Pi-hole 2.9 Released With Important Bug Fixes Plus Some Cool New Stuff

Pi-hole 2.9 Released With Important Bug Fixes Plus Some Cool New Stuff

We’re happy to release a new version of Pi-hole core.

With this release, please accept our apologies for the pihole -d command. You pointed out that it uploads some sensitive information without permission. We put a fix in place quickly, but we were a bit slow on the release.

So if we lost your trust, we are very sorry and we hope we can earn it back. We hope our fast response time counts for something, especially since we are all part time, volunteer devs.

What’s New

An updater!

Long time Pi-hole users can rejoice that there is a way to update your Pi-hole without running through the installer again. Just run pihole -up. Of course, it won’t work for this release because you don’t have version 2.9 yet. So enjoy our quirky update method for the last time. (Which, in case we haven’t driven it home hard enough already is curl -L https://install.pi-hole.net | bash)

List Query

Use pihole -q <domain> to find out what list a domain is on. This is useful for debugging or to just find know what sources think a domain should be blocked.

Auto-close Pop-up Windows

Just a nice little addition to close some pop-up windows that are loaded with an advertisement to make your browsing experience a little better.

More

Check out the full changelog here.

Thanks

Finally, we just wanted to say thanks for being a Pi-hole user. You help keep us going. If you have suggestions, questions, or comments, we’re around, so just let us know.

 

27 Responses

  1. BaBo says:

    Nice Pi temperature implementation ; )

  2. BaBo says:

    Nice Pi temperature implementation ; )

  3. Stefan van Aalst says:

    Great update! I directly added the pihole -up to a script that runs every week automatically to update the pihole. Every night a script runs to update the lists.

    So unless real manual intervention is needed, my pihole has become an install and enjoy with little to no maintenance experience.

    • jacobsalmela says:

      Very cool!

    • Erik Brown says:

      Hi Stefan, can you maybe share with us how you configured that?

      • Stefan van Aalst says:

        I created two scripts, one to update the lists daily (pihole-update.sh) and one to weekly update the raspberry (pi-update.sh). I scheduled to run these scripts via crontab -e

        pi-hole-update.sh:
        #!/bin/bash
        echo “”
        echo “”
        echo “******************************”
        echo “*** updating pi-hole lists ***”
        echo “******************************”
        pihole -g
        pihole -u
        clear
        date >> pihole-update.log
        echo “******************************”
        echo “*** pi-hole lists updated ***”
        echo “******************************”
        echo “”
        echo “”

        pi-update.sh:
        #!/bin/bash
        echo “*********************************”
        echo “**** Starting update ****”
        echo “*********************************”
        sudo apt-get -y update
        echo “”
        echo “”
        echo “*********************************”
        echo “**** starting upgrade ****”
        echo “*********************************”
        sudo apt-get -y upgrade
        echo “”
        echo “”
        echo “*********************************”
        echo “*** starting firmware upgrade ***”
        echo “*********************************”
        echo “current firmware:”
        date >> pi-update.log
        uname -r >> pi-update.log
        echo “*********************************”
        echo “*********************************”
        echo “***** starting pihole update ****”
        echo “*********************************”
        sudo pihole -up
        echo “*********************************”
        sudo rpi-update
        date >> pi-update.log
        uname -r >> pi-update.log
        echo “”
        echo “”
        echo “*********************************”
        echo “*** rebooting any second…. ***”
        echo “*********************************”
        sudo reboot

        Add at the end of contab -e:

        # This is for updating the pihole lists
        #
        45 23 * * * /home/pi/pihole-update.sh

        # This is for updating the pi itself
        #
        15 1 * * 0 /home/pi/pi-update.sh

        • I’m pretty sure you don’t need to bother with extra scripts. pihole -up already takes care of updating the ads lists (which you also do with pihole -g) so all you’d need is one entry in the crontab.

