Running Pi-hole and DNSCrypt in Containers on MikroTik
Updated May 2026: This guide has been revised to support RouterOS 7.22. Starting with RouterOS v7.5, MikroTik introduced the ability to run Linux containers directly on supported devices. This opens up a world of possibilities from running ad-blockers like Pi-hole to local DNS resolvers such as DNSCrypt-proxy. In this guide, I’ll show how I migrated my Pi-hole setup from a Raspberry Pi Zero to a MikroTik router. So far it’s been running smoothly. ...