.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# see https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners#codeowners-syntax
-
-# These owners will be the default owners for everything in
-# the repo. Unless a later match takes precedence,
-*       @pi-hole/core-maintainers

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ updates:
     time: "10:00"
   open-pull-requests-limit: 10
   target-branch: development
+  reviewers:
+    - "pi-hole/core-maintainers"
 - package-ecosystem: pip
   directory: "/test"
   schedule:
@@ -16,3 +18,5 @@ updates:
     time: "10:00"
   open-pull-requests-limit: 10
   target-branch: development
+  reviewers:
+    - "pi-hole/core-maintainers"

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # Differential ShellCheck requires full git history
 
       - name: Check scripts in repository are executable
         run: |
@@ -30,12 +28,12 @@ jobs:
           # If FAIL is 1 then we fail.
           [[ $FAIL == 1 ]] && exit 1 || echo "Scripts are executable!"
 
-      - name: Differential ShellCheck
+      - name: Run shellcheck
-        uses: redhat-plumbers-in-action/differential-shellcheck@v5
+        uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@master
         with:
-          severity: warning
+          check_together: 'yes'
-          display-engine: sarif-fmt
+          format: tty
-
+          severity: error
 
       - name: Spell-Checking
         uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
@@ -69,10 +67,8 @@ jobs:
             ubuntu_22,
             ubuntu_24,
             centos_9,
-            centos_10,
             fedora_40,
             fedora_41,
-            fedora_42,
           ]
     env:
       DISTRO: ${{matrix.distro}}
@@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.10
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.4.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 

.gitignore

@@ -10,6 +10,3 @@ __pycache__
 .idea/
 *.iml
 .vscode/
-.venv/
-.fleet/
-.cache/

.shellcheckrc

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-external-sources=true # allow shellcheck to read external sources
-disable=SC3043 #disable SC3043: In POSIX sh, local is undefined.

README.md

@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@
 #
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pi-hole/graphics/refs/heads/master/Vortex/vortex_with_text.svg" alt="Pi-hole website" width="168" height="270">
+  <picture>
-  <br>
+    <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://pi-hole.github.io/graphics/Vortex/Vortex_Vertical_wordmark_darkmode.png">
-  <strong>Network-wide ad blocking via your own Linux hardware</strong>
+    <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://pi-hole.github.io/graphics/Vortex/Vortex_Vertical_wordmark_lightmode.png">
+    <img src="https://pi-hole.github.io/graphics/Vortex/Vortex_Vertical_wordmark_lightmode.png" width="168" height="270" alt="Pi-hole website">
+  </picture>
+    <br>
+    <strong>Network-wide ad blocking via your own Linux hardware</strong>
 </p>
 
 <!-- markdownlint-enable MD033 -->
@@ -128,10 +132,7 @@ Some of the statistics you can integrate include:
 - Queries cached
 - Unique clients
 
-Access the API using:
+Access the API via [`telnet`](https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL), the Web (`admin/api.php`) and Command Line (`pihole -c -j`). You can find out [more details over here](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-api/1863).
-- your browser: http://pi.hole/api/docs
-- `curl`: `curl --connect-timeout 2 -ks "https://pi.hole/api/stats/summary" -H "Accept: application/json"`;
-- the command line - examples: `pihole api config/webserver/port` or `pihole api stats/summary`.
 
 ### The Command-Line Interface
 
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ The [pihole](https://docs.pi-hole.net/core/pihole-command/) command has all the
 
 Some notable features include:
 
-- [Allowlisting, Denylisting (fka Whitelisting, Blacklisting), and Regex](https://docs.pi-hole.net/core/pihole-command/#allowlisting-denylisting-and-regex)
+- [Whitelisting, Blacklisting, and Regex](https://docs.pi-hole.net/core/pihole-command/#whitelisting-blacklisting-and-regex)
 - [Debugging utility](https://docs.pi-hole.net/core/pihole-command/#debugger)
 - [Viewing the live log file](https://docs.pi-hole.net/core/pihole-command/#tail)
 - [Updating Ad Lists](https://docs.pi-hole.net/core/pihole-command/#gravity)

advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
 # Determine if terminal is capable of showing colors
-if [ -t 1 ] && [ "$(tput colors)" -ge 8 ]; then
+if ([ -t 1 ] && [ $(tput colors) -ge 8 ]) || [ "${WEBCALL}" ]; then
   # Bold and underline may not show up on all clients
   # If something MUST be emphasized, use both
   COL_BOLD=''

advanced/Scripts/api.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC3043 #https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC3043#exceptions
 
 # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
 # (c) 2017 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
@@ -19,19 +20,13 @@
 
 TestAPIAvailability() {
 
-    local chaos_api_list authResponse authStatus authData apiAvailable DNSport
-
     # as we are running locally, we can get the port value from FTL directly
-    readonly utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
+    local chaos_api_list availabilityResponse
-    # shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
-    . "${utilsfile}"
-
-    DNSport=$(getFTLConfigValue dns.port)
 
     # Query the API URLs from FTL using CHAOS TXT local.api.ftl
     # The result is a space-separated enumeration of full URLs
     # e.g., "http://localhost:80/api/" "https://localhost:443/api/"
-    chaos_api_list="$(dig +short -p "${DNSport}" chaos txt local.api.ftl @127.0.0.1)"
+    chaos_api_list="$(dig +short chaos txt local.api.ftl @127.0.0.1)"
 
     # If the query was not successful, the variable is empty
     if [ -z "${chaos_api_list}" ]; then
@@ -39,12 +34,6 @@ TestAPIAvailability() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    # If an error occurred, the variable starts with ;;
-    if [ "${chaos_api_list#;;}" != "${chaos_api_list}" ]; then
-        echo "Communication error. Is FTL running?"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
     # Iterate over space-separated list of URLs
     while [ -n "${chaos_api_list}" ]; do
         # Get the first URL
@@ -53,50 +42,39 @@ TestAPIAvailability() {
         API_URL="${API_URL%\"}"
         API_URL="${API_URL#\"}"
 
-        # Test if the API is available at this URL, include delimiter for ease in splitting payload
+        # Test if the API is available at this URL
-        authResponse=$(curl --connect-timeout 2 -skS -w ">>%{http_code}" "${API_URL}auth")
+        availabilityResponse=$(curl -skS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "${API_URL}auth")
-
-        # authStatus is the response http_code, eg. 200, 401.
-        # Shell parameter expansion, remove everything up to and including the >> delim
-        authStatus=${authResponse#*>>}
-        # data is everything from response
-        # Shell parameter expansion, remove the >> delim and everything after
-        authData=${authResponse%>>*}
 
         # Test if http status code was 200 (OK) or 401 (authentication required)
-        if [ "${authStatus}" = 200 ]; then
+        if [ ! "${availabilityResponse}" = 200 ] && [ ! "${availabilityResponse}" = 401 ]; then
-            # API is available without authentication
-            apiAvailable=true
-            needAuth=false
-            break
-
-        elif [ "${authStatus}" = 401 ]; then
-            # API is available with authentication
-            apiAvailable=true
-            needAuth=true
-            # Check if 2FA is required
-            needTOTP=$(echo "${authData}"| jq --raw-output .session.totp 2>/dev/null)
-            break
-
-        else
             # API is not available at this port/protocol combination
-            apiAvailable=false
+            API_PORT=""
-            # Remove the first URL from the list
+        else
-            local last_api_list
+            # API is available at this URL combination
-            last_api_list="${chaos_api_list}"
-            chaos_api_list="${chaos_api_list#* }"
 
-            # If the list did not change, we are at the last element
+            if [ "${availabilityResponse}" = 200 ]; then
-            if [ "${last_api_list}" = "${chaos_api_list}" ]; then
+                # API is available without authentication
-                # Remove the last element
+                needAuth=false
-                chaos_api_list=""
             fi
+
+            break
+        fi
+
+        # Remove the first URL from the list
+        local last_api_list
+        last_api_list="${chaos_api_list}"
+        chaos_api_list="${chaos_api_list#* }"
+
+        # If the list did not change, we are at the last element
+        if [ "${last_api_list}" = "${chaos_api_list}" ]; then
+            # Remove the last element
+            chaos_api_list=""
         fi
     done
 
-    # if apiAvailable is false, no working API was found
+    # if API_PORT is empty, no working API port was found
-    if [ "${apiAvailable}" = false ]; then
+    if [ -n "${API_PORT}" ]; then
-        echo "API not available. Please check FTL.log"
+        echo "API not available at: ${API_URL}"
         echo "Exiting."
         exit 1
     fi
@@ -124,51 +102,22 @@ LoginAPI() {
             echo "API Authentication: Trying to use CLI password"
         fi
 
-        # If we can read the CLI password, we can skip 2FA even when it's required otherwise
+        # Try to authenticate using the CLI password
-        needTOTP=false
+        Authentication "${1}"
+
     elif [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
         echo "API Authentication: CLI password not available"
     fi
 
-    if [ -z "${password}" ]; then
-        # no password read from CLI file
-        echo "Please enter your password:"
-        # secretly read the password
-        secretRead; printf '\n'
-    fi
 
-    if [ "${needTOTP}" = true ]; then
-        # 2FA required
-        echo "Please enter the correct second factor."
-        echo "(Can be any number if you used the app password)"
-        read -r totp
-    fi
 
-    # Try to authenticate using the supplied password (CLI file or user input) and TOTP
+    # If this did not work, ask the user for the password
-    Authentication "${1}"
+    while [ "${validSession}" = false ] || [ -z "${validSession}" ] ; do
-
-    # Try to login again until the session is valid
-    while [ ! "${validSession}" = true ]  ; do
         echo "Authentication failed. Please enter your Pi-hole password"
 
-        # Print the error message if there is one
-        if  [ ! "${sessionError}" = "null"  ] && [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
-            echo "Error: ${sessionError}"
-        fi
-        # Print the session message if there is one
-        if  [ ! "${sessionMessage}" = "null" ] && [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
-            echo "Error: ${sessionMessage}"
-        fi
-
         # secretly read the password
         secretRead; printf '\n'
 
-        if [ "${needTOTP}" = true ]; then
-            echo "Please enter the correct second factor:"
-            echo "(Can be any number if you used the app password)"
-            read -r totp
-        fi
-
         # Try to authenticate again
         Authentication "${1}"
     done
@@ -176,27 +125,23 @@ LoginAPI() {
 }
 
 Authentication() {
-    sessionResponse="$(curl --connect-timeout 2 -skS -X POST "${API_URL}auth" --user-agent "Pi-hole cli" --data "{\"password\":\"${password}\", \"totp\":${totp:-null}}" )"
+  sessionResponse="$(curl -skS -X POST "${API_URL}auth" --user-agent "Pi-hole cli " --data "{\"password\":\"${password}\"}" )"
 
-    if [ -z "${sessionResponse}" ]; then
+  if [ -z "${sessionResponse}" ]; then
-        echo "No response from FTL server. Please check connectivity"
+    echo "No response from FTL server. Please check connectivity"
-        exit 1
+    exit 1
-    fi
+  fi
-    # obtain validity, session ID and sessionMessage from session response
+  # obtain validity and session ID from session response
-    validSession=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq .session.valid 2>/dev/null)
+  validSession=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq .session.valid 2>/dev/null)
-    SID=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq --raw-output .session.sid 2>/dev/null)
+  SID=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq --raw-output .session.sid 2>/dev/null)
-    sessionMessage=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq --raw-output .session.message 2>/dev/null)
+
-
+  if [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
-    # obtain the error message from the session response
+    if [ "${validSession}" = true ]; then
-    sessionError=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq --raw-output .error.message 2>/dev/null)
+      echo "API Authentication: ${COL_GREEN}Success${COL_NC}"
-
+    else
-    if [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
+      echo "API Authentication: ${COL_RED}Failed${COL_NC}"
-        if [ "${validSession}" = true ]; then
-            echo "API Authentication: ${COL_GREEN}Success${COL_NC}"
-        else
-            echo "API Authentication: ${COL_RED}Failed${COL_NC}"
-        fi
     fi
+  fi
 }
 
 LogoutAPI() {
@@ -234,7 +179,7 @@ GetFTLData() {
     # return only the data
     if [ "${status}" = 200 ]; then
         # response OK
-        printf %s "${data}"
+        echo "${data}"
     else
         # connection lost
         echo "${status}"
@@ -308,23 +253,14 @@ secretRead() {
 }
 
 apiFunc() {
-  local data response status status_col verbosity
+  local data response status status_col
-
-  # Define if the output will be silent (default) or verbose
-  verbosity="silent"
-  if [ "$1" = "verbose" ]; then
-    verbosity="verbose"
-    shift
-  fi
 
   # Authenticate with the API
-  LoginAPI "${verbosity}"
+  LoginAPI verbose
+  echo ""
 
-  if [ "${verbosity}" = "verbose" ]; then
+  echo "Requesting: ${COL_PURPLE}GET ${COL_CYAN}${API_URL}${COL_YELLOW}$1${COL_NC}"
-    echo ""
+  echo ""
-    echo "Requesting: ${COL_PURPLE}GET ${COL_CYAN}${API_URL}${COL_YELLOW}$1${COL_NC}"
-    echo ""
-  fi
 
