Gosh I’m sure that this will be some dangerously delicate process that will be too hard for me…
pihole -up
Oh. Cool.
We’ve integrated a new REST API and embedded web server directly into the pihole-FTL binary. This eliminates the need for lighttpd and PHP, reducing the installation footprint and boosting performance.
Very nice!
Nice!
Upgrade went smoothly on docker, with some neat new additions. There’s new filter options in the query log. There’s a bunch of new metrics under Settings > System (enable ‘advanced’ in the top right). And overall there seems to be many more settings available under System > All Settings. For example you can easily set the TTL for blocked responses (this was a setting burried in config files before, I was looking for it like 2 weeks ago).
If you don’t use/set a password in pihole, or you set one via .env variables; you’ll probably have to reset it with the command:
sudo docker exec <container_name> sudo pihole setpassword <your password here>
(empty for no password)
/edit; seems that was a temporary solution.
These env variables have changed:
Was:
webpassword=<your password>
DNS1=<upstream1>
DNS2=<upstream2>
Now:
FTLCONF_dns_upstream=<upstream1;upstream2>
FTLCONF_webserver_api_password=<your password here>
Would anyone be willing to offer their opinion on a comparison with Adguard Home?
Last week I was upgrading an old pi hole installation and ultimately decided to switch for awhile. Found the wild card blocking on Adguard to be quite nice for the pop ups that point out you’re using an ad blocker.
But really the more technical details are a bit out of my wheel house, so if anyone could weigh in perhaps if with this new version one of them has clearly pulled ahead or they are so similar it doesn’t really matter?
The version I’m specifically using is Adhuard Home, which runs on a raspberry pi that sits between your home network and the internet. Basically just like Pi Hole. So it will filter the DNS queries on your devices, including smart TV.
One of the options for a blocklist was specifically labeled as Smart TVs, so I’m presuming that one would take the fuss out of watching the logs and choosing which requests to block. This list is likely available for pi hole too, so that feature wouldn’t be unique. I know sometimes these will also block firmware updates, so that’s something to watch for.
https://github.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/blob/master/SmartTV-AGH.txt
Thanks! I’ve only known the on-device installable Adguard apps until now (which obviously won’t work for something like roommate’s Apple TV, for example), so this is new stuff to me. Interesting!
@stetech @Xraygoggles yes if you’re able to either configure your router to tell tge tv to use it (DHCP), or you can set your TV’s network settings directly. adguard probably have guides on how to do it
