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+pihole-exporter container
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+[![Build Status](https://git-ci.half-9.net/api/badges/containers/pihole_exporter/status.svg)](https://git-ci.half-9.net/containers/pihole_exporter)
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+This is a container to export prometheus metrics for a pihole container running alongside. Exporter code is provided by https://github.com/eko/pihole-exporter.