Install Pi-Hole on Windows 10 Via WSL

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Installing WSL
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   01. Log into the Windows 10 device
   02. Launch PowerShell as administator by right clicking the Start button ≫ search power ≫ Right click on Windows PowerShell ≫ Run as Administrator
   03. Run the following command to install WSL
         # install WSL
         dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
         # reboot the system
         Restart-Computer -Force
   04. If running Windows 2004 or newer, run the following additional commands to use WSL 2
         dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
         wsl --set-default-version 2
   05. After the device reboots, download the PiHole for WSL installer script  https://github.com/DesktopECHO/Pi-Hole-for-WSL1/raw/master/PH4WSL1.cmd
   06. Right click the downloaded .cmd file ≫ Run as Administrator
   07. Press Enter to accept the default install location (C:\Program Files)
   08. Press Enter to continue with the installation
   09. When prompted, enter and confirm a Pi-Hole admin password
   10. After the Pi-Hole installation script completes, right click the Start button ≫ run ≫ type cmd ≫ Press Enter
   11. Run the following commands in command prompt
         # enter wsl prompt
         wsl
         # edit resolv.conf
         sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf
   12. Add the following line
         nameserver 127.0.0.1
   13. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to resolv.conf
   14. Run the following command to update the Pi-Hole blocklist
         # update pihole
         sudo pihole -g
   15. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/admin
   16. Click Login
   17. Authenticate with the admin password set earlier
 
Special thanks to the developer of this installation script  https://github.com/DesktopECHO/Pi-Hole-for-WSL1
 


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