          Something like:

          45 23 * * * /usr/local/bin/pihole -up

  4. Stefan van Aalst says:

    Great update! I directly added the pihole -up to a script that runs every week automatically to update the pihole. Every night a script runs to update the lists.

    So unless real manual intervention is needed, my pihole has become an install and enjoy with little to no maintenance experience.

  5. BaBo says:

    Suggestion: password protection on the admin page blacklist/whitelist function.

    Maybe it is easily done , if so, can someone give me a hint.
    Currently a ‘non admin rights’ user can reach the pi-hole admin page and mess around with the lists…

  6. Blå Fläck says:

    My pi-hole is suddenly letting a lot of ads trough. It’s way too many to manually blacklist. Why?

    • jacobsalmela says:

      Is this a new install or an upgrade? The first step to figuring it out is to send us the output of pihole -d

      • Blå Fläck says:

        Hi, I just upgraded to the latest release but I’ve been using pi-hole for six months. The problem started recently but I can’t say for sure it has to do with the update.

        I’ll send you the output soon! Thanks.

        • jacobsalmela says:

          Your Pi-hole seems to be working fine based on the log…however, there were some non-domain entries in your blacklist such as flashback.org/ads/. Did you manually add these in instead of using pihole -b?

          Also, are there specific sites you are having problems with/

          • Blå Fläck says:

            Thanks for this awesome support!
            I removed the non-domain entries now, I think I added them before I knew exactly how to do it properly.

            However, these were not the sites I’ve got problems with. Ads has started to show on aftonbladet.se, sydsvenskan.se and skd.se. Large ads for Volvo, Leo Vegas online casino and such.

          • jacobsalmela says:

            I suggest you use DNSThingy Whitelist Assistant to find the domains you need to blacklist to stop ads on this page. As there are quite a few, it may take some experimentation to get the right ones. Below are the ones I found using that Chrome extension.

            http://www.aftonbladet.se/

            s3.lvlt.dash.us.aiv-cdn.net
            http://www.aftonbladet.se
            aftonbladet-se.c.richmetrics.com
            s2.adform.net
            gfx.aftonbladet-cdn.se
            session.login.schibsted.com
            wwwapp.aftonbladet.se
            adv.aftonbladet.se
            aka-cdn-ns.adtechus.com
            se.pliing.com
            googleads4.g.doubleclick.net
            z.moatads.com
            cdn.adnxs.com
            external.tv.nu
            ib.adnxs.com
            tpc.googlesyndication.com
            http://www.klart.se
            pp.lp4.io
            ab-web-notifications.herokuapp.com
            panel2.research-int.se
            aka-cdn-ns.adtech.de
            translate.googleapis.com
            d1nf1ogr7o23z7.cloudfront.net
            script.hotjar.com
            apx.moatads.com
            annonsdax3.se
            sifomedia.aftonbladet.se
            http://www.gstatic.com
            translate.google.com
            imgs.aftonbladet-cdn.se
            pagead2.googlesyndication.com
            http://www.blocket.se
            eu.npario-inc.net
            collector.schibsted.io
            logs2.xiti.com
            ajax.googleapis.com

            http://www.sydsvenskan.se/

            translate.googleapis.com
            track.adform.net
            http://www.sydsvenskan.se
            sydsvenskan-se.c.richmetrics.com
            s2.adform.net
            http://www.google-analytics.com
            sync.richmetrics.com
            scdn.cxense.com
            ssl.resultify.com
            fusion.sydsvenskan.se
            hds.imgix.net
            comcluster.cxense.com
            ad.doubleclick.net
            bn-01.adtomafusion.com
            cdn.cxense.com
            apps.sydsvenskan.se
            s0-cdn.hittahem.se
            googleads4.g.doubleclick.net
            translate.google.com
            cdn.cxpublic.com
            tpc.googlesyndication.com
            fonts.googleapis.com
            code.jquery.com
            s3.lvlt.dash.us.aiv-cdn.net
            pagead2.googlesyndication.com
            mail.google.com
            fonts.gstatic.com
            adserver.cxad.cxense.com
            http://www.hittahem.se
            c0-cdn.hittahem.se
            hittahem.table.core.windows.net
            cdn-bff-geobox.hittahem.se
            ajax.googleapis.com

