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Add instructions for excluding Pi-hole from Watchtower updates
chippy01 Nov 12, 2025
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Revise Pi-hole Watchtower exclusion instructions
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Expand Up @@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ We have noticed that a lot of people use Watchtower to keep their Pi-hole contai
- If you care about your data (logs/customizations), make sure you have it volume-mapped or it will be deleted in this step.
- Recreate the container using the new image.

If you wish to exclude the Pi-hole container from Watchtower's auto-update system take a look at [Full Exclude](https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/container-selection/#full_exclude) in Watchtower's docs.
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If you wish to exclude the Pi-hole container from Watchtower's auto-update system take a look at [Full Exclude](https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/container-selection/#full_exclude) in Watchtower's docs.
To exclude the Pi-hole container from Watchtower's auto-update system take a look at [Full Exclude](https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/container-selection/#full_exclude) in Watchtower's docs.

Just this tweak from me please - keeps the tone more in line with the overall message we are trying to get across.

And just to keep it tidy, please squash the commits down to one

thanks!


Pi-hole is an integral part of your network, don't let it fall over because of an unattended update in the middle of the night.

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