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Jan 16, 2026
•6 min read
Setting Up Pi-hole for DNS and Homelab Wildcard Domains
How to deploy Pi-hole for network-wide DNS, use it for homelab wildcard domains, and configure UniFi as a backup DNS.
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Part 8
•Jan 7, 2026
•11 min read
Kubernetes on Proxmox: DNS and LoadBalancers with MetalLB
Add real DNS and LoadBalancer services to a homelab Kubernetes cluster using MetalLB and local DNS integration.
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