🛡️ AdGuard — Starbuck VPS (Instance #1 + Sync)
Host: Cloud – Starbuck VPS · Compose:
Cloud/Starbuck/adguard/compose.yaml
Stack name:adguard
1. Overview
The primary AdGuard Home DNS instance, running on the Starbuck cloud VPS. Paired with AdGuard Sync which replicates filter lists and settings to all other AdGuard instances (Gaius, and local instances). All containers are network-isolated via Tailscale — no public DNS ports are exposed.
2. Architecture & Services
| Service | Image | Port | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
adguard |
11notes/adguard:0.107.79 |
— | Primary AdGuard Home DNS |
adguard-sync |
11notes/adguard-sync:0.9.3 |
— | Config sync to replica instances |
tailscale-adguard-01 |
tailscale/tailscale:v1.102.4 |
4000 |
Tailscale node for AdGuard #1 |
tailscale-adguard-sync |
tailscale/tailscale:v1.102.4 |
4001 |
Tailscale node for AdGuard Sync |
3. Networking
cloudflare-net— Both Tailscale containers on this for Dockflare tunnel exposure.container:tailscale-adguard-01— Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (—)))))))container:tailscale-adguard-sync— Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (Shares network namespace with target container (—)))))))
4. Persistent Storage
| Container | Host Path / Volume | Description |
|---|---|---||
| adguard | adguard.etc | — |
| adguard | adguard.var | — |
| adguard-sync | adguard-sync.etc | — |
| tailscale-adguard-01 | tailscale | — |
| tailscale-adguard-sync | tailscale.sync | — |
5. Environment Variables
| Variable | Service | Description |
|---|---|---|
TZ |
adguard |
Australia/Sydney |
TZ |
adguard-sync |
Australia/Sydney |
TS_AUTHKEY |
tailscale-adguard-01 |
— |
TS_EXTRA_ARGS |
tailscale-adguard-01 |
— |
TS_HOSTNAME |
tailscale-adguard-01 |
Adguard-01 / Adguard-Sync |
TS_STATE_DIR |
tailscale-adguard-01 |
— |
TS_AUTHKEY |
tailscale-adguard-sync |
— |
TS_EXTRA_ARGS |
tailscale-adguard-sync |
— |
TS_HOSTNAME |
tailscale-adguard-sync |
Adguard-01 / Adguard-Sync |
TS_STATE_DIR |
tailscale-adguard-sync |
— |
6. Access & Usage
| URL | Description |
|---|---|
https://adguard-1.m1ckyb.com |
Primary AdGuard web UI |
https://adguardsync.m1ckyb.com |
AdGuard Sync web UI |
7. Maintenance & Backup
docker compose -f Cloud/Starbuck/adguard/compose.yaml pull
docker compose -f Cloud/Starbuck/adguard/compose.yaml up -d
Back up named volumes (adguard.etc, adguard.var) before major updates.