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 services.pihole-ftl = {
    enable = true;
-  openFirewallDNS = true;    # Open port 53 (DNS traffic)
+   settings = {
-   settings = {               # See <https://docs.pi-hole.net/ftldns/configfile/>
+    # See <https://docs.pi-hole.net/ftldns/configfile/>
-     dns.upstreams = [ "9.9.9.9" "1.1.1.1" ];   # Use Quad9/Cloudflare's DNS Servers
-     hosts = [ "192.168.1.188 some.domain" ];   # Optionally resolve local domains
+    # External DNS Servers quad9 and cloudflare
+     dns.upstreams = [ "9.9.9.9" "1.1.1.1" ];
+    # Optionally resolve local hosts (domain is optional)
+     dns.hosts = [ "192.168.1.188 hostname.domain" ];
    };
 };
 </syntaxhighlight>
-You can test it's working
+Test if it's working
 <syntaxhighlight>
-  systemctl status pihole-ftl.service
+$ systemctl status pihole-ftl.service
-  dig @localhost nixos.org
+$ nslookup nixos.org localhost
+$ nslookup hostname.domain localhost
 </syntaxhighlight>
-Now, setting your routers DNS server to your IP will direct your traffic to the Pi-Hole. Blocked domains will not be resolved.
+== Adding lists and enabling web interface ==
-== Adding lists ==
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
 services.pihole-ftl = {
    enable = true;
-  openFirewallDNS = true;    # Open port 53 (DNS traffic)
+   settings = {
-   settings = {               # See <https://docs.pi-hole.net/ftldns/configfile/>
+    # See <https://docs.pi-hole.net/ftldns/configfile/>
-     dns.upstreams = [ "9.9.9.9" "1.1.1.1" ];   # Use Quad9/Cloudflare's DNS Servers
-     hosts = [ "192.168.1.188 some.domain" ];   # Optionally resolve local domains
+    # External DNS Servers quad9 and cloudflare
+     dns.upstreams = [ "9.9.9.9" "1.1.1.1" ];
+    # Optionally resolve local hosts (domain is optional)
+     dns.hosts = [ "192.168.1.188 hostname.domain" ];
    };
    lists = [    # Lists can be added via URL
      {
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        type = "block";
        enabled = true;
-       description = "Sample blocklist by hagezi";
+       description = "hagezi blocklist";
      }
    ];
 };
-services.pihole-web = { # If lists are enabled then pihole-web must be configured
+services.pihole-web = {
    enable = true;
    ports = [ "443s" ];
 };
 </syntaxhighlight>
+Test pihole web interface at https://localhost:443
-Now you can access pihole web interface at https://localhost:443
+Now you can set your router's DNS server to the IP of the host running pihole and blocked domains should not be resolved.