PiHole Essentials

Notes
Install Pi Hole
Change Password
Web Portal
Update Pi Hole
Locations
Related
Links

Notes

Pi hole requires 53,80,443. These ports cannot be changed as it needs to be able to answer a DNS queres over 53, Web traffice over 80 & 443.

Install Pi Hole

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git Pi-hole
cd "Pi-hole/automated install/"
sudo bash basic-install.sh

[✓] Root user check
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Welcome
┌┤ Pi-hole automated installer ├┐ 
This installer will transform your device into a network-wide ad blocker!
[OK]

Free and open source
│ The Pi-hole is free, but powered by your donations: │
│ http://pi-hole.net/donate
[OK]

─┤ Static IP Needed ├─
│ The Pi-hole is a SERVER so it needs a STATIC IP ADDRESS to │ function properly.
│ In the next section, you can choose to use your current network settings (DHCP) or to manually edit them.
[OK]

Choose An Interface (press space to select)
│ (*) eth0 available
│ ( ) eth1 available
[OK]

Select Upstream DNS Provider. To use your own, select Custom.
│ Google (ECS) 
│ OpenDNS (ECS)
│ Level3  
│ Comodo 
│ DNS.WATCH 
│ Quad9 (filtered, DNSSEC) 
│ Quad9 (unfiltered, no DNSSEC)
| Quad9 (filtered + ECS) 
│ Cloudflare
│ Custom
[OK]

Upstream DNS Provider(s)
Are these settings correct?
│ DNS Server 1: 9.9.9.9
│ DNS Server 2: 1.1.1.1
[Yes]

Pi-hole relies on third party lists in order to block ads.
You can use the suggestions below, and/or add your own after 
installation
To deselect any list, use the arrow keys and spacebar │
[*] StevenBlack StevenBlack's Unified Hosts List
[*] MalwareDom MalwareDomains
[*] DisconTrack Disconnect.me Trackin
[*] DisconAd Disconnect.me Ads
[OK]

Select Protocols (press space to select)
[*] IPv4 Block ads over IPv4
[*] IPv6 Block ads over IPv6
[OK]

Calibrating network interface
Static IP Address
Do you want to use your current network settings as a static address?
IP address: 987.654.321.1/33
Gateway: 987.654.321.999
[Yes][No]

Do you wish to install the web admin interface? 
(*) On (Recommended)
( ) Off
[OK]

Do you wish to install the web server (lighttpd)?
NB: If you disable this, and, do not have an existing webserver installed, the web interface will not function. (*) On (Recommended) │
( ) Off
[OK]

Do you want to log queries? 
(*) On (Recommended)
( ) Off
[OK]

Select a privacy mode for FTL
https://docs.pi-hole.net/ftldns/privacylevels/
(*) 0 Show everything │
( ) 1 Hide domains │
( ) 2 Hide domains and clients │
( ) 3 Anonymous mode │
( ) 4 Disabled statistics
[OK]

Make it so.
Installation Complete! 
Configure your devices to use the Pi-hole as their DNS serverusing:
IPv4: 987.654.321.1
IPv6: Not Configured 
If you set a new IP address, you should restart the Pi. 
The install log is in /etc/pihole.
View the web interface at http://pi.hole/admin or http://987.654.321.1/admin
Your Admin Webpage login password GA7sshss^
[OK]

Change Password

pihole -a -p

Web Portal

http://987.654.321.1/admin/

Update Pi Hole

pihole -up

[i] Checking for updates…
[i] Pi-hole Core:    update available
[i] Web Interface:    update available
[i] FTL:        update available
[i] Pi-hole core files out of date, updating local repo.
[✓] Check for existing repository in /etc/.pihole
[i] Update repo in /etc/.pihole…HEAD is now at 4736e03 Merge pull request #4122 from pi-hole/release/v5.3.1
[✓] Update repo in /etc/.pihole
[i] If you had made any changes in '/etc/.pihole/', they have been stashed using 'git stash'
[i] Pi-hole Web Admin files out of date, updating local repo.
[✓] Check for existing repository in /var/www/html/admin
[i] Update repo in /var/www/html/admin…HEAD is now at 7e602e0 Merge pull request #1779 from pi-hole/release/v5.5
[✓] Update repo in /var/www/html/admin
[i] If you had made any changes in '/var/www/html/admin/', they have been stashed using 'git stash'
[i] FTL out of date, it will be updated by the installer.
[✓] Root user check
[i] Update local cache of available packages…

Change Ip Address

pihole -r #re configure

sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf #limited success

Locations

Local DNS Records = /etc/pihole/custom.list

DHCP Server = /etc/dnsmasq.d/02-pihole-dhcp.conf