   # Get the data from the API
   response=$(GetFTLData "$1" raw)
@@ -341,18 +277,11 @@ apiFunc() {
   else
     status_col="${COL_RED}"
   fi
-
+  echo "Status: ${status_col}${status}${COL_NC}"
-  # Only print the status in verbose mode or if the status is not 200
-  if [ "${verbosity}" = "verbose" ] || [ "${status}" != 200 ]; then
-    echo "Status: ${status_col}${status}${COL_NC}"
-  fi
 
   # Output the data. Format it with jq if available and data is actually JSON.
   # Otherwise just print it
-  if [ "${verbosity}" = "verbose" ]; then
+  echo "Data:"
-    echo "Data:"
-  fi
-
   if command -v jq >/dev/null && echo "${data}" | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "${data}" | jq .
   else
@@ -360,5 +289,5 @@ apiFunc() {
   fi
 
   # Delete the session
-  LogoutAPI "${verbosity}"
+  LogoutAPI verbose
 }

advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity-db.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 
 # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
 # (c) 2019 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 readonly scriptPath="/etc/.pihole/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity"
 
 upgrade_gravityDB(){
-    local database version
+    local database piholeDir version
     database="${1}"
+    piholeDir="${2}"
 
     # Exit early if the database does not exist (e.g. in CI tests)
     if [[ ! -f "${database}" ]]; then

advanced/Scripts/list.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 
 # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
 # (c) 2017 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
@@ -11,11 +12,9 @@
 
 readonly PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 readonly utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
 source "${utilsfile}"
 
 readonly apifile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/api.sh"
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/api.sh"
 source "${apifile}"
 
 # Determine database location
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ typeId=""
 comment=""
 
 colfile="/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE"
 source ${colfile}
 
 helpFunc() {

advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 
 # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
 # (c) 2019 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
@@ -11,13 +12,11 @@
 
 coltable="/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
 if [[ -f ${coltable} ]]; then
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE"
     source ${coltable}
 fi
 
 readonly PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
-# shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
 source "${utilsfile}"
 
 # Determine database location

advanced/Scripts/piholeCheckout.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
 SKIP_INSTALL="true"
-# shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
 source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
 
 # webInterfaceGitUrl set in basic-install.sh
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ checkout() {
             echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} $str"
             exit 1
         fi
-        mapfile -t corebranches < <(get_available_branches "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}")
+        corebranches=($(get_available_branches "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}"))
 
         if [[ "${corebranches[*]}" == *"master"* ]]; then
             echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} $str"
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ checkout() {
             echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} $str"
             exit 1
         fi
-        mapfile -t webbranches < <(get_available_branches "${webInterfaceDir}")
+        webbranches=($(get_available_branches "${webInterfaceDir}"))
 
         if [[ "${webbranches[*]}" == *"master"* ]]; then
             echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} $str"
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ checkout() {
 
         # Check if requested branch is available
         echo -e "  ${INFO} Checking for availability of branch ${COL_CYAN}${2}${COL_NC} on GitHub"
-        mapfile -t ftlbranches < <(git ls-remote https://github.com/pi-hole/ftl | grep "refs/heads" | cut -d'/' -f3- -)
+        ftlbranches=( $(git ls-remote https://github.com/pi-hole/ftl | grep "refs/heads" | cut -d'/' -f3- -) )
         # If returned array is empty -> connectivity issue
         if [[ ${#ftlbranches[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
             echo -e "  ${CROSS} Unable to fetch branches from GitHub. Please check your Internet connection and try again later."
@@ -210,15 +209,13 @@ checkout() {
             # Update local and remote versions via updatechecker
             /opt/pihole/updatecheck.sh
         else
-            local status
+            if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
-            status=$?
-            if [ $status -eq 1 ]; then
                 # Binary for requested branch is not available, may still be
                 # int he process of being built or CI build job failed
-                printf "  %b Binary for requested branch is not available, please try again later.\\n" "${CROSS}"
+                printf "  %b Binary for requested branch is not available, please try again later.\\n" ${CROSS}
                 printf "      If the issue persists, please contact Pi-hole Support and ask them to re-generate the binary.\\n"
                 exit 1
-            elif [ $status -eq 2 ]; then
+            elif [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
                 printf "  %b Unable to download from ftl.pi-hole.net. Please check your Internet connection and try again later.\\n" "${CROSS}"
                 exit 1
             else

advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
 # Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
 
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
 
 # -e option instructs bash to immediately exit if any command [1] has a non-zero exit status
 # -u a reference to any variable you haven't previously defined
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ PIHOLE_COLTABLE_FILE="${PIHOLE_SCRIPTS_DIRECTORY}/COL_TABLE"
 
 # These provide the colors we need for making the log more readable
 if [[ -f ${PIHOLE_COLTABLE_FILE} ]]; then
-# shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE
     source ${PIHOLE_COLTABLE_FILE}
 else
     COL_NC='\e[0m' # No Color
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ else
     #OVER="\r\033[K"
 fi
 
-# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
 . /etc/pihole/versions
 
 # Read the value of an FTL config key. The value is printed to stdout.
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ compare_local_version_to_git_version() {
             local local_status
             local_status=$(git status -s)
             # echo this information out to the user in a nice format
-            if [ "${local_version}" ]; then
+            if [ ${local_version} ]; then
               log_write "${TICK} Version: ${local_version}"
             elif [ -n "${DOCKER_VERSION}" ]; then
               log_write "${TICK} Version: Pi-hole Docker Container ${COL_BOLD}${DOCKER_VERSION}${COL_NC}"
@@ -296,12 +296,91 @@ check_component_versions() {
     check_ftl_version
 }
 
+os_check() {
+    # This function gets a list of supported OS versions from a TXT record at versions.pi-hole.net
+    # and determines whether or not the script is running on one of those systems
+    local remote_os_domain valid_os valid_version detected_os detected_version cmdResult digReturnCode response
+    remote_os_domain=${OS_CHECK_DOMAIN_NAME:-"versions.pi-hole.net"}
+
+    detected_os=$(grep "\bID\b" /etc/os-release | cut -d '=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
+    detected_version=$(grep VERSION_ID /etc/os-release | cut -d '=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
+
+    cmdResult="$(dig -4 +short -t txt "${remote_os_domain}" @ns1.pi-hole.net 2>&1; echo $?)"
+    #Get the return code of the previous command (last line)
+    digReturnCode="${cmdResult##*$'\n'}"
+
+    # Extract dig response
+    response="${cmdResult%%$'\n'*}"
+
+    if [ "${digReturnCode}" -ne 0 ]; then
+        log_write "${INFO} Distro: ${detected_os^}"
+        log_write "${INFO} Version: ${detected_version}"
+        log_write "${CROSS} dig IPv4 return code: ${COL_RED}${digReturnCode}${COL_NC}"
+        log_write "${CROSS} dig response: ${response}"
+        log_write "${INFO} Retrying via IPv6"
+
+        cmdResult="$(dig -6 +short -t txt "${remote_os_domain}" @ns1.pi-hole.net 2>&1; echo $?)"
+        #Get the return code of the previous command (last line)
+        digReturnCode="${cmdResult##*$'\n'}"
+
+        # Extract dig response
+        response="${cmdResult%%$'\n'*}"
+    fi
+    # If also no success via IPv6
+    if [ "${digReturnCode}" -ne 0 ]; then
+        log_write "${CROSS} dig IPv6 return code: ${COL_RED}${digReturnCode}${COL_NC}"
+        log_write "${CROSS} dig response: ${response}"
+        log_write "${CROSS} Error: ${COL_RED}dig command failed - Unable to check OS${COL_NC}"
+    else
+        IFS=" " read -r -a supportedOS < <(echo "${response}" | tr -d '"')
+        for distro_and_versions in "${supportedOS[@]}"
+        do
+            distro_part="${distro_and_versions%%=*}"
+            versions_part="${distro_and_versions##*=}"
+
+            if [[ "${detected_os^^}" =~ ${distro_part^^} ]]; then
+                valid_os=true
+                IFS="," read -r -a supportedVer <<<"${versions_part}"
+                for version in "${supportedVer[@]}"
+                do
+                    if [[ "${detected_version}" =~ $version ]]; then
+                        valid_version=true
+                        break
+                    fi
+                done
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+
+        # If it is a docker container, we can assume the OS is supported
+        [ -n "${DOCKER_VERSION}" ] && valid_os=true && valid_version=true
+
+        local finalmsg
+        if [ "$valid_os" = true ]; then
+            log_write "${TICK} Distro:  ${COL_GREEN}${detected_os^}${COL_NC}"
+
+            if [ "$valid_version" = true ]; then
+                log_write "${TICK} Version: ${COL_GREEN}${detected_version}${COL_NC}"
+                finalmsg="${TICK} ${COL_GREEN}Distro and version supported${COL_NC}"
+            else
+                log_write "${CROSS} Version: ${COL_RED}${detected_version}${COL_NC}"
+                finalmsg="${CROSS} Error: ${COL_RED}${detected_os^} is supported but version ${detected_version} is currently unsupported ${COL_NC}(${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS})${COL_NC}"
+            fi
+        else
+            log_write "${CROSS} Distro:  ${COL_RED}${detected_os^}${COL_NC}"
+            finalmsg="${CROSS} Error: ${COL_RED}${detected_os^} is not a supported distro ${COL_NC}(${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS})${COL_NC}"
+        fi
+
+        # Print dig response and the final check result
+        log_write "${TICK} dig return code: ${COL_GREEN}${digReturnCode}${COL_NC}"
+        log_write "${INFO} dig response: ${response}"
+        log_write "${finalmsg}"
+    fi
+}
+
 diagnose_operating_system() {
     # error message in a variable so we can easily modify it later (or reuse it)
     local error_msg="Distribution unknown -- most likely you are on an unsupported platform and may run into issues."
-    local detected_os
-    local detected_version
-
     # Display the current test that is running
     echo_current_diagnostic "Operating system"
 
@@ -310,13 +389,8 @@ diagnose_operating_system() {
 
     # If there is a /etc/*release file, it's probably a supported operating system, so we can
     if ls /etc/*release 1> /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        # display the attributes to the user
+        # display the attributes to the user from the function made earlier
-
+        os_check
-        detected_os=$(grep "\bID\b" /etc/os-release | cut -d '=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
-        detected_version=$(grep VERSION_ID /etc/os-release | cut -d '=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
-
-        log_write "${INFO} Distro: ${detected_os^}"
-        log_write "${INFO} Version: ${detected_version}"
     else
         # If it doesn't exist, it's not a system we currently support and link to FAQ
         log_write "${CROSS} ${COL_RED}${error_msg}${COL_NC} (${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS})"
@@ -414,9 +488,7 @@ run_and_print_command() {
     local output
     output=$(${cmd} 2>&1)
     # If the command was successful,
-    local return_code
+    if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-    return_code=$?
-    if [[ "${return_code}" -eq 0 ]]; then
         # show the output
         log_write "${output}"
     else
@@ -861,6 +933,7 @@ parse_file() {
     # Get the lines that are in the file(s) and store them in an array for parsing later
     local file_info
     if [[ -f "$filename" ]]; then
+        #shellcheck disable=SC2016
         IFS=$'\r\n' command eval 'file_info=( $(cat "${filename}") )'
     else
         read -r -a file_info <<< "$filename"

advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh

@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@
 # Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
 
 colfile="/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE"
 source ${colfile}
 
 readonly PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
 source "${utilsfile}"
 
