AdGuard Home


AdGuard Home is a network-wide DNS server that supports ad, tracker, and adult content blocking. The AdGuard integration allows you to control and monitor your AdGuard Home instance in Home Assistant.

Configuration

To add the AdGuard Home integration to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Sensors

This integration provides sensorsSensors return information about a thing, for instance the level of water in a tank.
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for the following information from AdGuard Home:

  • Number of DNS queries.
  • Number of blocked DNS queries.
  • Ratio (%) of blocked DNS queries.
  • Number of requests blocked by safe browsing.
  • Number of safe searches enforced.
  • Number of requests blocked by parental control.
  • Total number of active filter rules loaded.
  • Average response time of AdGuard’s DNS server in milliseconds.

Switches

The integration will create a number of switches:

  • AdGuard Protection (master switch).
  • Filtering.
  • Safe Browsing.
  • Parental Control.
  • Safe Search.
  • Query Log.

These switches allow you to automate things easily. For example, one could write an automation to turn off Safe Search after the kids’ bedtime.

The “AdGuard Protection” switch is a master switch. It will turn off and bypass all AdGuard features, regardless of whether they are switched on or not.

Turning off Query Log will result in all sensors not receiving updates anymore. AdGuard relies on Query Log to provide stats.

Services

These servicesA service carries out one specific task, for example: turn on the light in the living room. A service has targets and data and can be called by actions, a dashboard, or via voice command.
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allow one to manage filter subscriptions in AdGuard Home. Using these services in automations could be helpful to block certain sites/domains at certain times.

For example, you could create a custom filter list that blocks social media sites during the day and releases them during the evening.

Service add_url

Add a new filter subscription to AdGuard Home.

Service data attribute Optional Description
name No The name of the filter subscription.
url No The filter URL to subscribe to, containing the filter rules.

Service remove_url

Removes a filter subscription from AdGuard Home.

Service data attribute Optional Description
url No The filter subscription URL to remove.

Service enable_url

Enables a filter subscription in AdGuard Home.

Service data attribute Optional Description
url No The filter subscription URL to enable.

Service disable_url

Disables a filter subscription in AdGuard Home.

Service data attribute Optional Description
url No The filter subscription URL to disable.

Service refresh

Refresh all filter subscriptions in AdGuard Home.

Service data attribute Optional Description
force Yes Force update (bypasses AdGuard Home throttling).

By default, force is set to false. Forcing an update bypasses AdGuard Home’s throttling logic, so use with care.