SEC.01

The playbook

The run starts read-only: the recon probes decide what happens next. The steps that follow are adapted to the distribution and state found — a real machine is rarely clean.

  1. 01reconAdGuard Home already installed? (then verify and skip)
  2. 02reconwho holds port 53 (systemd-resolved?) and port 3000
  3. 03reconcurrent server resolver (must keep working)
  4. 04reconarchitecture (amd64, arm64, armv7…)
  5. 05actDownload AdGuard Homeverify
  6. 06actInstall into /opt/AdGuardHomeverify
  7. 07actFree port 53 (only if systemd-resolved holds it)destructiveverify
  8. 08actInstall the serviceverify
  9. 09actThe setup wizard respondsverify

SEC.02

What it verifies

Each step ships its own check. The run only moves on when the check passes, so what the recipe reports as done is what is actually on the server.

  1. 01Download AdGuard HomeVerified bytar -tzf /tmp/AdGuardHome.tar.gz | grep -c 'AdGuardHome/AdGuardHome$'
  2. 02Install into /opt/AdGuardHomeVerified by/opt/AdGuardHome/AdGuardHome --version
  3. 03Free port 53 (only if systemd-resolved holds it)Verified bygetent ahosts static.adtidy.org | head -1
  4. 04Install the serviceVerified bysystemctl is-active AdGuardHome
  5. 05The setup wizard respondsVerified bycurl -sL -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' http://127.0.0.1:3000/

SEC.03

Guardrails

Non-negotiable instructions the run must respect, whatever it finds on the server.

Never break the server connectivity: no change to the default route, /etc/resolv.conf or the rules that let the Servor agent and the SSH session out. Compare the default route and DNS resolution before/after. Never point the server's resolver at AdGuard Home (no DNS=127.0.0.1 in resolved). No `curl | sh`. Tell the user to finish the wizard through `ssh -L 3000:127.0.0.1:3000`, keeping the web UI on 127.0.0.1:3000 and DNS on a LAN/VPN IP: never open port 53 publicly (open resolver).

SEC.04

How a recipe runs in Servor

Servor is zero-knowledge: the platform cannot execute anything on its own. When you launch this recipe, a run reads the reconnaissance, plans the steps and asks for your approval. Each approved command is signed by your browser — with a key the server never sees — then relayed verbatim to the agent, which verifies the signature locally before executing.

recipe — fail2ban_setup150+ in catalogue
security4 steps · low risk · idempotentrun
reconsshd present? ufw active? existing jails?✓
actinstall fail2ban · write default jails✓
actenable service · restart sshd (safe)✓
verifytest ban 60s · jails active · sshd alive✓

search by intent — type “firewall”, get ufw

  • 01Read-only reconnaissance before any change
  • 02Every command signed by your browser, approved by you
  • 03Each step verified before the run moves on, every run kept in the history

SEC.05

Deploy on Servor button

Maintain AdGuard Home or a project that needs it? Put this button in your README or on your site: one click and your users install it on their own server.

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[![Deploy on Servor](https://servor.app/badges/deploy-on-servor.svg)](https://servor.app/deploy/install-adguardhome)

SEC.06

Verified recipe

Run this recipe on your server

Connect a server, launch the recipe, and approve each step as Servor executes and verifies it. Free plan, no card required.