From 0be7a9e6e9fe119b4d1d0796d46d7ed9a95b399f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TheEvilSkeleton Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 09:57:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added some information --- docs/main/prerequisites.md | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/main/prerequisites.md b/docs/main/prerequisites.md index 93d16bf..f29583f 100644 --- a/docs/main/prerequisites.md +++ b/docs/main/prerequisites.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Prerequisites description: Operating system and network requirements -last_updated: January 27 2020 +last_updated: May 25 2020 --- ### Hardware @@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ Pi-hole is very lightweight and does not require much processing power Despite the name, you are not limited to running Pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi. Any hardware that runs one of the supported operating systems will do! -### Supported Operating Systems +### Software + +Pi-hole will only work on distributions utilizing [systemd](https://systemd.io/) or [sysvinit](https://www.nongnu.org/sysvinit/)! Distributions like MX Linux, Devuan, Void Linux and others will not work. + +#### Supported Operating Systems The following operating systems are **officially** supported: @@ -26,6 +30,13 @@ The following operating systems are **officially** supported: | Fedora | 31 / 32 | ARM / x86_64 | | CentOS | 7 / 8 | x86_64 | +!!! info + Pi-hole will run on most Debian-based distributions and is the preferred platform. + +!!! info + For Fedora-based distributions, it is advisable to set [SELinux to `disabled` or `permissive`](https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SELinux#SELinux_Modes). + Pi-hole can otherwise be whitelisted if the `enforcing` mode is kept. + ### IP Addressing Pi-hole needs a static IP address to properly function (a DHCP reservation is just fine). Users may run into issues because **we currently install `dhcpcd5`, which may conflict with other running network managers** such as `dhclient`, `dhcpcd`, `networkmanager`, and `systemd-networkd`.