1 yr. ago • 98%

FYI: OPNsense now has pretty (good) Unbound DNS reporting

docs.opnsense.org Reporting: Unbound DNS — OPNsense documentation

Today I decided I would create some way of visualizing my unbound DNS requests/blocks on OPNsense. Adguard does a good job at this but I have issue with added third party repos and plugins, especially at the router level.

Anyway...since the last time I've dug into this OPNsense has built in Unbound DNS reporting (since 23.1) and it's amazing! Arguably just as good as Pihole or Adguard. Graphs, lists of top blocked and allowed domains, query logs, quick buttons to block or whitelist next to each domain. I'm impressed.

Not sure if this is the right community, but just wanted to share if some of you weren't aware of this option.

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Ugh, I want to build an opnsense router but I can’t go spending unnecessarily until I find a job.

Anyone hiring an IT admin and/or software engineer in the Portland area?

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- Wyse 5070 thin clients are cheap on ebay and work great.
  
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  How do you deal with only 1 Ethernet port?
  
  Vlan to managed switch? USB Ethernet adapter?
  
  Also, is this powerful enough for a symmetrical 1gig connection?
  
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- If you have a Proxmox box with 2 NICs, it requires very little resources as a VM.
  
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I've been rocking an ali express mini PC since 2017, started with pfsense for a year and ditched it when the devs had multiple public tantrums. Opnsense ever since then. It's been rock solid and super stable since. Super happy I went with it!

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So this would basically allow me to use unbound as a DNS filter and resolver? Any reason why one would use adguard/blocky in their setup? Would it be more performant to use blocky + unbound, or have all your filtering done using unbound?

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- unbound as a DNS filter and resolver
  
  Its.... worked as a recursive resolver, with filtering/blacklist features for years now?
  
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  That’s cool, so why would someone run pihole/adguard/blocky with unbound?
  
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters

DNS Domain Name Service/System

HA Home Assistant automation software

~ High Availability

IP Internet Protocol

[Thread #260 for this sub, first seen 2nd Nov 2023, 20:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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This is good to know as I'll be seeing up a new opnsense router in the next few weeks.

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- Alot of useful info in this guide if your new to OPNsense.
  
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I think you can also export to graphana via Prometheus if you want to get fancy.

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I didn't know. I'll have a look. thanks for sharing.

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Fewer Letters	More Letters
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
HA	Home Assistant automation software
~	High Availability
IP	Internet Protocol

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