            http://skd.se/

            http://www.google.com
            http://www.skd.se
            track.adform.net
            fonts.googleapis.com
            widgets.sprinkletxt.com
            http://www.e-pages.dk
            fonts.gstatic.com
            skd-1e9a.kxcdn.com
            plugin.adonnews.com
            e2.emediate.se
            d2s91iffsebk9p.cloudfront.net
            aka-cdn-ns.adtech.de
            http://www.google-analytics.com
            sifomedia.skd.se
            eas.mediekompaniet.com
            adserver.adtech.de
            panel2.research-int.se
            skanskanse.disqus.com
            mail.google.com
            cdnjs.cloudflare.com
            s3.lvlt.dash.us.aiv-cdn.net
            s.gravatar.com
            translate.googleapis.com
            s2.adform.net
            p2-api2-402040511.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com
            http://www.gstatic.com
            sync.userreport.com
            scripts.host.bannerflow.com
            ads.rubiconproject.com
            pubsub-shard1-5-2.zendesk.com
            ih.adscale.de
            optimized-by.rubiconproject.com
            dpm.demdex.net
            x.bidswitch.net
            loadm.exelator.com
            bbnaut.ibillboard.com
            idsync.rlcdn.com
            sync.analytics.brandcrumb.com
            d.turn.com
            few-agency-scandlines.bannerflow.com
            targeting.unrulymedia.com
            load.s3.amazonaws.com
            tracker.bannerflow.com
            c1.adform.net
            cm.g.doubleclick.net
            api.adrtx.net
            ps.eyeota.net
            ads.yahoo.com
            pdw-adf.userreport.com
            ads.stickyadstv.com
            sy.eu.angsrvr.com
            dsp.adfarm1.adition.com
            pm.w55c.net
            tags.bluekai.com
            cdn.adonstudio.com
            rtb-csync.smartadserver.com
            dmp.adform.net
            pixel.mathtag.com
            eu-u.openx.net
            bcp.crwdcntrl.net
            tapestry.tapad.com
            t4.liverail.com
            http://www.facebook.com
            p2-search-882203368.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com
            audex.userreport.com
            image2.pubmatic.com
            translate.google.com
            p2-stats-794827617.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com
            http://www.youtube.com
            eas4.emediate.eu
            s.ytimg.com
            scontent.lrcdn.net
            mlpimagearchive.s3.amazonaws.com
            static.chartbeat.com
            ajax.googleapis.com

          • Blå Fläck says:

            Ahh, thanks a lot! I’ll see what I can do with the chrome extension.
            I think though that my pi-hole took care of all these ads by itself just before the update, but I could be wrong. It also could be that this sites changed the way they advertise, I guess.

            Thanks again!

          • jacobsalmela says:

            One of the lists recently fell off the net, so some of those domains may have been on that list. There are plenty other lists you can add to your install for more ad blocking power. We just add some basic ones that have a decent reputation.

          • Blå Fläck says:

            Hi again,

            Something is weird. I see a lot of ads from the domain bn-01.adtomafusion.net and I’ve got it in the black list.

            Also, trying to delete an entry from the blacklist via web UI doesn’t work. It’s back again soon after. Meeeh.

            May try to reinstall the whole Pi soon.

          • Blå Fläck says:

            Holy crap… I solved this frustrating issue. My chrome had “data saving” on! I don’t know if it has to do with the recent update to Android Nougat or if it’s because I was abroad a few days ago.

            Now everything works as usual! Should make another donation just because of this…. 🙂

          • jacobsalmela says:

            Glad to hear it. I’m not sure about the data saving feature, but good to note for future issues. And your donation will definitely keep us motivated!

    • jacobsalmela says:

      Is this a new install or an upgrade? The first step to figuring it out is to send us the output of pihole -d

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