Just go back to your Home Assistant and choose: Configuration -> Integration and then click on “ CONFIGURE” in front of AdGuard Home integration. I will add AdGuard Home integration to Home Assistant so you can control it without entering the web interface of the AdGuard Home.

Add AdGuard Home integration to Home Assistant Sometimes it is required to hit the “refresh” button of your browser few times to make it work. Go to the Setup Guide in the AdGuard and choose your operating system (Windows, macOS, Android, etc) for the device that you want to block ads on.įollow the instructions for your Operating System, but in general you have to add the IP of your host where the AdGuard Home and Home Assistant are installed to your network as a DNS server.Īfter you do the above you can try to open a website full of ads and see if they are blocked. Now l will manually configure only one device to show you this option first and then I will activate AdGuard in for my entire Smart Home network. Configure only one client with AdGuard Home If this happens just go to “DNS allowlists” under “Filters” and add the good domains there and they will be accessible again. But remember if you go too far you with that can end up with blocking even good domains. You can repeat the same process for every other DNS Blocklist that you want.

Then go back to DNS Blacklist menu and just add it there. Go to your Home Assistant Lovelace/Dashboard and click on “ Supervisor” in the lower left corner, then on “ ADD ON STORE”, search for “ AdGuard” and click on the result.Ĭhoose a Blocklist that you want to import and copy the link.

Enable AdGuard Home in my entire Smart Home networkĪdGuard Home operates as an internal DNS server that re-routes domains that provide ads to a “black hole,” preventing your devices from connecting to those ad services.ĪdGuard is a network-wide software for blocking ads that integrates beautifully with Home Assistant.Īfter you install AdGuard Home, you can either set it up to cover all of your home devices at once or if you wish you can enable ad blocking only on some devices manually.Īnd I will show you both methods as well as how to control AdGuard from Home Assistant, so let’s go: Install AdGuard Home in Home Assistant.

Add AdGuard Home integration to Home Assistant.

Configure only one client with AdGuard Home.

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