 # In case we're running at the same time as a system logrotate, use a
@@ -37,46 +35,6 @@ FTLFILE=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.log.ftl")
 if [ -z "$FTLFILE" ]; then
     FTLFILE="/var/log/pihole/FTL.log"
 fi
-WEBFILE=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.log.webserver")
-if [ -z "$WEBFILE" ]; then
-    WEBFILE="/var/log/pihole/webserver.log"
-fi
-
-# Helper function to handle log rotation for a single file
-rotate_log() {
-    # This function copies x.log over to x.log.1
-    # and then empties x.log
-    # Note that moving the file is not an option, as
-    # dnsmasq would happily continue writing into the
-    # moved file (it will have the same file handler)
-    local logfile="$1"
-    if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
-        echo -ne "  ${INFO} Rotating ${logfile} ..."
-    fi
-    cp -p "${logfile}" "${logfile}.1"
-    echo " " > "${logfile}"
-    chmod 640 "${logfile}"
-    if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Rotated ${logfile} ..."
-    fi
-}
-
-# Helper function to handle log flushing for a single file
-flush_log() {
-    local logfile="$1"
-    if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
-        echo -ne "  ${INFO} Flushing ${logfile} ..."
-    fi
-    echo " " > "${logfile}"
-    chmod 640 "${logfile}"
-    if [ -f "${logfile}.1" ]; then
-        echo " " > "${logfile}.1"
-        chmod 640 "${logfile}.1"
-    fi
-    if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Flushed ${logfile} ..."
-    fi
-}
 
 if [[ "$*" == *"once"* ]]; then
     # Nightly logrotation
@@ -88,16 +46,62 @@ if [[ "$*" == *"once"* ]]; then
         fi
         /usr/sbin/logrotate --force --state "${STATEFILE}" /etc/pihole/logrotate
     else
-        # Handle rotation for each log file
+        # Copy pihole.log over to pihole.log.1
-        rotate_log "${LOGFILE}"
+        # and empty out pihole.log
-        rotate_log "${FTLFILE}"
+        # Note that moving the file is not an option, as
-        rotate_log "${WEBFILE}"
+        # dnsmasq would happily continue writing into the
+        # moved file (it will have the same file handler)
+        if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
+            echo -ne "  ${INFO} Rotating ${LOGFILE} ..."
+        fi
+        cp -p "${LOGFILE}" "${LOGFILE}.1"
+        echo " " > "${LOGFILE}"
+        chmod 640 "${LOGFILE}"
+        if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
+            echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Rotated ${LOGFILE} ..."
+        fi
+        # Copy FTL.log over to FTL.log.1
+        # and empty out FTL.log
+        if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
+            echo -ne "  ${INFO} Rotating ${FTLFILE} ..."
+        fi
+        cp -p "${FTLFILE}" "${FTLFILE}.1"
+        echo " " > "${FTLFILE}"
+        chmod 640 "${FTLFILE}"
+        if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
+            echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Rotated ${FTLFILE} ..."
+        fi
     fi
 else
     # Manual flushing
-    flush_log "${LOGFILE}"
+
-    flush_log "${FTLFILE}"
+    # Flush both pihole.log and pihole.log.1 (if existing)
-    flush_log "${WEBFILE}"
+    if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
+        echo -ne "  ${INFO} Flushing ${LOGFILE} ..."
+    fi
+    echo " " > "${LOGFILE}"
+    chmod 640 "${LOGFILE}"
+    if [ -f "${LOGFILE}.1" ]; then
+        echo " " > "${LOGFILE}.1"
+        chmod 640 "${LOGFILE}.1"
+    fi
+    if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Flushed ${LOGFILE} ..."
+    fi
+
+    # Flush both FTL.log and FTL.log.1 (if existing)
+    if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
+        echo -ne "  ${INFO} Flushing ${FTLFILE} ..."
+    fi
+    echo " " > "${FTLFILE}"
+    chmod 640 "${FTLFILE}"
+    if [ -f "${FTLFILE}.1" ]; then
+        echo " " > "${FTLFILE}.1"
+        chmod 640 "${FTLFILE}.1"
+    fi
+    if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Flushed ${FTLFILE} ..."
+    fi
 
     if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
         echo -ne "  ${INFO} Flushing database, DNS resolution temporarily unavailable ..."

advanced/Scripts/query.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+
+# Ignore warning about `local` being undefinded in POSIX
+# shellcheck disable=SC3043
+# https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC3043#exceptions
 
 # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
 # (c) 2023 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
@@ -17,11 +22,9 @@ domain=""
 
 # Source color table
 colfile="/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE"
 . "${colfile}"
 
 # Source api functions
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/api.sh"
 . "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}/api.sh"
 
 Help() {

advanced/Scripts/update.sh

@@ -12,31 +12,26 @@
 
 # Variables
 readonly ADMIN_INTERFACE_GIT_URL="https://github.com/pi-hole/web.git"
+readonly ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR="/var/www/html/admin"
 readonly PI_HOLE_GIT_URL="https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git"
 readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
 
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 SKIP_INSTALL=true
 
 # when --check-only is passed to this script, it will not perform the actual update
 CHECK_ONLY=false
 
-# shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
-# shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
 source "/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
-source "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}/utils.sh"
 
 # is_repo() sourced from basic-install.sh
 # make_repo() sourced from basic-install.sh
 # update_repo() source from basic-install.sh
 # getGitFiles() sourced from basic-install.sh
 # FTLcheckUpdate() sourced from basic-install.sh
-# getFTLConfigValue() sourced from utils.sh
-
-# Honour configured paths for the web application.
-ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR=$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webroot")$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webhome")
-readonly ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR
 
 GitCheckUpdateAvail() {
     local directory
@@ -112,6 +107,8 @@ main() {
     web_update=false
     FTL_update=false
 
+    # Perform an OS check to ensure we're on an appropriate operating system
+    os_check
 
     # Install packages used by this installation script (necessary if users have removed e.g. git from their systems)
     package_manager_detect
@@ -212,7 +209,7 @@ main() {
         echo ""
         echo -e "  ${INFO} Pi-hole Web Admin files out of date, updating local repo."
         getGitFiles "${ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR}" "${ADMIN_INTERFACE_GIT_URL}"
-        echo -e "  ${INFO} If you had made any changes in '${ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR}', they have been stashed using 'git stash'"
+        echo -e "  ${INFO} If you had made any changes in '/var/www/html/admin/', they have been stashed using 'git stash'"
     fi
 
     if [[ "${FTL_update}" == true ]]; then
@@ -221,7 +218,7 @@ main() {
     fi
 
     if [[ "${FTL_update}" == true || "${core_update}" == true ]]; then
-        ${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated\ install/basic-install.sh --repair --unattended || \
+        ${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated\ install/basic-install.sh --reconfigure --unattended || \
             echo -e "${basicError}" && exit 1
     fi
 

advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh

@@ -39,12 +39,9 @@ function get_remote_hash() {
 }
 
 # Source the utils file for addOrEditKeyValPair()
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
 . /opt/pihole/utils.sh
 
-ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR=$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webroot")$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webhome")
-readonly ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR
-
 # Remove the below three legacy files if they exist
 rm -f "/etc/pihole/GitHubVersions"
 rm -f "/etc/pihole/localbranches"
@@ -88,13 +85,13 @@ addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_CORE_HASH" "${GITHUB_CORE_HASH}"
 
 # get Web versions
 
-WEB_VERSION="$(get_local_version "${ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR}")"
+WEB_VERSION="$(get_local_version /var/www/html/admin)"
 addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "WEB_VERSION" "${WEB_VERSION}"
 
-WEB_BRANCH="$(get_local_branch "${ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR}")"
+WEB_BRANCH="$(get_local_branch /var/www/html/admin)"
 addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "WEB_BRANCH" "${WEB_BRANCH}"
 
-WEB_HASH="$(get_local_hash "${ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR}")"
+WEB_HASH="$(get_local_hash /var/www/html/admin)"
 addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "WEB_HASH" "${WEB_HASH}"
 
 GITHUB_WEB_VERSION="$(get_remote_version web "${WEB_BRANCH}")"

advanced/Scripts/utils.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC3043 #https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC3043#exceptions
 
 # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
 # (c) 2017 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
@@ -87,8 +88,8 @@ getFTLConfigValue(){
 #######################
 setFTLConfigValue(){
   pihole-FTL --config "${1}" "${2}" >/dev/null
-  if [ $? -eq 5 ]; then
+  if [[ $? -eq 5 ]]; then
-    printf "  %s %s set by environment variable. Please unset it to use this function\n" "${CROSS}" "${1}"
+    echo -e "  ${CROSS} ${1} set by environment variable. Please unset it to use this function"
     exit 5
   fi
 }

advanced/Scripts/version.sh

@@ -8,16 +8,20 @@
 # This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
 # Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
 
-# Source the versions file populated by updatechecker.sh
+# Ignore warning about `local` being undefinded in POSIX
+# shellcheck disable=SC3043
+# https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC3043#exceptions
+
+# Source the versions file poupulated by updatechecker.sh
 cachedVersions="/etc/pihole/versions"
 
 if [ -f ${cachedVersions} ]; then
-    # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+    # shellcheck disable=SC1090
     . "$cachedVersions"
 else
     echo "Could not find /etc/pihole/versions. Running update now."
     pihole updatechecker
-     # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+    # shellcheck disable=SC1090
     . "$cachedVersions"
 fi
 

advanced/Templates/gravity.db.sql

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ CREATE TABLE adlist
 
 CREATE TABLE adlist_by_group
 (
-    adlist_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES adlist (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    adlist_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES adlist (id),
-    group_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES "group" (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    group_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES "group" (id),
     PRIMARY KEY (adlist_id, group_id)
 );
 
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ INSERT INTO "info" VALUES('gravity_restored','false');
 
 CREATE TABLE domainlist_by_group
 (
-    domainlist_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES domainlist (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    domainlist_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES domainlist (id),
-    group_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES "group" (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    group_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES "group" (id),
     PRIMARY KEY (domainlist_id, group_id)
 );
 
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ CREATE TABLE client
 
 CREATE TABLE client_by_group
 (
-    client_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES client (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    client_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES client (id),
-    group_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES "group" (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    group_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES "group" (id),
     PRIMARY KEY (client_id, group_id)
 );
 

advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Source utils.sh for getFTLConfigValue()
 PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR='/opt/pihole'
 utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 . "${utilsfile}"
 
 # Get file paths

advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh

@@ -3,32 +3,32 @@
 # Source utils.sh for getFTLConfigValue()
 PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR='/opt/pihole'
 utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 . "${utilsfile}"
 
 # Get file paths
 FTL_PID_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.pid)"
 
 # Ensure that permissions are set so that pihole-FTL can edit all necessary files
-mkdir -p /var/log/pihole
+# shellcheck disable=SC2174
-chown -R pihole:pihole /etc/pihole/ /var/log/pihole/
+mkdir -pm 0640 /var/log/pihole
+chown -R pihole:pihole /etc/pihole /var/log/pihole
+chmod -R 0640 /var/log/pihole
+chmod -R 0660 /etc/pihole
 
-# allow all users read version file (and use pihole -v)
+# Logrotate config file need to be owned by root and must not be writable by group and others
-chmod 0644 /etc/pihole/versions
+chown root:root /etc/pihole/logrotate
+chmod 0644 /etc/pihole/logrotate
+
+# allow all users to enter the directories
+chmod 0755 /etc/pihole /var/log/pihole
 
 # allow pihole to access subdirs in /etc/pihole (sets execution bit on dirs)
-find /etc/pihole/ /var/log/pihole/ -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} +
+# credits https://stackoverflow.com/a/11512211
-# Set all files (except TLS-related ones) to u+rw g+r
+find /etc/pihole -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
-find /etc/pihole/ /var/log/pihole/ -type f ! \( -name '*.pem' -o -name '*.crt' \) -exec chmod 0640 {} +
-# Set TLS-related files to a more restrictive u+rw *only* (they may contain private keys)
-find /etc/pihole/ -type f \( -name '*.pem' -o -name '*.crt' \) -exec chmod 0600 {} +
-
-# Logrotate config file need to be owned by root
-chown root:root /etc/pihole/logrotate
 
 # Touch files to ensure they exist (create if non-existing, preserve if existing)
 [ -f "${FTL_PID_FILE}" ] || install -D -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${FTL_PID_FILE}"
 [ -f /var/log/pihole/FTL.log ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/FTL.log
 [ -f /var/log/pihole/pihole.log ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/pihole.log
-[ -f /var/log/pihole/webserver.log ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/webserver.log
 [ -f /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases ] || install -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases

advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Source utils.sh for getFTLConfigValue(), getFTLPID()
 PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 . "${utilsfile}"
 
 
@@ -57,16 +57,13 @@ start() {
 stop() {
   if is_running; then
     kill "${FTL_PID}"
-    # Give FTL 60 seconds to gracefully stop
+    for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do
-    i=1
-    while [ "${i}" -le 60 ]; do
       if ! is_running; then
         break
       fi
 
       printf "."
       sleep 1
-      i=$((i + 1))
     done
     echo
 

advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.systemd

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 ExecStopPost=/opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh
 
 # Use graceful shutdown with a reasonable timeout
-TimeoutStopSec=60s
+TimeoutStopSec=10s
 
 # Make /usr, /boot, /etc and possibly some more folders read-only...
 ProtectSystem=full

advanced/bash-completion/pihole

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ _pihole() {
 
     case "${prev}" in
         "pihole")
-            opts="allow allow-regex allow-wild deny checkout debug disable enable flush help logging query repair regex reloaddns reloadlists status tail uninstall updateGravity updatePihole version wildcard arpflush api"
+            opts="allow allow-regex allow-wild deny checkout debug disable enable flush help logging query reconfigure regex reloaddns reloadlists status tail uninstall updateGravity updatePihole version wildcard arpflush api"
             COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- ${cur}) )
         ;;
         "allow"|"deny"|"wildcard"|"regex"|"allow-regex"|"allow-wild")

automated install/basic-install.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 
 # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
 # (c) Pi-hole (https://pi-hole.net)
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ Google (ECS, DNSSEC);8.8.8.8;8.8.4.4;2001:4860:4860:0:0:0:0:8888;2001:4860:4860:
 OpenDNS (ECS, DNSSEC);208.67.222.222;208.67.220.220;2620:119:35::35;2620:119:53::53
 Level3;4.2.2.1;4.2.2.2;;
 Comodo;8.26.56.26;8.20.247.20;;
+DNS.WATCH (DNSSEC);84.200.69.80;84.200.70.40;2001:1608:10:25:0:0:1c04:b12f;2001:1608:10:25:0:0:9249:d69b
 Quad9 (filtered, DNSSEC);9.9.9.9;149.112.112.112;2620:fe::fe;2620:fe::9
 Quad9 (unfiltered, no DNSSEC);9.9.9.10;149.112.112.10;2620:fe::10;2620:fe::fe:10
 Quad9 (filtered, ECS, DNSSEC);9.9.9.11;149.112.112.11;2620:fe::11;2620:fe::fe:11
@@ -55,17 +57,6 @@ Cloudflare (DNSSEC);1.1.1.1;1.0.0.1;2606:4700:4700::1111;2606:4700:4700::1001
 EOM
 )
 
