Pi-hole Archlinux configuration instructions
Server version
rev. 0.5

Pi-Hole Web server admin page: http://<server-ip>/admin
It is possible to add custom ad-list server in /etc/pihole/adlists.list

Instructions below assume ArchLinux default system config files are untouched or modified only by removing comments (#)


A) First install steps

  *** if you already use dnsmasq and it's functional

    1) copy pi-hole include config lines in right place

    # mkdir /etc/dnsmasq.d
    # cp /etc/pihole/configs/dnsmasq.include /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf

    2) edit your /etc/dnsmasq.conf to uncomment last line (including new pi-hole config lines)

    # sed -i 's|#conf-dir=/etc/dnsmasq.d/,\*.conf|conf-dir=/etc/dnsmasq.d/,\*.conf|' /etc/dnsmasq.conf

  *** end if

  *** if you installed dnsmasq with this package for the first time

    3) backup original dnsmasq config file and copy pi-hole main and include files

    # cp /etc/dnsmasq.conf /etc/dnsmasq.orig
    # cp /etc/pihole/configs/dnsmasq.main /etc/dnsmasq.conf
    # mkdir /etc/dnsmasq.d
    # cp /etc/pihole/configs/dnsmasq.include /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf

  *** end if

  4) lighttpd need port 80 to be free. backup original config file and copy pi-hole one

  # cp /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.orig
  # cp /etc/pihole/configs/lighttpd.conf /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

  5) enable and start dnsmasq service

  # systemctl reenable dnsmasq.service
  # systemctl restart dnsmasq.service

  6) enable and start lighttpd service

  # systemctl reenable lighttpd.service
  # systemctl restart lighttpd.service

  7) FUNDAMENTAL: point dns resolution of your lan clients to this machine


B) Upgrade steps

  *** if updating you see a post install message like this: " ==> ver. -current upgraded version-: -dnsmasq or lighttpd- conf file is changed, please follow configuration upgrade steps "

    1) update dnsmasq conf file

    # [ -f /etc/dnsmasq.d/pihole.conf ] && cp /etc/pihole/configs/dnsmasq.include /etc/dnsmasq.d/pihole.conf
    # [ -f /etc/dnsmasq.orig ] && cp /etc/pihole/configs/dnsmasq.complete /etc/dnsmasq.conf

    2) update lighttpd conf file

    # [ -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf ] && cp /etc/pihole/configs/lighttpd.conf /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

    3) manage and restart dnsmasq and lighttpd service

    # systemctl reenable dnsmasq.service
    # systemctl restart dnsmasq.service
    # systemctl reenable lighttpd.service
    # systemctl restart lighttpd.service

  *** end if


C) Uninstall steps

  # systemctl stop dnsmasq.service
  # systemctl disable dnsmasq.service
  # systemctl stop lighttpd.service
  # systemctl disable lighttpd.service
  # [ -f /etc/dnsmasq.d/pihole.conf ] && rm /etc/dnsmasq.d/pihole.conf
  # [ -f /etc/dnsmasq.orig ] && cp /etc/dnsmasq.orig /etc/dnsmasq.conf
  # [ -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.orig ] && cp /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.orig /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf