Ad Blocking with Pi-Hole
Installation
First, install using
cd ~
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git Pi-hole
cd Pi-hole/automated\ install/
sudo bash basic-install.sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git Pi-hole
cd Pi-hole/automated\ install/
sudo bash basic-install.sh
In the next screens, choose the the appropriate network interface. Then, choose the DNS provider (Quad 9) and choose not to install LightHTTP. In the last screen, you will receive the password. If you need to change it later, use
pihole -a -p
To check if the server works, use
host google.com 127.0.0.1
Check the status using
sudo systemctl status pihole-FTL
Adjust the firewall settings
sudo ufw allow 53
sudo ufw reload
sudo ufw reload
Web Interface for Admin Panel
YOU NEED TO HAVE php8.x-fpm installed!
sudo apt install php8.1-fpm
Then
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/pihole.conf
Then,
upstream php-handler {
server unix:run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock;
}
server {
listen 80;
root /var/www/html;
server_name _;
autoindex off;
index pihole/index.php index.php index.html index.htm;
location / {
expires max;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param FQDN true;
}
location /*.js {
index pihole/index.js;
}
location /admin {
root /var/www/html;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
}
}
server unix:run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock;
}
server {
listen 80;
root /var/www/html;
server_name _;
autoindex off;
index pihole/index.php index.php index.html index.htm;
location / {
expires max;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param FQDN true;
}
location /*.js {
index pihole/index.js;
}
location /admin {
root /var/www/html;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
}
}
Then
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/pihole.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/pihole.conf
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
sudo htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd admin
sudo usermod -aG pihole www-data
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
sudo htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd admin
sudo usermod -aG pihole www-data
To see the webpage, go to http://WEBSITE_IP_ADDRESS/admin
To update Pi-Hole
pihole -up
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