-DNS_SERVERS_IPV6_ONLY=$(
-    cat <<EOM
-Google (ECS, DNSSEC);2001:4860:4860:0:0:0:0:8888;2001:4860:4860:0:0:0:0:8844
-OpenDNS (ECS, DNSSEC);2620:119:35::35;2620:119:53::53
-Quad9 (filtered, DNSSEC);2620:fe::fe;2620:fe::9
-Quad9 (unfiltered, no DNSSEC);2620:fe::10;2620:fe::fe:10
-Quad9 (filtered, ECS, DNSSEC);2620:fe::11;2620:fe::fe:11
-Cloudflare (DNSSEC);2606:4700:4700::1111;2606:4700:4700::1001
-EOM
-)
-
 # Location for final installation log storage
 installLogLoc="/etc/pihole/install.log"
 # This is a file used for the colorized output
@@ -90,7 +81,9 @@ PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR="/etc/pihole"
 PI_HOLE_BIN_DIR="/usr/local/bin"
 PI_HOLE_V6_CONFIG="${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/pihole.toml"
-fresh_install=true
+if [ -z "$useUpdateVars" ]; then
+    useUpdateVars=false
+fi
 
 adlistFile="/etc/pihole/adlists.list"
 # Pi-hole needs an IP address; to begin, these variables are empty since we don't know what the IP is until this script can run
@@ -98,8 +91,8 @@ IPV4_ADDRESS=${IPV4_ADDRESS}
 IPV6_ADDRESS=${IPV6_ADDRESS}
 # Give settings their default values. These may be changed by prompts later in the script.
 QUERY_LOGGING=
+WEBPORT=
 PRIVACY_LEVEL=
-PIHOLE_INTERFACE=
 
 # Where old configs go to if a v6 migration is performed
 V6_CONF_MIGRATION_DIR="/etc/pihole/migration_backup_v6"
@@ -116,13 +109,11 @@ c=70
 PIHOLE_META_PACKAGE_CONTROL_APT=$(
     cat <<EOM
 Package: pihole-meta
-Version: 0.4
+Version: 0.1
 Maintainer: Pi-hole team <adblock@pi-hole.net>
 Architecture: all
 Description: Pi-hole dependency meta package
-Depends: awk,bash-completion,binutils,ca-certificates,cron|cron-daemon,curl,dialog,dnsutils,dns-root-data,git,grep,iproute2,iputils-ping,jq,libcap2,libcap2-bin,lshw,netcat-openbsd,procps,psmisc,sudo,unzip
+Depends: grep,dnsutils,binutils,git,iproute2,dialog,ca-certificates,cron,curl,iputils-ping,psmisc,sudo,unzip,libcap2-bin,dns-root-data,libcap2,netcat-openbsd,procps,jq,lshw,bash-completion
-Section: contrib/metapackages
-Priority: optional
 EOM
 )
 
@@ -130,12 +121,12 @@ EOM
 PIHOLE_META_PACKAGE_CONTROL_RPM=$(
     cat <<EOM
 Name: pihole-meta
-Version: 0.2
+Version: 0.1
 Release: 1
 License: EUPL
 BuildArch: noarch
 Summary: Pi-hole dependency meta package
-Requires: bash-completion,bind-utils,binutils,ca-certificates,chkconfig,cronie,curl,dialog,findutils,gawk,git,grep,iproute,jq,libcap,lshw,nmap-ncat,procps-ng,psmisc,sudo,unzip
+Requires: grep,curl,psmisc,sudo, unzip,jq,git,dialog,ca-certificates, bind-utils, iproute, procps-ng, chkconfig, binutils, cronie, findutils, libcap, nmap-ncat, lshw, bash-completion
 %description
 Pi-hole dependency meta package
 %prep
@@ -143,9 +134,6 @@ Pi-hole dependency meta package
 %files
 %install
 %changelog
-* Wed May 28 2025 Pi-hole Team - 0.2
-- Add gawk to the list of dependencies
-
 * Sun Sep 29 2024 Pi-hole Team - 0.1
 - First version being packaged
 EOM
@@ -154,12 +142,12 @@ EOM
 ######## Undocumented Flags. Shhh ########
 # These are undocumented flags; some of which we can use when repairing an installation
 # The runUnattended flag is one example of this
-repair=false
+reconfigure=false
 runUnattended=false
 # Check arguments for the undocumented flags
 for var in "$@"; do
     case "$var" in
-    "--repair") repair=true ;;
+    "--reconfigure") reconfigure=true ;;
     "--unattended") runUnattended=true ;;
     esac
 done
@@ -167,7 +155,6 @@ done
 # If the color table file exists,
 if [[ -f "${coltable}" ]]; then
     # source it
-    # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE"
     source "${coltable}"
 # Otherwise,
 else
@@ -231,6 +218,176 @@ is_command() {
     command -v "${check_command}" >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
+os_check_dig(){
+    local protocol="$1"
+    local domain="$2"
+    local nameserver="$3"
+    local response
+
+    response="$(dig -"${protocol}" +short -t txt "${domain}" "${nameserver}" 2>&1
+    echo $?
+    )"
+    echo "${response}"
+}
+
+os_check_dig_response(){
+    # Checks the reply from the dig command to determine if it's a valid response
+    local digReply="$1"
+    local response
+
+    # Dig returned 0 (success), so get the actual response, and loop through it to determine if the detected variables above are valid
+    response="${digReply%%$'\n'*}"
+    # If the value of ${response} is a single 0, then this is the return code, not an actual response.
+    if [ "${response}" == 0 ]; then
+        echo false
+    else
+        echo true
+    fi
+}
+
+os_check() {
+    if [ "$PIHOLE_SKIP_OS_CHECK" != true ]; then
+        # This function gets a list of supported OS versions from a TXT record at versions.pi-hole.net
+        # and determines whether or not the script is running on one of those systems
+        local remote_os_domain valid_os valid_version valid_response detected_os detected_version display_warning cmdResult digReturnCode response
+        local piholeNameserver="@ns1.pi-hole.net"
+        remote_os_domain=${OS_CHECK_DOMAIN_NAME:-"versions.pi-hole.net"}
+
+        detected_os=$(grep '^ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d '=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
+        detected_version=$(grep VERSION_ID /etc/os-release | cut -d '=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
+
+        # Test via IPv4 and hardcoded nameserver ns1.pi-hole.net
+        cmdResult=$(os_check_dig 4 "${remote_os_domain}" "${piholeNameserver}")
+
+        # Gets the return code of the previous command (last line)
+        digReturnCode="${cmdResult##*$'\n'}"
+
+        if [ ! "${digReturnCode}" == "0" ]; then
+            valid_response=false
+        else
+            valid_response=$(os_check_dig_response cmdResult)
+        fi
+
+        # Try again via IPv6 and hardcoded nameserver ns1.pi-hole.net
+        if [ "$valid_response" = false ]; then
+            unset valid_response
+            unset cmdResult
+            unset digReturnCode
+
+            cmdResult=$(os_check_dig 6 "${remote_os_domain}" "${piholeNameserver}")
+            # Gets the return code of the previous command (last line)
+            digReturnCode="${cmdResult##*$'\n'}"
+
+            if [ ! "${digReturnCode}" == "0" ]; then
+                valid_response=false
+            else
+                valid_response=$(os_check_dig_response cmdResult)
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        # Try again without hardcoded nameserver
+        if [ "$valid_response" = false ]; then
+            unset valid_response
+            unset cmdResult
+            unset digReturnCode
+
+            cmdResult=$(os_check_dig 4 "${remote_os_domain}")
+            # Gets the return code of the previous command (last line)
+            digReturnCode="${cmdResult##*$'\n'}"
+
+            if [ ! "${digReturnCode}" == "0" ]; then
+                valid_response=false
+            else
+                valid_response=$(os_check_dig_response cmdResult)
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        if [ "$valid_response" = false ]; then
+            unset valid_response
+            unset cmdResult
+            unset digReturnCode
+
+            cmdResult=$(os_check_dig 6 "${remote_os_domain}")
+            # Gets the return code of the previous command (last line)
+            digReturnCode="${cmdResult##*$'\n'}"
+
+            if [ ! "${digReturnCode}" == "0" ]; then
+                valid_response=false
+            else
+                valid_response=$(os_check_dig_response cmdResult)
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        if [ "$valid_response" = true ]; then
+            response="${cmdResult%%$'\n'*}"
+            IFS=" " read -r -a supportedOS < <(echo "${response}" | tr -d '"')
+            for distro_and_versions in "${supportedOS[@]}"; do
+                distro_part="${distro_and_versions%%=*}"
+                versions_part="${distro_and_versions##*=}"
+
+                # If the distro part is a (case-insensitive) substring of the computer OS
+                if [[ "${detected_os^^}" =~ ${distro_part^^} ]]; then
+                    valid_os=true
+                    IFS="," read -r -a supportedVer <<<"${versions_part}"
+                    for version in "${supportedVer[@]}"; do
+                        if [[ "${detected_version}" =~ $version ]]; then
+                            valid_version=true
+                            break
+                        fi
+                    done
+                    break
+                fi
+            done
+        fi
+
+        if [ "$valid_os" = true ] && [ "$valid_version" = true ] && [ "$valid_response" = true ]; then
+            display_warning=false
+        fi
+
+        if [ "$display_warning" != false ]; then
+            if [ "$valid_response" = false ]; then
+
+                if [ "${digReturnCode}" -eq 0 ]; then
+                    errStr="dig succeeded, but response was blank. Please contact support"
+                else
+                    errStr="dig failed with return code ${digReturnCode}"
+                fi
+                printf "  %b %bRetrieval of supported OS list failed. %s. %b\\n" "${CROSS}" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${errStr}" "${COL_NC}"
+                printf "      %bUnable to determine if the detected OS (%s %s) is supported%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${detected_os^}" "${detected_version}" "${COL_NC}"
+                printf "      Possible causes for this include:\\n"
+                printf "        - Firewall blocking DNS lookups from Pi-hole device to ns1.pi-hole.net\\n"
+                printf "        - DNS resolution issues of the host system\\n"
+                printf "        - Other internet connectivity issues\\n"
+            else
+                printf "  %b %bUnsupported OS detected: %s %s%b\\n" "${CROSS}" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${detected_os^}" "${detected_version}" "${COL_NC}"
+                printf "      If you are seeing this message and you do have a supported OS, please contact support.\\n"
+            fi
+            printf "\\n"
+            printf "      %bhttps://docs.pi-hole.net/main/prerequisites/#supported-operating-systems%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "\\n"
+            printf "      If you wish to attempt to continue anyway, you can try one of the following commands to skip this check:\\n"
+            printf "\\n"
+            printf "      e.g: If you are seeing this message on a fresh install, you can run:\\n"
+            printf "             %bcurl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | sudo PIHOLE_SKIP_OS_CHECK=true bash%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "\\n"
+            printf "           If you are seeing this message after having run pihole -up:\\n"
+            printf "             %bsudo PIHOLE_SKIP_OS_CHECK=true pihole -r%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "           (In this case, your previous run of pihole -up will have already updated the local repository)\\n"
+            printf "\\n"
+            printf "      It is possible that the installation will still fail at this stage due to an unsupported configuration.\\n"
+            printf "      If that is the case, you can feel free to ask the community on Discourse with the %bCommunity Help%b category:\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "      %bhttps://discourse.pi-hole.net/c/bugs-problems-issues/community-help/%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "\\n"
+            exit 1
+
+        else
+            printf "  %b %bSupported OS detected%b\\n" "${TICK}" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+        fi
+    else
+        printf "  %b %bPIHOLE_SKIP_OS_CHECK env variable set to true - installer will continue%b\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+    fi
+}
+
 # Compatibility
 package_manager_detect() {
 
@@ -532,11 +689,7 @@ find_IPv4_information() {
     local IPv4bare
 
     # Find IP used to route to outside world by checking the route to Google's public DNS server
-    if ! route="$(ip route get 8.8.8.8 2> /dev/null)"; then
+    route=$(ip route get 8.8.8.8)
-        printf "  %b No IPv4 route was detected.\n" "${INFO}"
-        IPV4_ADDRESS=""
-        return
-    fi
 
     # Get just the interface IPv4 address
     # shellcheck disable=SC2059,SC2086
@@ -552,32 +705,10 @@ find_IPv4_information() {
     IPV4_ADDRESS=$(ip -oneline -family inet address show | grep "${IPv4bare}/" | awk '{print $4}' | awk 'END {print}')
 }
 
-confirm_ipv6_only() {
-    # Confirm from user before IPv6 only install
-
-    dialog --no-shadow --output-fd 1 \
---no-button "Exit" --yes-button "Install IPv6 ONLY" \
---yesno "\\n\\nWARNING - no valid IPv4 route detected.\\n\\n\
-This may be due to a temporary connectivity issue,\\n\
-or you may be installing on an IPv6 only system.\\n\\n\
-Do you wish to continue with an IPv6-only installation?\\n\\n" \
-        "${r}" "${c}" && result=0 || result="$?"
-
-    case "${result}" in
-    "${DIALOG_CANCEL}" | "${DIALOG_ESC}")
-        printf "  %b Installer exited at IPv6 only message.\\n" "${INFO}"
-        exit 1
-    ;;
-    esac
-
-    DNS_SERVERS="$DNS_SERVERS_IPV6_ONLY"
-    printf "  %b Proceeding with IPv6 only installation.\\n" "${INFO}"
-}
-
 # Get available interfaces that are UP
 get_available_interfaces() {
     # There may be more than one so it's all stored in a variable
-    availableInterfaces=$(ip --oneline link show up | awk '{print $2}' |  grep -v "^lo" | cut -d':' -f1 | cut -d'@' -f1)
+    availableInterfaces=$(ip --oneline link show up | grep -v "lo" | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d':' -f1 | cut -d'@' -f1)
 }
 
