QNAP NAS feature expansion: Implementing ad blocker with Pi-hole!

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I saw a post about using Docker containers, so I’d like to introduce my own case of using Docker containers.

Originally, I was using an Android app called 280blocker, but it has become unavailable on the Play Store.
Since I still wanted to use an ad blocker when using my smartphone, I tried running Pi-hole on my QNAP NAS via Container Station.
Not only did ads disappear from my smartphone, but also from my PC, making web surfing much more comfortable.

For now, I’ve managed to enable ad blocking inside my home, so next I’d like to work on whether I can use ad blocking outside the home by utilizing QuWAN or QVPN.
I think QNAP NAS is extremely convenient because you can easily add new features via virtual machines or containers.
I hope this example of feature expansion using containers will be helpful to you.

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@Spike

So you’ve managed to implement ad block functionality with ContainerStation.
I think this is a great example of how you can add features to your NAS using Docker.

From what I can see, Pi-hole seems to be able to block using URL-based regular expressions, so it looks quite user-friendly.
Also, it appears that URLs actually accessed (those that have undergone name resolution) are logged, making it easy to add to the blacklist.
It would be even more convenient if you could set behavior for each client, but that seems quite difficult.

If you come across any other interesting uses, please do share them!