mess up my Home Assistant installation. More study is in order for that.

Again, thanks very much for your help, and your great work on this app!

Cheers,
-Paul