 # A function for displaying the dialogs the user sees when first running the installer
@@ -639,6 +770,7 @@ chooseInterface() {
             # All further interfaces are deselected
             status="OFF"
         done
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2086
         # Disable check for double quote here as we are passing a string with spaces
         PIHOLE_INTERFACE=$(dialog --no-shadow --keep-tite --output-fd 1 \
             --cancel-label "Exit" --ok-label "Select" \
@@ -727,9 +859,6 @@ collect_v4andv6_information() {
     printf "  %b IPv4 address: %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV4_ADDRESS}"
     find_IPv6_information
     printf "  %b IPv6 address: %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV6_ADDRESS}"
-    if [ "$IPV4_ADDRESS" == "" ] && [ "$IPV6_ADDRESS" != "" ]; then
-        confirm_ipv6_only
-    fi
 }
 
 # Check an IP address to see if it is a valid one
@@ -982,7 +1111,7 @@ setPrivacyLevel() {
 
 # A function to display a list of example blocklists for users to select
 chooseBlocklists() {
-    # Back up any existing adlist file, on the off chance that it exists.
+    # Back up any existing adlist file, on the off chance that it exists. Useful in case of a reconfigure.
     if [[ -f "${adlistFile}" ]]; then
         mv "${adlistFile}" "${adlistFile}.old"
     fi
@@ -1031,23 +1160,27 @@ installDefaultBlocklists() {
     echo "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts" >>"${adlistFile}"
 }
 
-move_old_dnsmasq_ftl_configs() {
+remove_old_dnsmasq_ftl_configs() {
-    # Create migration directory /etc/pihole/migration_backup_v6
+    # Local, named variables
-    # and make it owned by pihole:pihole
-    mkdir -p "${V6_CONF_MIGRATION_DIR}"
-    chown pihole:pihole "${V6_CONF_MIGRATION_DIR}"
-
-    # Move all conf files originally created by Pi-hole into this directory
-    # - 01-pihole.conf
-    # - 02-pihole-dhcp.conf
-    # - 04-pihole-static-dhcp.conf
-    # - 05-pihole-custom-cname.conf
-    # - 06-rfc6761.conf
-    mv /etc/dnsmasq.d/0{1,2,4,5}-pihole*.conf "${V6_CONF_MIGRATION_DIR}/" 2>/dev/null || true
-    mv /etc/dnsmasq.d/06-rfc6761.conf "${V6_CONF_MIGRATION_DIR}/" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-    # If the dnsmasq main config file exists
     local dnsmasq_conf="/etc/dnsmasq.conf"
+    local pihole_01="/etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf"
+    local rfc6761_06="/etc/dnsmasq.d/06-rfc6761.conf"
+    local pihole_dhcp_02="/etc/dnsmasq.d/02-pihole-dhcp.conf"
+
+    # pihole-FTL does some fancy stuff with config these days, and so we can remove some old config files
+    if [[ -f "${pihole_01}" ]]; then
+        rm "${pihole_01}"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -f "${rfc6761_06}" ]]; then
+        rm "${rfc6761_06}"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -f "${pihole_dhcp_02}" ]]; then
+        rm "${pihole_dhcp_02}"
+    fi
+
+    # If the dnsmasq config file exists
     if [[ -f "${dnsmasq_conf}" ]]; then
         # There should not be anything custom in here for Pi-hole users
         # It is no longer needed, but we'll back it up instead of deleting it just in case
@@ -1078,13 +1211,13 @@ remove_old_pihole_lighttpd_configs() {
         lighty-disable-mod pihole-admin >/dev/null || true
     fi
 
-    if [[ -f "${confenabled}" || -L "${confenabled}" ]]; then
-        rm "${confenabled}"
-    fi
-
     if [[ -f "${confavailable}" ]]; then
         rm "${confavailable}"
     fi
+
+    if [[ -f "${confenabled}" ]]; then
+        rm "${confenabled}"
+    fi
 }
 
 # Clean an existing installation to prepare for upgrade/reinstall
@@ -1155,7 +1288,8 @@ installConfigs() {
     fi
 
     # Install pihole-FTL systemd or init.d service, based on whether systemd is the init system or not
-    if ps -p 1 -o comm= | grep -q systemd; then
+    # Follow debhelper logic, which checks for /run/systemd/system to derive whether systemd is the init system
+    if [[ -d '/run/systemd/system' ]]; then
         install -T -m 0644 "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.systemd" '/etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service'
 
         # Remove init.d service if present
@@ -1224,9 +1358,9 @@ stop_service() {
     local str="Stopping ${1} service"
     printf "  %b %s..." "${INFO}" "${str}"
     if is_command systemctl; then
-        systemctl -q stop "${1}" || true
+        systemctl stop "${1}" &>/dev/null || true
     else
-        service "${1}" stop >/dev/null || true
+        service "${1}" stop &>/dev/null || true
     fi
     printf "%b  %b %s...\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
 }
@@ -1239,10 +1373,10 @@ restart_service() {
     # If systemctl exists,
     if is_command systemctl; then
         # use that to restart the service
-        systemctl -q restart "${1}"
+        systemctl restart "${1}" &>/dev/null
     else
         # Otherwise, fall back to the service command
-        service "${1}" restart >/dev/null
+        service "${1}" restart &>/dev/null
     fi
     printf "%b  %b %s...\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
 }
@@ -1255,10 +1389,10 @@ enable_service() {
     # If systemctl exists,
     if is_command systemctl; then
         # use that to enable the service
-        systemctl -q enable "${1}"
+        systemctl enable "${1}" &>/dev/null
     else
         #  Otherwise, use update-rc.d to accomplish this
-        update-rc.d "${1}" defaults >/dev/null
+        update-rc.d "${1}" defaults &>/dev/null
     fi
     printf "%b  %b %s...\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
 }
@@ -1271,10 +1405,10 @@ disable_service() {
     # If systemctl exists,
     if is_command systemctl; then
         # use that to disable the service
-        systemctl -q disable "${1}"
+        systemctl disable "${1}" &>/dev/null
     else
         # Otherwise, use update-rc.d to accomplish this
-        update-rc.d "${1}" disable >/dev/null
+        update-rc.d "${1}" disable &>/dev/null
     fi
     printf "%b  %b %s...\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
 }
@@ -1283,7 +1417,7 @@ check_service_active() {
     # If systemctl exists,
     if is_command systemctl; then
         # use that to check the status of the service
-        systemctl -q is-enabled "${1}" 2>/dev/null
+        systemctl is-enabled "${1}" &>/dev/null
     else
         # Otherwise, fall back to service command
         service "${1}" status &>/dev/null
@@ -1342,11 +1476,16 @@ notify_package_updates_available() {
     # Store the list of packages in a variable
     updatesToInstall=$(eval "${PKG_COUNT}")
 
-    if [[ "${updatesToInstall}" -eq 0 ]]; then
+    if [[ -d "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)" ]]; then
-        printf "%b  %b %s... up to date!\\n\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
+        if [[ "${updatesToInstall}" -eq 0 ]]; then
+            printf "%b  %b %s... up to date!\\n\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
+        else
+            printf "%b  %b %s... %s updates available\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}" "${updatesToInstall}"
+            printf "  %b %bIt is recommended to update your OS after installing the Pi-hole!%b\\n\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+        fi
     else
-        printf "%b  %b %s... %s updates available\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}" "${updatesToInstall}"
+        printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
-        printf "  %b %bIt is recommended to update your OS after installing the Pi-hole!%b\\n\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "      Kernel update detected. If the install fails, please reboot and try again\\n"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -1555,8 +1694,7 @@ installPihole() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    # Move old dnsmasq files to $V6_CONF_MIGRATION_DIR for later migration via migrate_dnsmasq_configs()
+    remove_old_dnsmasq_ftl_configs
-    move_old_dnsmasq_ftl_configs
     remove_old_pihole_lighttpd_configs
 
     # Install config files
@@ -1621,10 +1759,86 @@ checkSelinux() {
     fi
 }
 
+# Installation complete message with instructions for the user
+displayFinalMessage() {
+    # TODO: COME BACK TO THIS, WHAT IS GOING ON?
+    # If the number of arguments is > 0,
+    if [[ "${#1}" -gt 0 ]]; then
+        # set the password to the first argument.
+        pwstring="$1"
+    elif [[ $(pihole-FTL --config webserver.api.pwhash) == '""' ]]; then
+        # Else if the password exists from previous setup, we'll load it later
+        pwstring="unchanged"
+    else
+        # Else, inform the user that there is no set password.
+        pwstring="NOT SET"
+    fi
+
+    # Store a message in a variable and display it
+    additional="View the web interface at http://pi.hole/admin:${WEBPORT} or http://${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}:${WEBPORT}/admin\\n\\nYour Admin Webpage login password is ${pwstring}"
+
+    # Final completion message to user
+    dialog --no-shadow --keep-tite \
+        --title "Installation Complete!" \
+        --msgbox "Configure your devices to use the Pi-hole as their DNS server using:\
+\\n\\nIPv4:	${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}\
+\\nIPv6:	${IPV6_ADDRESS:-"Not Configured"}\
+\\nIf you have not done so already, the above IP should be set to static.\
+\\n${additional}" "${r}" "${c}"
+}
+
+update_dialogs() {
+    # If pihole -r "reconfigure" option was selected,
+    if [[ "${reconfigure}" = true ]]; then
+        # set some variables that will be used
+        opt1a="Repair"
+        opt1b="This will retain existing settings"
+        strAdd="You will remain on the same version"
+    else
+        # Otherwise, set some variables with different values
+        opt1a="Update"
+        opt1b="This will retain existing settings."
+        strAdd="You will be updated to the latest version."
+    fi
+    opt2a="Reconfigure"
+    opt2b="Resets Pi-hole and allows re-selecting settings."
+
+    # Display the information to the user
+    UpdateCmd=$(dialog --no-shadow --keep-tite --output-fd 1 \
+        --cancel-label Exit \
+        --title "Existing Install Detected!" \
+        --menu "\\n\\nWe have detected an existing install.\
+\\n\\nPlease choose from the following options:\
+\\n($strAdd)" \
+        "${r}" "${c}" 2 \
+        "${opt1a}" "${opt1b}" \
+        "${opt2a}" "${opt2b}") || result=$?
+
+    case ${result} in
+    "${DIALOG_CANCEL}" | "${DIALOG_ESC}")
+        printf "  %b Cancel was selected, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    # Set the variable based on if the user chooses
+    case ${UpdateCmd} in
+    # repair, or
+    "${opt1a}")
+        printf "  %b %s option selected\\n" "${INFO}" "${opt1a}"
+        useUpdateVars=true
+        ;;
+    # reconfigure,
+    "${opt2a}")
+        printf "  %b %s option selected\\n" "${INFO}" "${opt2a}"
+        useUpdateVars=false
+        ;;
+    esac
+}
+
 check_download_exists() {
     # Check if the download exists and we can reach the server
-    local status
+    local status=$(curl --head --silent "https://ftl.pi-hole.net/${1}" | head -n 1)
-    status=$(curl --head --silent "https://ftl.pi-hole.net/${1}" | head -n 1)
 
     # Check the status code
     if grep -q "200" <<<"$status"; then
@@ -1708,10 +1922,10 @@ checkout_pull_branch() {
     return 0
 }
 
-clone_or_reset_repos() {
+clone_or_update_repos() {
-    # If the user wants to repair/update,
+    # If the user wants to reconfigure,
-    if [[ "${repair}" == true ]]; then
+    if [[ "${reconfigure}" == true ]]; then
-        printf "  %b Resetting local repos\\n" "${INFO}"
+        printf "  %b Performing reconfiguration, skipping download of local repos\\n" "${INFO}"
         # Reset the Core repo
         resetRepo ${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO} ||
             {
@@ -1724,7 +1938,7 @@ clone_or_reset_repos() {
                 printf "  %b Unable to reset %s, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${webInterfaceDir}" "${COL_NC}"
                 exit 1
             }
-    # Otherwise, a fresh installation is happening
+    # Otherwise, a repair is happening
     else
         # so get git files for Core
         getGitFiles ${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO} ${piholeGitUrl} ||
@@ -1743,6 +1957,7 @@ clone_or_reset_repos() {
 
 # Download FTL binary to random temp directory and install FTL binary
 # Disable directive for SC2120 a value _can_ be passed to this function, but it is passed from an external script that sources this one
+# shellcheck disable=SC2120
 FTLinstall() {
     # Local, named variables
     local str="Downloading and Installing FTL"
@@ -1786,7 +2001,7 @@ FTLinstall() {
             curl -sSL "https://ftl.pi-hole.net/macvendor.db" -o "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/macvendor.db" || true
 
             # Stop pihole-FTL service if available
-            stop_service pihole-FTL >/dev/null
+            stop_service pihole-FTL &>/dev/null
 
