====== Pi-Hole ======

<code>
sudo apt-get install gamin -y
sudo curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
</code>
continue with OK, but note the admin password on the last screen.

edit the file ''/etc/pihole/adlists.list'', put your new block lists there, save and exit.
Then update gravity (pulls in all the domains on the new block lists) with ''pihole -g''
add lists (admin -> group management -> adlists:

<code>
https://firebog.net
https://hosts.oisd.nl
https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex/blob/master/regex.list
</code>


Test
<code>dig @<piholeServerIp> blockedsite.com</code>

Flush dns
<code>
sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches # Ubuntu
ipconfig /flushdns # Windows
</code>

Blacklist – regex blocks
<code>
Youtube ads: .*sn-\S{4,}-\S{4,}\.googlevideo\.com
Youtube.com: (\.|^)(youtu\.?be.*|googlevideo\.com)$
</code>
Change admin password
<code>sudo pihole -a -p</code>

===== Update Pi-hole =====

<code>
#Regular update fails on synology due to not being able to check disk space, use override option 'do not follow recommendations' instead.
sudo pihole -up
#curl -L https://install.pi-hole.net | bash /dev/stdin --i_do_not_follow_recommendations

#change the webserver port again:
#vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf - change the port
#sed -i 's/server.port\(.*\)= 80/server.port\1= 2080/g' /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

sudo service lighttpd restart
sudo service pihole-FTL restart

#update might require:
cd /etc/.pihole
git pull
</code>

to reconfigure pihole's main details, use:
<code>
sudo pihole -r
sudo service pihole-FTL restart
</code>