dnscrypt-proxy

Steps to install dnscrypt-proxy are pretty straight forward:

1. Change the current directory to /opt:

cd /opt

2. Download the latest version:

sudo wget https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/releases/download/2.0.39/dnscrypt-proxy-linux_arm64-2.0.39.tar.gz

3. Unarchive the downloaded archive:

sudo tar -xvzf ./dnscrypt-proxy-linux_arm64-2.0.39.tar.gz

4. Remove the downloaded archive:

sudo rm dnscrypt-proxy-linux_arm64-2.0.39.tar.gz

5. Rename the unpacked directory:

sudo mv ./linux-arm64 ./dnscrypt-proxy

6. Change directory to dnscrypt-proxy:

cd dnscrypt-proxy

7. Create configuration from an example:

sudo cp ./example-dnscrypt-proxy.toml ./dnscrypt-proxy.toml

8. Edit the configuration:

server_names = ['cloudflare'] # you can can change this and get a list of names from https://dnscrypt.info/public-servers
listen_addresses = ['127.0.0.1:54']

9. Install the dnscrypt-proxy:

sudo ./dnscrypt-proxy -service install

10. Start dnscrypt-proxy:

sudo ./dnscrypt-proxy -service start

References

• blog.sean-wright.com/dns-with-pi-hole-dnscrypt/