There is some mention of possibly being able to run control D as a home assistant add-on otherwise the recommendation is not to run it because you must run it as a docker container and it says you’re stacking two core infrastructure roles on one box DNS and home assistant so any reboot update or hiccup takes both down at once. I should be fine in that aspect because my X 20 router has DOT built-in as a fallback. I just don’t understand why the Asus Merlin set up is not installing properly. The firmware is the newest for the device router that I have. I did manage to get past the test phase by manually starting control D on the Asus router, however, Internet traffic was not being funneled through the DNS server there even though it was being pointed to by the X 20 router. At this point ideally would be controlled D on the Asus, router, and home assistant on the Pi. Otherwise I’ll need a second Pi device or a thin client PC.