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Install AdGuard Home

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Requirements #

sudo apt install gpg jq

Static IP #

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.2
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.1.1
sudo systemctl restart networking.service 

Download binary #

Download the latest binary release from the release page:

wget "https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/releases/download/$(wget -q -O- 'https://api.github.com/repos/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/releases/latest' | jq -r '.tag_name')/AdGuardHome_linux_amd64.tar.gz"

Unpack the tar archive #

tar -xf AdGuardHome_linux_amd64.tar.gz

Verify the binary #

gpg --keyserver 'keys.openpgp.org' --recv-key '28645AC9776EC4C00BCE2AFC0FE641E7235E2EC6'
gpg --verify AdGuardHome/AdGuardHome.sig

Install the binary #

install AdGuardHome/AdGuardHome /usr/bin/adguard

Create adguard group #

sudo groupadd --system adguard

Create adguard user #

sudo useradd --system --gid="adguard" --create-home  --home-dir="/var/lib/adguard" --shell="/usr/sbin/nologin" adguard

Config file #

mkdir /etc/adguard
touch /etc/adguard/config.yaml
chown -R adguard:adguard /etc/adguard

Configure systemd #

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/adguard.service
[Unit]
Description=AdGuard Home: Network-level blocker
ConditionFileIsExecutable=/usr/bin/adguard
After=syslog.target network-online.target 

[Service]
User=adguard
Group=adguard
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_RAW
StartLimitInterval=5
StartLimitBurst=10
ExecStart=/usr/bin/adguard --config "/etc/adguard/config.yaml" --work-dir "/var/lib/adguard"
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/adguard
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/AdGuardHome

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now adguard