pihole Command Examples

Terminal interface for the Pi-hole ad-blocking DNS server. More information: https://docs.pi-hole.net/core/pihole-command/.

• Check the Pi-hole daemon's status:

pihole status

• Update Pi-hole and Gravity:

pihole -up

• Monitor detailed system status:

pihole chronometer

• Start or stop the daemon:

pihole {{enable|disable}}

• Restart the daemon (not the server itself):

pihole restartdns

• Whitelist or blacklist a domain:

pihole {{whitelist|blacklist}} {{example.com}}

• Search the lists for a domain:

pihole query {{example.com}}

• Open a real-time log of connections:

pihole tail