             # Install the new version with the correct permissions
             install -T -m 0755 "${binary}" /usr/bin/pihole-FTL
@@ -1907,7 +2122,7 @@ get_binary_name() {
         else
             printf "%b  %b Detected 32bit (i686) architecture\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}"
         fi
-        l_binary="pihole-FTL-386"
+        l_binary="pihole-FTL-linux-386"
     fi
 
     # Returning a string value via echo
@@ -1940,13 +2155,13 @@ FTLcheckUpdate() {
         path="${ftlBranch}/${binary}"
 
         # Check whether or not the binary for this FTL branch actually exists. If not, then there is no update!
+        # shellcheck disable=SC1090
         if ! check_download_exists "$path"; then
-            local status
+            if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
-            status=$?
-            if [ "${status}" -eq 1 ]; then
                 printf "  %b Branch \"%s\" is not available.\\n" "${INFO}" "${ftlBranch}"
                 printf "  %b Use %bpihole checkout ftl [branchname]%b to switch to a valid branch.\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
-            elif [ "${status}" -eq 2 ]; then
+                return 2
+            elif [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
                 printf "  %b Unable to download from ftl.pi-hole.net. Please check your Internet connection and try again later.\\n" "${CROSS}"
                 return 3
             else
@@ -1974,14 +2189,12 @@ FTLcheckUpdate() {
             # same as the remote one
             local FTLversion
             FTLversion=$(/usr/bin/pihole-FTL tag)
+            local FTLlatesttag
 
             # Get the latest version from the GitHub API
-            local FTLlatesttag
+            if ! FTLlatesttag=$(curl -sI https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/releases/latest | grep --color=never -i Location: | awk -F / '{print $NF}' | tr -d '[:cntrl:]'); then
-            FTLlatesttag=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/pi-hole/FTL/releases/latest | jq -sRr 'fromjson? | .tag_name | values')
-
-            if [ -z "${FTLlatesttag}" ]; then
                 # There was an issue while retrieving the latest version
-                printf "  %b Failed to retrieve latest FTL release metadata\\n" "${CROSS}"
+                printf "  %b Failed to retrieve latest FTL release metadata" "${CROSS}"
                 return 3
             fi
 
@@ -1999,7 +2212,6 @@ FTLcheckUpdate() {
                 # Continue further down...
             fi
         else
-            # FTL not installed, then download
             return 0
         fi
     fi
@@ -2099,18 +2311,33 @@ migrate_dnsmasq_configs() {
     # avoid conflicts with other services on this system
 
     # Exit early if this is already Pi-hole v6.0
-    # We decide this on the non-existence of the file /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf (either moved by previous migration or fresh install)
+    # We decide this on the presence of the file /etc/pihole/pihole.toml
-    if [[ ! -f "/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf" ]]; then
+    if [[ -f "${PI_HOLE_V6_CONFIG}" ]]; then
         return 0
     fi
 
     # Disable lighttpd server during v6 migration
     disableLighttpd
 
-    # move_old_dnsmasq_ftl_configs() moved everything is in place,
+    # Create target directory /etc/pihole/migration_backup_v6
-    # so we can create the new config file /etc/pihole/pihole.toml
+    # and make it owned by pihole:pihole
+    mkdir -p "${V6_CONF_MIGRATION_DIR}"
+    chown pihole:pihole "${V6_CONF_MIGRATION_DIR}"
+
+    # Move all conf files originally created by Pi-hole into this directory
+    # - 01-pihole.conf
+    # - 02-pihole-dhcp.conf
+    # - 04-pihole-static-dhcp.conf
+    # - 05-pihole-custom-cname.conf
+    # - 06-rfc6761.conf
+
+    mv /etc/dnsmasq.d/0{1,2,4,5}-pihole*.conf "${V6_CONF_MIGRATION_DIR}/" 2>/dev/null || true
+    mv /etc/dnsmasq.d/06-rfc6761.conf "${V6_CONF_MIGRATION_DIR}/" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+    # Finally, after everything is in place, we can create the new config file
+    # /etc/pihole/pihole.toml
     # This file will be created with the default settings unless the user has
-    # changed settings via setupVars.conf or the other dnsmasq files moved before
+    # changed settings via setupVars.conf or the other dnsmasq files moved above
     # During migration, setupVars.conf is moved to /etc/pihole/migration_backup_v6
     str="Migrating Pi-hole configuration to version 6"
     printf "  %b %s..." "${INFO}" "${str}"
@@ -2205,6 +2432,8 @@ main() {
     # Install Pi-hole dependencies
     install_dependent_packages
 
+    # Check that the installed OS is officially supported - display warning if not
+    os_check
 
     # Check if there is a usable FTL binary available on this architecture - do
     # this early on as FTL is a hard dependency for Pi-hole
@@ -2216,19 +2445,22 @@ main() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    # in case of an update (can be a v5 -> v6 or v6 -> v6 update) or repair
+    # in case of an update (can be a v5 -> v6 or v6 -> v6 update)
     if [[ -f "${PI_HOLE_V6_CONFIG}" ]] || [[ -f "/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf" ]]; then
-        # retain settings
-        fresh_install=false
         # if it's running unattended,
         if [[ "${runUnattended}" == true ]]; then
             printf "  %b Performing unattended setup, no dialogs will be displayed\\n" "${INFO}"
+            # Use the setup variables
+            useUpdateVars=true
             # also disable debconf-apt-progress dialogs
             export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+        else
+            # If running attended, show the available options (repair/reconfigure)
+            update_dialogs
         fi
     fi
 
-    if [[ "${fresh_install}" == true ]]; then
+    if [[ "${useUpdateVars}" == false ]]; then
         # Display welcome dialogs
         welcomeDialogs
         # Create directory for Pi-hole storage (/etc/pihole/)
@@ -2251,8 +2483,9 @@ main() {
         # Setup adlist file if not exists
         installDefaultBlocklists
     fi
-    # Download or reset the appropriate git repos depending on the 'repair' flag
+    # Download or update the scripts by updating the appropriate git repos
-    clone_or_reset_repos
+    clone_or_update_repos
+
 
     # Create the pihole user
     create_pihole_user
@@ -2272,7 +2505,7 @@ main() {
 
     # /opt/pihole/utils.sh should be installed by installScripts now, so we can use it
     if [ -f "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}/utils.sh" ]; then
-        # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
+        # shellcheck disable=SC1091
         source "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}/utils.sh"
     else
         printf "  %b Failure: /opt/pihole/utils.sh does not exist .\\n" "${CROSS}"
@@ -2282,31 +2515,28 @@ main() {
     # Copy the temp log file into final log location for storage
     copy_to_install_log
 
+    # Add password to web UI if there is none
+    pw=""
+    # If no password is set,
+    if [[ $(pihole-FTL --config webserver.api.pwhash) == '""' ]]; then
+        # generate a random password
+        pw=$(tr -dc _A-Z-a-z-0-9 </dev/urandom | head -c 8)
+        pihole setpassword "${pw}"
+    fi
+
     # Migrate existing install to v6.0
     migrate_dnsmasq_configs
 
-    # Cleanup old v5 sudoers file if it exists
-    sudoers_file="/etc/sudoers.d/pihole"
-    if [[ -f "${sudoers_file}" ]]; then
-        # only remove the file if it contains the Pi-hole header
-        if grep -q "Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements" "${sudoers_file}"; then
-            rm -f "${sudoers_file}"
-        fi
-    fi
-
     # Check for and disable systemd-resolved-DNSStubListener before reloading resolved
     # DNSStubListener needs to remain in place for installer to download needed files,
     # so this change needs to be made after installation is complete,
     # but before starting or resttarting the ftl service
     disable_resolved_stublistener
 
-    if [[ "${fresh_install}" == false ]]; then
+    # Check if gravity database needs to be upgraded. If so, do it without rebuilding
-        # Check if gravity database needs to be upgraded. If so, do it without rebuilding
+    # gravity altogether. This may be a very long running task needlessly blocking
-        # gravity altogether. This may be a very long running task needlessly blocking
+    # the update process.
-        # the update process.
+    /opt/pihole/gravity.sh --upgrade
-        # Only do this on updates, not on fresh installs as the database does not exit yet
-        /opt/pihole/gravity.sh --upgrade
-    fi
 
     printf "  %b Restarting services...\\n" "${INFO}"
     # Start services
@@ -2319,29 +2549,14 @@ main() {
 
     restart_service pihole-FTL
 
-    if [[ "${fresh_install}" == true ]]; then
+    # write privacy level and logging to pihole.toml
-        # apply settings to pihole.toml
+    # needs to be done after FTL service has been started, otherwise pihole.toml does not exist
-        # needs to be done after FTL service has been started, otherwise pihole.toml does not exist
+    # set on fresh installations by setPrivacyLevel() and setLogging(
-        # set on fresh installations by setDNS() and setPrivacyLevel() and setLogging()
+    if [ -n "${QUERY_LOGGING}" ]; then
-
+        setFTLConfigValue "dns.queryLogging" "${QUERY_LOGGING}"
-        # Upstreams may be needed in order to run gravity.sh
+    fi
-        if [ -n "${PIHOLE_DNS_1}" ]; then
+    if [ -n "${PRIVACY_LEVEL}" ]; then
-            local string="\"${PIHOLE_DNS_1}\""
+        setFTLConfigValue "misc.privacylevel" "${PRIVACY_LEVEL}"
-            [ -n "${PIHOLE_DNS_2}" ] && string+=", \"${PIHOLE_DNS_2}\""
-            setFTLConfigValue "dns.upstreams" "[ $string ]"
-        fi
-
-        if [ -n "${QUERY_LOGGING}" ]; then
-            setFTLConfigValue "dns.queryLogging" "${QUERY_LOGGING}"
-        fi
-
-        if [ -n "${PRIVACY_LEVEL}" ]; then
-            setFTLConfigValue "misc.privacylevel" "${PRIVACY_LEVEL}"
-        fi
-
-        if [ -n "${PIHOLE_INTERFACE}" ]; then
-            setFTLConfigValue "dns.interface" "${PIHOLE_INTERFACE}"
-        fi
     fi
 
     # Download and compile the aggregated block list
@@ -2350,35 +2565,28 @@ main() {
     # Update local and remote versions via updatechecker
     /opt/pihole/updatecheck.sh
 
-    if [[ "${fresh_install}" == true ]]; then
+    # If there is a password
+    if ((${#pw} > 0)); then
+        # display the password
+        printf "  %b Web Interface password: %b%s%b\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${pw}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "  %b This can be changed using 'pihole setpassword'\\n\\n" "${INFO}"
+    fi
 
+    if [[ "${useUpdateVars}" == false ]]; then
         # Get the Web interface port, return only the first port and strip all non-numeric characters
         WEBPORT=$(getFTLConfigValue webserver.port|cut -d, -f1 | tr -cd '0-9')
 
-        # If this is a fresh install, we will set a random password.
+        # Display the completion dialog
-        # Users can change this password after installation if they wish
+        displayFinalMessage "${pw}"
-        pw=$(tr -dc _A-Z-a-z-0-9 </dev/urandom | head -c 8)
+
-        pihole setpassword "${pw}" > /dev/null
+        # If the Web interface was installed,
+        printf "  %b View the web interface at http://pi.hole:${WEBPORT}/admin or http://%s/admin\\n\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}:${WEBPORT}"
 
         # Explain to the user how to use Pi-hole as their DNS server
-        printf "\\n  %b You may now configure your devices to use the Pi-hole as their DNS server\\n" "${INFO}"
+        printf "  %b You may now configure your devices to use the Pi-hole as their DNS server\\n" "${INFO}"
         [[ -n "${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}" ]] && printf "  %b Pi-hole DNS (IPv4): %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}"
         [[ -n "${IPV6_ADDRESS}" ]] && printf "  %b Pi-hole DNS (IPv6): %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV6_ADDRESS}"
         printf "  %b If you have not done so already, the above IP should be set to static.\\n" "${INFO}"
-
-        printf "  %b View the web interface at http://pi.hole:${WEBPORT}/admin or http://%s/admin\\n\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}:${WEBPORT}"
-        printf "  %b Web Interface password: %b%s%b\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${pw}" "${COL_NC}"
-        printf "  %b This can be changed using 'pihole setpassword'\\n\\n" "${INFO}"
-
-        # Final dialog message to the user
-        dialog --no-shadow --keep-tite \
-            --title "Installation Complete!" \
-            --msgbox "Configure your devices to use the Pi-hole as their DNS server using:\
-\\n\\nIPv4:	${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}\
-\\nIPv6:	${IPV6_ADDRESS:-"Not Configured"}\
-\\nIf you have not done so already, the above IP should be set to static.\
-\\nView the web interface at http://pi.hole/admin:${WEBPORT} or http://${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}:${WEBPORT}/admin\\n\\nYour Admin Webpage login password is ${pw}" "${r}" "${c}"
-
         INSTALL_TYPE="Installation"
     else
         INSTALL_TYPE="Update"

automated install/uninstall.sh

@@ -8,13 +8,7 @@
 # This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
 # Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
 
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE"
 source "/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
-source "/opt/pihole/utils.sh"
-
-ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR=$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webroot")$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webhome")
-readonly ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR
 
 while true; do
     read -rp "  ${QST} Are you sure you would like to remove ${COL_WHITE}Pi-hole${COL_NC}? [y/N] " answer
@@ -43,7 +37,6 @@ fi
 
 readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
 SKIP_INSTALL="true"
-# shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
 source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
 
