Thanks for the explaination! I think it is great that you have found a convient way that suits your use case and makes it easier for yourself. I think that is the beatiful aspect of VyOS, and is also why they are adding a web based interface to cater to the people that prefer a web based interface over CLI which is completly fine too.
I am also only using VyOS for home use, and I would say the container is as stable as your router (as long as you don’t mess with it and configure it according to the documentation and best practices)
I just converted from PiHole to Adblock Home just to test it out, however I have my PiHole container still spinning for easy fallback if needed. I have not used Adguard Home before, however I have to say the experience of setting it up and then configuring it has been really easy. I especially like that it defaults to DoH upstream(I did change to my prefered upstream servers though) which I did not know previously that it did.
I also had issues with the new configuration syntax with the transition to Netfilter. It did perform the syntax migration, however nothing worked after. I am not familiar enough with the new syntax to troubleshoot so I reverted back to my old zone based syntax.
To tell the truth, I prefer to Install proxmox ve on the hardware server. Then build a vyos vm on it as the gateway. At the same time, I install docker and docker-compose on proxmox ve server to deploy adguard . If the vyos upgrade failed and it will not take down dns server service.
I prefer to install my VyOS instance on physical hardware, even though I have a few HPE servers running ESXi and vCenter I still prefer hardware for VyOS because I want to be able to power off my server fleet when I do not want to use it. This way I still have DNS available because I run it on VyOS on hardware. This is just my prefence and I fully support your approach too @echowings.
I run other VMs and containers in proxmox and I have considered moving VyOS there, too. It’s currently running on its own bare metal box, and I like that it provides physical network separation, and that I can bring down my proxmox nodes (either accidentally or on purpose) and not affect others in the house!
That’s not an insurmountable problem, though, and I will be looking to virtualise VyOS at some point. Will certainly make testing easier.
My proxmox ve server only host vyos (VM) and dns service(docker). with 4G Ram, 16GB SSD will works well as the gateway. So it it stable without any impact by other virtual machine.
(as long as you don’t mess with it and configure it according to the documentation and best practices)