Merge branch 'master' into fix/etag

2026-03-18 14:04:22 +00:00
parent 95021fce58 0159461cc0
commit c95094a6d3
45 changed files with 1124 additions and 707 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ jobs:
    steps:
    -
      name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+      uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    -
      name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@9e907b5e64f6b83e7804b09294d44122997950d6 #v4.32.3
      with:
        languages: 'python'
    -
      name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@9e907b5e64f6b83e7804b09294d44122997950d6 #v4.32.3
    -
      name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@9e907b5e64f6b83e7804b09294d44122997950d6 #v4.32.3
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-conflict.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-conflict.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check if PRs are have merge conflicts
-        uses: eps1lon/actions-label-merge-conflict@v3.0.3
+        uses: eps1lon/actions-label-merge-conflict@1df065ebe6e3310545d4f4c4e862e43bdca146f0 #v3.0.3
        with:
          dirtyLabel: "PR: Merge Conflict"
          repoToken: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
      issues: write

    steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9.1.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@997185467fa4f803885201cee163a9f38240193d #v10.1.1
        with:
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          days-before-stale: 30
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
      - name: Remove 'stale' label
        run: gh issue edit ${{ github.event.issue.number }} --remove-label ${{ env.stale_label }}
        env:
--- a/.github/workflows/stale_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale_pr.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
      pull-requests: write

    steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9.1.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@997185467fa4f803885201cee163a9f38240193d #v10.1.1
        with:
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          # Do not automatically mark PR/issue as stale
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-back-to-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-back-to-dev.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
    name: Syncing branches
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
      - name: Opening pull request
        run: gh pr create -B development -H master --title 'Sync master back into development' --body 'Created by Github action' --label 'internal'
        env:
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # Differential ShellCheck requires full git history

@@ -31,25 +31,25 @@ jobs:
          [[ $FAIL == 1 ]] && exit 1 || echo "Scripts are executable!"

      - name: Differential ShellCheck
-        uses: redhat-plumbers-in-action/differential-shellcheck@v5
+        uses: redhat-plumbers-in-action/differential-shellcheck@d965e66ec0b3b2f821f75c8eff9b12442d9a7d1e #v5.5.6
        with:
          severity: warning
          display-engine: sarif-fmt


      - name: Spell-Checking
-        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
+        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@8f01853be192eb0f849a5c7d721450e7a467c579 #v2.2
        with:
          ignore_words_file: .codespellignore

      - name: Get editorconfig-checker
-        uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@main # tag v1.0.0 is really out of date
+        uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@4b6cd6190d435e7e084fb35e36a096e98506f7b9 #v2.1.0

      - name: Run editorconfig-checker
        run: editorconfig-checker

      - name: Check python code formatting with black
-        uses: psf/black@stable
+        uses: psf/black@6305bf1ae645ab7541be4f5028a86239316178eb #26.1.0
        with:
          src: "./test"
          options: "--check --diff --color"
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
          [
            debian_11,
            debian_12,
+            debian_13,
            ubuntu_20,
            ubuntu_22,
            ubuntu_24,
@@ -73,15 +74,19 @@ jobs:
            fedora_40,
            fedora_41,
            fedora_42,
+            fedora_43,
+            alpine_3_21,
+            alpine_3_22,
+            alpine_3_23,
          ]
    env:
      DISTRO: ${{matrix.distro}}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2

      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 #v6.2.0
        with:
          python-version: "3.13"

--- a/.shellcheckrc
+++ b/.shellcheckrc
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 external-sources=true # allow shellcheck to read external sources
 disable=SC3043 #disable SC3043: In POSIX sh, local is undefined.
+enable=useless-use-of-cat # disabled by default as of shellcheck 0.11.0
+enable=avoid-negated-conditions # avoid-negated-conditions is optional as of shellcheck 0.11.0
+enable=require-variable-braces
+enable=deprecate-which
--- a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ LoginAPI() {