 # package_manager_detect() sourced from basic-install.sh
@@ -60,9 +53,17 @@ removeMetaPackage() {
 }
 
 removePiholeFiles() {
-    # Remove the web interface of Pi-hole
+    # Only web directories/files that are created by Pi-hole should be removed
     echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing Web Interface..."
-    ${SUDO} rm -rf "${ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR}" &> /dev/null
+    ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/www/html/admin &> /dev/null
+
+
+    # If the web directory is empty after removing these files, then the parent html directory can be removed.
+    if [ -d "/var/www/html" ]; then
+        if [[ ! "$(ls -A /var/www/html)" ]]; then
+            ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/www/html &> /dev/null
+        fi
+    fi
     echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Removed Web Interface"
 
     # Attempt to preserve backwards compatibility with older versions

gravity.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 
 # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
 # (c) 2017 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
@@ -15,13 +16,13 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 # Source utils.sh for GetFTLConfigValue
 utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
-# shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 . "${utilsfile}"
 
 coltable="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/COL_TABLE"
-# shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 . "${coltable}"
-# shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity-db.sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
 . "/etc/.pihole/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity-db.sh"
 
 basename="pihole"
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ fi
 # Set this only after sourcing pihole-FTL.conf as the gravity database path may
 # have changed
 gravityDBfile="${GRAVITYDB}"
-gravityDBfile_default="${piholeDir}/gravity.db"
+gravityDBfile_default="/etc/pihole/gravity.db"
 gravityTEMPfile="${GRAVITYDB}_temp"
 gravityDIR="$(dirname -- "${gravityDBfile}")"
 gravityOLDfile="${gravityDIR}/gravity_old.db"
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ gravity_swap_databases() {
   oldAvail=false
   if [ "${availableBlocks}" -gt "$((gravityBlocks * 2))" ] && [ -f "${gravityDBfile}" ]; then
     oldAvail=true
-    cp -p "${gravityDBfile}" "${gravityOLDfile}"
+    cp "${gravityDBfile}" "${gravityOLDfile}"
   fi
 
   # Drop the gravity and antigravity tables + subsequent VACUUM the current
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ gravity_swap_databases() {
   else
     # Check if the backup directory exists
     if [ ! -d "${gravityBCKdir}" ]; then
-      mkdir -p "${gravityBCKdir}" && chown pihole:pihole "${gravityBCKdir}"
+      mkdir -p "${gravityBCKdir}"
     fi
 
     # If multiple gravityBCKfile's are present (appended with a number), rotate them
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ migrate_to_database() {
     fi
 
     # Check if gravity database needs to be updated
-    upgrade_gravityDB "${gravityDBfile}"
+    upgrade_gravityDB "${gravityDBfile}" "${piholeDir}"
 
     # Migrate list files to new database
     if [ -e "${adListFile}" ]; then
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ migrate_to_database() {
   fi
 
   # Check if gravity database needs to be updated
-  upgrade_gravityDB "${gravityDBfile}"
+  upgrade_gravityDB "${gravityDBfile}" "${piholeDir}"
 }
 
 # Determine if DNS resolution is available before proceeding
@@ -348,24 +349,17 @@ gravity_CheckDNSResolutionAvailable() {
     echo -e "  ${CROSS} DNS resolution is currently unavailable"
   fi
 
-  str="Waiting up to 120 seconds for DNS resolution..."
+  str="Waiting until DNS resolution is available..."
   echo -ne "  ${INFO} ${str}"
-
+  until getent hosts github.com &> /dev/null; do
- # Default DNS timeout is two seconds, plus 1 second for each dot > 120 seconds
+  # Append one dot for each second waiting
-  for ((i = 0; i < 40; i++)); do
+    str="${str}."
-      if getent hosts github.com &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -ne "  ${OVER}  ${INFO} ${str}"
-        # If we reach this point, DNS resolution is available
+    sleep 1
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} DNS resolution is available"
-        return 0
-      fi
-      # Append one dot for each second waiting
-      echo -ne "."
-      sleep 1
   done
 
-  # DNS resolution is still unavailable after 120 seconds
+  # If we reach this point, DNS resolution is available
-  return 1
+  echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} DNS resolution is available"
-
 }
 
 # Function: try_restore_backup
@@ -424,7 +418,7 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklists() {
     echo -e "  ${INFO} Storing gravity database in ${COL_BOLD}${gravityDBfile}${COL_NC}"
   fi
 
-  local url domain str compression adlist_type directory success
+  local url domain str target compression adlist_type directory success
   echo ""
 
   # Prepare new gravity database
@@ -573,12 +567,12 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklists() {
     if [[ "${check_url}" =~ ${regex} ]]; then
       echo -e "  ${CROSS} Invalid Target"
     else
-      timeit gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl "${url}" "${sourceIDs[$i]}" "${saveLocation}" "${compression}" "${adlist_type}" "${domain}"
+      timeit gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl "${url}" "${sourceIDs[$i]}" "${saveLocation}" "${target}" "${compression}" "${adlist_type}" "${domain}"
     fi
     echo ""
   done
 
-  DownloadBlocklists_done=true
+  gravity_Blackbody=true
 }
 
 compareLists() {
@@ -607,7 +601,7 @@ compareLists() {
 
 # Download specified URL and perform checks on HTTP status and file content
 gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
-  local url="${1}" adlistID="${2}" saveLocation="${3}" compression="${4}" gravity_type="${5}" domain="${6}"
+  local url="${1}" adlistID="${2}" saveLocation="${3}" target="${4}" compression="${5}" gravity_type="${6}" domain="${7}"
   local modifiedOptions="" listCurlBuffer str httpCode success="" ip cmd_ext
   local file_path permissions ip_addr port blocked=false download=true
 
@@ -653,6 +647,32 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
   str="Status:"
   echo -ne "  ${INFO} ${str} Pending..."
   blocked=false
+  case $(getFTLConfigValue dns.blocking.mode) in
+  "IP-NODATA-AAAA" | "IP")
+    # Get IP address of this domain
+    ip="$(dig "${domain}" +short)"
+    # Check if this IP matches any IP of the system
+    if [[ -n "${ip}" && $(grep -Ec "inet(|6) ${ip}" <<<"$(ip a)") -gt 0 ]]; then
+      blocked=true
+    fi
+    ;;
+  "NXDOMAIN")
+    if [[ $(dig "${domain}" | grep "NXDOMAIN" -c) -ge 1 ]]; then
+      blocked=true
+    fi
+    ;;
+  "NODATA")
+    if [[ $(dig "${domain}" | grep "NOERROR" -c) -ge 1 ]] && [[ -z $(dig +short "${domain}") ]]; then
+      blocked=true
+    fi
+    ;;
+  "NULL" | *)
+    if [[ $(dig "${domain}" +short | grep "0.0.0.0" -c) -ge 1 ]]; then
+      blocked=true
+    fi
+    ;;
+  esac
+
   # Check if this domain is blocked by Pi-hole but only if the domain is not a
   # local file or empty
   if [[ $url != "file"* ]] && [[ -n "${domain}" ]]; then
@@ -750,7 +770,6 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
   fi
 
   if [[ "${download}" == true ]]; then
-    # See https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/issues/6159 for justification of the below disable directive
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     httpCode=$(curl --connect-timeout ${curl_connect_timeout} -s -L ${compression} ${cmd_ext} ${modifiedOptions} -w "%{http_code}" "${url}" -o "${listCurlBuffer}" 2>/dev/null)
   fi
@@ -802,11 +821,11 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
       done="true"
     # Check if $listCurlBuffer is a non-zero length file
     elif [[ -s "${listCurlBuffer}" ]]; then
-      # Move the downloaded list to the final location
+      # Determine if blocklist is non-standard and parse as appropriate
-      mv "${listCurlBuffer}" "${saveLocation}"
+      gravity_ParseFileIntoDomains "${listCurlBuffer}" "${saveLocation}"
-      # Ensure the file has the correct permissions
+      # Remove curl buffer file after its use
-      fix_owner_permissions "${saveLocation}"
+      rm "${listCurlBuffer}"
-      # Compare lists if they are identical
+      # Compare lists if are they identical
       compareLists "${adlistID}" "${saveLocation}"
       # Add domains to database table file
       pihole-FTL "${gravity_type}" parseList "${saveLocation}" "${gravityTEMPfile}" "${adlistID}"
@@ -835,6 +854,37 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
   fi
 }
 
+# Parse source files into domains format
+gravity_ParseFileIntoDomains() {
+  local src="${1}" destination="${2}"
+
+  # Remove comments and print only the domain name
+  # Most of the lists downloaded are already in hosts file format but the spacing/formatting is not contiguous
+  # This helps with that and makes it easier to read
+  # It also helps with debugging so each stage of the script can be researched more in depth
+  # 1) Convert all characters to lowercase
+  tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <"${src}" >"${destination}"
+
+  # 2) Remove carriage returns
+  # 3) Remove lines starting with ! (ABP Comments)
+  # 4) Remove lines starting with [ (ABP Header)
+  # 5) Remove lines containing ABP extended CSS selectors ("##", "#$#", "#@#", "#?#") and Adguard JavaScript (#%#) preceded by a letter
+  # 6) Remove comments (text starting with "#", include possible spaces before the hash sign)
+  # 7) Remove leading tabs, spaces, etc. (Also removes leading IP addresses)
+  # 8) Remove empty lines
+
+  sed -i -r \
+    -e 's/\r$//' \
+    -e 's/\s*!.*//g' \
+    -e 's/\s*\[.*//g' \
+    -e '/[a-z]\#[$?@%]{0,3}\#/d' \
+    -e 's/\s*#.*//g' \
+    -e 's/^.*\s+//g' \
+    -e '/^$/d' "${destination}"
+
+  fix_owner_permissions "${destination}"
+}
+
 # Report number of entries in a table
 gravity_Table_Count() {
   local table="${1}"
@@ -882,13 +932,13 @@ gravity_Cleanup() {
   # invalid_domains location
   rm "${GRAVITY_TMPDIR}"/*.ph-non-domains 2>/dev/null
 
-  # Ensure this function only runs when gravity_DownloadBlocklists() has completed
+  # Ensure this function only runs when gravity_SetDownloadOptions() has completed
-  if [[ "${DownloadBlocklists_done:-}" == true ]]; then
+  if [[ "${gravity_Blackbody:-}" == true ]]; then
-    # Remove any unused .domains/.etag/.sha files
+    # Remove any unused .domains files
-    for file in "${listsCacheDir}"/*."${domainsExtension}"; do
+    for file in "${piholeDir}"/*."${domainsExtension}"; do
-      # If list is not in active array, then remove it and all associated files
+      # If list is not in active array, then remove it
       if [[ ! "${activeDomains[*]}" == *"${file}"* ]]; then
-        rm -f "${file}"* 2>/dev/null ||
+        rm -f "${file}" 2>/dev/null ||
           echo -e "  ${CROSS} Failed to remove ${file##*/}"
       fi
     done
@@ -1022,7 +1072,7 @@ migrate_to_listsCache_dir() {
   # If not, we need to migrate the old files to the new directory
   local str="Migrating the list's cache directory to new location"
   echo -ne "  ${INFO} ${str}..."
-  mkdir -p "${listsCacheDir}" && chown pihole:pihole "${listsCacheDir}"
+  mkdir -p "${listsCacheDir}"
 
   # Move the old files to the new directory
   if mv "${piholeDir}"/list.* "${listsCacheDir}/" 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -1032,7 +1082,7 @@ migrate_to_listsCache_dir() {
   fi
 
   # Update the list's paths in the corresponding .sha1 files to the new location
-  sed -i "s|${piholeDir}/|${listsCacheDir}/|g" "${listsCacheDir}"/*.sha1 2>/dev/null
+  sed -i "s|${piholeDir}/|${listsCacheDir}/|g" "${listsCacheDir}"/*.sha1
 }
 
 helpFunc() {
@@ -1081,19 +1131,13 @@ for var in "$@"; do
   "-t" | "--timeit") timed=true ;;
   "-r" | "--repair") repairSelector "$3" ;;
   "-u" | "--upgrade")
-    upgrade_gravityDB "${gravityDBfile}"
+    upgrade_gravityDB "${gravityDBfile}" "${piholeDir}"
     exit 0
     ;;
   "-h" | "--help") helpFunc ;;
   esac
 done
 
-# Check if DNS is available, no need to do any database manipulation if we're not able to download adlists
-if ! timeit gravity_CheckDNSResolutionAvailable; then
-  echo -e "   ${CROSS} No DNS resolution available. Please contact support."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 # Remove OLD (backup) gravity file, if it exists
 if [[ -f "${gravityOLDfile}" ]]; then
   rm "${gravityOLDfile}"
@@ -1134,6 +1178,11 @@ if [[ "${forceDelete:-}" == true ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Gravity downloads blocklists next
+if ! timeit gravity_CheckDNSResolutionAvailable; then
+  echo -e "   ${CROSS} Can not complete gravity update, no DNS is available. Please contact support."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 if ! gravity_DownloadBlocklists; then
   echo -e "   ${CROSS} Unable to create gravity database. Please try again later. If the problem persists, please contact support."
   exit 1

manpages/pihole.8

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pihole -r
 .br
 \fBpihole -g\fR
 .br
-\fBpihole\fR \fB-q\fR [options]
+\fBpihole\fR -\fBq\fR [options]
 .br
 \fBpihole\fR \fB-l\fR (\fBon|off|off noflush\fR)
 .br
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pihole -r
 .br
 \fBpihole\fR \fBcheckout\fR repo [branch]
 .br
-\fBpihole\fR \fBapi\fR [verbose] endpoint
+\fBpihole\fR \api\fR endpoint
 .br
 \fBpihole\fR \fBhelp\fR
 .br
@@ -234,14 +234,10 @@ Available commands and options:
       branchname        Update subsystems to the specified branchname
 .br
 
