Installing WSL
- Log into the Windows 10 device
- Launch PowerShell as administator by right clicking the Start button > search power > Right click on Windows PowerShell > Run as Administrator
- 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 - 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 - After the device reboots, download the PiHole for WSL installer script Download
- Right click the downloaded .cmd file > Run as Administrator
- Press Enter to accept the default install location (C:\Program Files)
- Press Enter to continue with the installation
- When prompted, enter and confirm a Pi-Hole admin password
- After the Pi-Hole installation script completes, right click the Start button > run > type cmd > Press Enter
- Run the following commands in command prompt
# enter wsl prompt
wsl
# edit resolv.conf
sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf - Add the following line
nameserver 127.0.0.1
- Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to resolv.conf
- Run the following command to update the Pi-Hole blocklist
# update pihole
sudo pihole -g - Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/admin
- Click Login
- Authenticate with the admin password set earlier
Special thanks to the developer of this installation script https://github.com/DesktopECHO/Pi-Hole-for-WSL1