AdGuard Home#

Manage AdGuard Home — the network-wide DNS server that blocks ads, trackers, and malware for your entire network.

Setup#

1. Install AdGuard Home on your VPS or home server
2. Create a user for the agent: Settings → AdGuard Home → Users → Add User
3. Get your base URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.1:3000 or https://your-vps.example.com)
4. Export env vars:

bash

export ADGUARD_USERNAME=your_username
export ADGUARD_PASSWORD=your_password
export ADGUARD_BASE_URL=http://192.168.1.1:3000

Tools#

status#

Get overall AdGuard Home status — DNS status, filtering enabled, protection level.

bash

adguard-home-status

stats#

Get filtering statistics: total blocked, allowed, queries today, top blocked domains.

bash

adguard-home-stats [period]   # period: hour, day, week, month, year (default: day)

blocked_domains#

Get the most frequently blocked domains.

bash

adguard-home-blocked-domains [limit]   # default: 20

add_rule#

Add a custom DNS blocking rule.

bash

adguard-home-add-rule "<domain or rule>"
# Examples:
#   adguard-home-add-rule "example.com"           # block single domain
#   adguard-home-add-rule "||example.com^"       # AdGuard blocking syntax
#   adguard-home-add-rule "@||example.com^"      # allowlist exception

remove_rule#

Remove a custom DNS rule by content.

bash

adguard-home-remove-rule "<rule>"

list_rules#

List all custom DNS rewrite rules.

bash

adguard-home-list-rules

query_log#

Query the DNS query log — find what domains were resolved on the network.

bash

adguard-home-query-log [domain_filter] [limit]
# Example: adguard-home-query-log "ads" 50

toggle_filtering#

Enable or disable DNS filtering (ad blocking).

bash

adguard-home-toggle-filtering true   # or false

Notes#

• AdGuard Home API: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/wiki/Config#web-interface
• Authentication uses HTTP Basic Auth with username:password
• Rate limiting: avoid querying the query_log with very large limits
• DNS rewrite rules can create custom DNS responses (A, AAAA, CNAME records)