-\fBapi\fR [verbose] endpoint
+\fBapi\fR endpoint
 .br
     Query the Pi-hole API at <endpoint>
 .br
-
-      verbose           Show authentication and status messages
-.br
-
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
 
 Some usage examples
@@ -327,11 +323,6 @@ Switching Pi-hole subsystem branches
     Queries FTL for the stats/summary endpoint
 .br
 
-\fBpihole api verbose stats/summary\fR
-.br
-    Same as above, but shows authentication and status messages
-.br
-
 .SH "COLOPHON"
 
 Get sucked into the latest news and community activity by entering Pi-hole's orbit. Information about Pi-hole, and the latest version of the software can be found at https://pi-hole.net.

pihole

@@ -17,16 +17,13 @@ readonly PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 PI_HOLE_BIN_DIR="/usr/local/bin"
 
 readonly colfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/COL_TABLE"
-# shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE
 source "${colfile}"
 
 readonly utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
-# shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
 source "${utilsfile}"
 
 # Source api functions
 readonly apifile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/api.sh"
-# shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/api.sh
 source "${apifile}"
 
 versionsfile="/etc/pihole/versions"
@@ -34,7 +31,6 @@ if [ -f "${versionsfile}" ]; then
     # Only source versionsfile if the file exits
     # fixes a warning during installation where versionsfile does not exist yet
     # but gravity calls `pihole -status` and thereby sourcing the file
-    # shellcheck source=/dev/null
     source "${versionsfile}"
 fi
 
@@ -111,11 +107,11 @@ updatePiholeFunc() {
   fi
 }
 
-repairPiholeFunc() {
+reconfigurePiholeFunc() {
   if [ -n "${DOCKER_VERSION}" ]; then
     unsupportedFunc
   else
-    /etc/.pihole/automated\ install/basic-install.sh --repair
+    /etc/.pihole/automated\ install/basic-install.sh --reconfigure
     exit 0;
   fi
 }
@@ -251,14 +247,12 @@ Time:
   data=$(PostFTLData "dns/blocking" "{ \"blocking\": ${1}, \"timer\": ${tt} }")
 
   # Check the response
-  local extra timer
+  local extra=" forever"
-  extra=" forever"
+  local timer="$(echo "${data}"| jq --raw-output '.timer' )"
-  timer="$(echo "${data}"| jq --raw-output '.timer' )"
   if [[ "${timer}" != "null" ]]; then
     extra=" for ${timer}s"
   fi
-  local str
+  local str="Pi-hole $(echo "${data}" | jq --raw-output '.blocking')${extra}"
-  str="Pi-hole $(echo "${data}" | jq --raw-output '.blocking')${extra}"
 
   # Logout from the API
   LogoutAPI
@@ -381,16 +375,14 @@ statusFunc() {
 
 tailFunc() {
   # Warn user if Pi-hole's logging is disabled
-  local logging_enabled
+  local logging_enabled=$(getFTLConfigValue dns.queryLogging)
-  logging_enabled=$(getFTLConfigValue dns.queryLogging)
   if [[ "${logging_enabled}" != "true" ]]; then
     echo "  ${CROSS} Warning: Query logging is disabled"
   fi
   echo -e "  ${INFO} Press Ctrl-C to exit"
 
   # Get logfile path
-  LOGFILE=$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.dnsmasq)
+  readonly LOGFILE=$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.dnsmasq)
-  readonly LOGFILE
 
   # Strip date from each line
   # Color blocklist/denylist/wildcard entries as red
@@ -406,10 +398,7 @@ tailFunc() {
 
 piholeCheckoutFunc() {
   if [ -n "${DOCKER_VERSION}" ]; then
-    echo -e "${CROSS} Function not supported in Docker images"
+    unsupportedFunc
-    echo "Please build a custom image following the steps at"
-    echo "https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole?tab=readme-ov-file#building-the-image-locally"
-    exit 0
   else
     if [[ "$2" == "-h" ]] || [[ "$2" == "--help" ]]; then
       echo "Switch Pi-hole subsystems to a different GitHub branch
@@ -431,7 +420,6 @@ piholeCheckoutFunc() {
       exit 0
     fi
 
-    #shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/piholeCheckout.sh
     source "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}"/piholeCheckout.sh
     shift
     checkout "$@"
@@ -488,12 +476,11 @@ Debugging Options:
                         Add '-c' or '--check-database' to include a Pi-hole database integrity check
                         Add '-a' to automatically upload the log to tricorder.pi-hole.net
   -f, flush           Flush the Pi-hole log
-  -r, repair          Repair Pi-hole subsystems
+  -r, reconfigure     Reconfigure or Repair Pi-hole subsystems
   -t, tail [arg]      View the live output of the Pi-hole log.
                       Add an optional argument to filter the log
                       (regular expressions are supported)
   api <endpoint>      Query the Pi-hole API at <endpoint>
-                        Precede <endpoint> with 'verbose' option to show authentication and status messages
 
 
 Options:
@@ -546,7 +533,7 @@ case "${1}" in
   "--allow-wild" | "allow-wild"   ) need_root=0;;
   "-f" | "flush"                  ) ;;
   "-up" | "updatePihole"          ) ;;
-  "-r"  | "repair"                ) ;;
+  "-r"  | "reconfigure"           ) ;;
   "-l" | "logging"                ) ;;
   "uninstall"                     ) ;;
   "enable"                        ) need_root=0;;
@@ -589,7 +576,7 @@ case "${1}" in
   "-d" | "debug"                  ) debugFunc "$@";;
   "-f" | "flush"                  ) flushFunc "$@";;
   "-up" | "updatePihole"          ) updatePiholeFunc "$@";;
-  "-r"  | "repair"                ) repairPiholeFunc;;
+  "-r"  | "reconfigure"           ) reconfigurePiholeFunc;;
   "-g" | "updateGravity"          ) updateGravityFunc "$@";;
   "-l" | "logging"                ) piholeLogging "$@";;
   "uninstall"                     ) uninstallFunc;;
@@ -602,6 +589,6 @@ case "${1}" in
   "updatechecker"                 ) shift; updateCheckFunc "$@";;
   "arpflush"                      ) arpFunc "$@";;
   "-t" | "tail"                   ) tailFunc "$2";;
-  "api"                           ) shift; apiFunc "$@";;
+  "api"                           ) apiFunc "$2";;
   *                               ) helpFunc;;
 esac

test/_centos_10.Dockerfile

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream10
-# Disable SELinux
-RUN echo "SELINUX=disabled" > /etc/selinux/config
-RUN yum install -y --allowerasing curl git initscripts
-
-ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
-ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole
-
-RUN mkdir -p $GITDIR $SCRIPTDIR /etc/pihole
-ADD . $GITDIR
-RUN cp $GITDIR/advanced/Scripts/*.sh $GITDIR/gravity.sh $GITDIR/pihole $GITDIR/automated\ install/*.sh $GITDIR/advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE $SCRIPTDIR/
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$SCRIPTDIR
-
-RUN true && \
-    chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
-
-ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
-
-#sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/_centos_9.Dockerfile

@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ RUN true && \
     chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
 
 ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
+ENV OS_CHECK_DOMAIN_NAME=dev-supportedos.pi-hole.net
 
 #sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/_debian_11.Dockerfile

@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ RUN true && \
     chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
 
 ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
+ENV OS_CHECK_DOMAIN_NAME=dev-supportedos.pi-hole.net
 
 #sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/_debian_12.Dockerfile

@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ RUN true && \
     chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
 
 ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
+ENV OS_CHECK_DOMAIN_NAME=dev-supportedos.pi-hole.net
 
 #sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/_fedora_40.Dockerfile

@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ RUN true && \
     chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
 
 ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
+ENV OS_CHECK_DOMAIN_NAME=dev-supportedos.pi-hole.net
 
 #sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/_fedora_41.Dockerfile

@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ RUN true && \
     chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
 
 ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
+ENV OS_CHECK_DOMAIN_NAME=dev-supportedos.pi-hole.net
 
 #sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/_fedora_42.Dockerfile

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-FROM fedora:42
-RUN dnf install -y git initscripts
-
-ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
-ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole
-
-RUN mkdir -p $GITDIR $SCRIPTDIR /etc/pihole
-ADD . $GITDIR
-RUN cp $GITDIR/advanced/Scripts/*.sh $GITDIR/gravity.sh $GITDIR/pihole $GITDIR/automated\ install/*.sh $GITDIR/advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE $SCRIPTDIR/
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$SCRIPTDIR
-
-RUN true && \
-    chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
-
-ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
-
-#sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/_ubuntu_20.Dockerfile

@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ RUN true && \
     chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
 
 ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
+ENV OS_CHECK_DOMAIN_NAME=dev-supportedos.pi-hole.net
 
 #sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/_ubuntu_22.Dockerfile

@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ RUN true && \
     chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
 
 ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
+ENV OS_CHECK_DOMAIN_NAME=dev-supportedos.pi-hole.net
 
 #sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/_ubuntu_24.Dockerfile

@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ RUN true && \
     chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
 
 ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
+ENV OS_CHECK_DOMAIN_NAME=dev-supportedos.pi-hole.net
 
 #sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/requirements.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pyyaml == 6.0.2
-pytest == 8.3.5
+pytest == 8.3.4
 pytest-xdist == 3.6.1
-pytest-testinfra == 10.2.2
+pytest-testinfra == 10.1.1
-tox == 4.26.0
+tox == 4.24.1
 pytest-clarity == 1.0.1

test/test_any_automated_install.py

@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
     export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
     umask 0027
     runUnattended=true
-    fresh_install=false
+    useUpdateVars=true
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /dev/null
     runUnattended=true
-    fresh_install=false
+    useUpdateVars=true
     main
     /opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
     """
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
     check_localversion = test_cmd.format("r", "/etc/pihole/versions", piholeuser)
     actual_rc = host.run(check_localversion).rc
     assert exit_status_success == actual_rc
+    # readable logrotate
+    check_logrotate = test_cmd.format("r", "/etc/pihole/logrotate", piholeuser)
+    actual_rc = host.run(check_logrotate).rc
+    assert exit_status_success == actual_rc
     # readable macvendor.db
     check_macvendor = test_cmd.format("r", "/etc/pihole/macvendor.db", piholeuser)
     actual_rc = host.run(check_macvendor).rc
@@ -245,7 +249,6 @@ def test_FTL_detect_no_errors(host, arch, detected_string, supported):
         {
             "-A /bin/sh": ("Tag_CPU_arch: " + arch, "0"),
             "-A /usr/bin/sh": ("Tag_CPU_arch: " + arch, "0"),
-            "-A /usr/sbin/sh": ("Tag_CPU_arch: " + arch, "0"),
         },
         host,
     )
@@ -466,6 +469,50 @@ def test_validate_ip(host):
     test_address("0.0.0.0#00001", False)
 
 
+def test_os_check_fails(host):
+    """Confirms install fails on unsupported OS"""
+    host.run(
+        """
+    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
+    package_manager_detect
+    build_dependency_package
+    install_dependent_packages
+    cat <<EOT > /etc/os-release
+ID=UnsupportedOS
+VERSION_ID="2"
+EOT
+    """
+    )
+    detectOS = host.run(
+        """t
+    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
+    os_check
+    """
+    )
+    expected_stdout = "Unsupported OS detected: UnsupportedOS"
+    assert expected_stdout in detectOS.stdout
+
+
+def test_os_check_passes(host):
+    """Confirms OS meets the requirements"""
+    host.run(
+        """
+    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
+    package_manager_detect
+    build_dependency_package
+    install_dependent_packages
+    """
+    )
+    detectOS = host.run(
+        """
+    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
+    os_check
+    """
+    )
+    expected_stdout = "Supported OS detected"
+    assert expected_stdout in detectOS.stdout
+
+
 def test_package_manager_has_pihole_deps(host):
     """Confirms OS is able to install the required packages for Pi-hole"""
     mock_command("dialog", {"*": ("", "0")}, host)

test/tox.centos_10.ini

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[tox]
-envlist = py3
-
-[testenv:py3]
-allowlist_externals = docker
-deps = -rrequirements.txt
-setenv =
-    COLUMNS=120
-commands = docker buildx build --load --progress plain -f _centos_10.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
-           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py ./test_centos_fedora_common_support.py

test/tox.fedora_42.ini

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[tox]
-envlist = py3
-
-[testenv]
-allowlist_externals = docker
-deps = -rrequirements.txt
-setenv =
-    COLUMNS=120
-commands = docker buildx build --load --progress plain -f _fedora_42.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
-           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py ./test_centos_fedora_common_support.py