Hassio_Addons/technitium_dns

Technitium DNS - Home Assistant Add-on

Runs the Technitium DNS Server inside Home Assistant as a supervised add-on.

Features

• Ad-blocking DNS server with web console on port 5380
• Local DNS records, conditional forwarding, DNS-over-TLS/HTTPS
• DNS-over-TLS (853/tcp), DNS-over-HTTPS (443/tcp + 443/udp), HTTPS web console (53443/tcp)
• Persists config to the add-on config volume
• Designed to act as secondary to a primary Technitium instance via DNS Replication

Installation

1. Add this repository in Home Assistant: Settings → Add-ons → Add-on Store → ⋮ → Repositories

   https://git.kenschiano.net/kschiano/Hassio_Addons.git
   

2. Refresh the add-on store, then install Technitium DNS.
3. Set admin_password and timezone in the add-on config.
4. (Optional) For DoT/DoH/HTTPS console, set enable_https: true and provide a TLS .pfx cert path + password (see below).
5. Start the add-on and open the web UI at http://homeassistant.local:5380.

TLS / DNS-over-TLS / DNS-over-HTTPS

Technitium can serve DoT (853/tcp), DoH (443/tcp + 443/udp, HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3), and an HTTPS web console (53443/tcp). All three share one TLS certificate.

Using the HA ssl map (recommended)

The add-on maps the HA ssl directory, so certs issued by the HA ACME add-on are available.

1. Convert your cert to .pfx (Technitium requires PFX):

   openssl pkcs12 -export -out /ssl/technitium.pfx \
     -inkey /ssl/privkey.pem -in /ssl/fullchain.pem \
     -password pass:YOUR_PASSWORD
   

2. In the add-on config:

   enable_https: true
   tls_cert_pfx_path: /ssl/technitium.pfx
   tls_cert_pfx_password: YOUR_PASSWORD
   

3. Restart the add-on. Technitium will use the cert for DoT, DoH, and the HTTPS web console.

Verifying

# DoT
kdig @homeassistant.local +tls example.com
# DoH
kdig @homeassistant.local +https example.com
# HTTPS console
https://homeassistant.local:53443/

Note: Technitium reads the cert path from its internal config. The first time you enable HTTPS, do it in the web console under Settings → Options → Web Service so the path is saved, then it will persist across restarts via replication.

Failover / Replication setup

This add-on is intended to run as a secondary to a primary Technitium instance deployed to Kubernetes. See the repository root README for the full primary/secondary replication plan.

Quick steps:

1. On the Primary (k8s): Settings → Replication → generate API key, add this host as secondary (https://homeassistant.local:5380).
2. On this add-on: Settings → Replication → set the same API key, enable secondary mode.

Updating the add-on

The add-on pulls technitium/dns-server:latest upstream. To update:

1. Rebuild the add-on image: Settings → Add-ons → Technitium DNS → Rebuild
2. Or restart the add-on after bumping version in config.yaml.

Repository

Source: https://git.kenschiano.net/kschiano/Hassio_Addons