    # 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
@@ -161,6 +160,14 @@ LoginAPI() {
            echo "Error: ${sessionMessage}"
        fi

+        if  [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
+            # If we are not in verbose mode, no need to print the error message again
+            echo "Please enter your Pi-hole password"
+        else
+
+            echo "Authentication failed. Please enter your Pi-hole password"
+        fi
+
        # secretly read the password
        secretRead; printf '\n'

@@ -183,13 +190,20 @@ Authentication() {
        echo "No response from FTL server. Please check connectivity"
        exit 1
    fi
-    # obtain validity, session ID and sessionMessage from session response
-    validSession=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq .session.valid 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)

-    # obtain the error message from the session response
-    sessionError=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq --raw-output .error.message 2>/dev/null)
+    # obtain validity, session ID, sessionMessage and error message from
+    # session response, apply default values if none returned
+    result=$(echo "${sessionResponse}" | jq -r '
+        (.session.valid // false),
+        (.session.sid // null),
+        (.session.message // null),
+        (.error.message // null)
+    ' 2>/dev/null)
+
+    validSession=$(echo "${result}" | sed -n '1p')
+    SID=$(echo "${result}" | sed -n '2p')
+    sessionMessage=$(echo "${result}" | sed -n '3p')
+    sessionError=$(echo "${result}" | sed -n '4p')

    if [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
        if [ "${validSession}" = true ]; then
@@ -353,12 +367,9 @@ apiFunc() {
  if [ "${verbosity}" = "verbose" ]; then
    echo "Data:"
  fi
-
-  if command -v jq >/dev/null && echo "${data}" | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "${data}" | jq .
-  else
-    echo "${data}"
-  fi
+  # Attempt to print the data with jq, if it is not valid JSON, or not installed
+  # then print the plain text.
+  echo "${data}" | jq . 2>/dev/null || echo "${data}"

  # Delete the session
  LogoutAPI "${verbosity}"
--- a/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity-db.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity-db.sh
@@ -150,4 +150,10 @@ upgrade_gravityDB(){
        pihole-FTL sqlite3 -ni "${database}" < "${scriptPath}/18_to_19.sql"
        version=19
    fi
+    if [[ "$version" == "19" ]]; then
+        # Update views to use new allowlist/denylist names
+        echo -e "  ${INFO} Upgrading gravity database from version 19 to 20"
+        pihole-FTL sqlite3 -ni "${database}" < "${scriptPath}/19_to_20.sql"
+        version=20
+    fi
 }
--- a/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity/19_to_20.sql
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity/19_to_20.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+.timeout 30000
+
+BEGIN TRANSACTION;
+
+DROP VIEW vw_whitelist;
+CREATE VIEW vw_allowlist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+    FROM domainlist
+    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
+    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
+    WHERE domainlist.enabled = 1 AND (domainlist_by_group.group_id IS NULL OR "group".enabled = 1)
+    AND domainlist.type = 0
+    ORDER BY domainlist.id;
+
+DROP VIEW vw_blacklist;
+CREATE VIEW vw_denylist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+    FROM domainlist
+    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
+    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
+    WHERE domainlist.enabled = 1 AND (domainlist_by_group.group_id IS NULL OR "group".enabled = 1)
+    AND domainlist.type = 1
+    ORDER BY domainlist.id;
+
+DROP VIEW vw_regex_whitelist;
+CREATE VIEW vw_regex_allowlist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+    FROM domainlist
+    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
+    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
+    WHERE domainlist.enabled = 1 AND (domainlist_by_group.group_id IS NULL OR "group".enabled = 1)
+    AND domainlist.type = 2
+    ORDER BY domainlist.id;
+
+DROP VIEW vw_regex_blacklist;
+CREATE VIEW vw_regex_denylist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+    FROM domainlist
+    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
+    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
+    WHERE domainlist.enabled = 1 AND (domainlist_by_group.group_id IS NULL OR "group".enabled = 1)
+    AND domainlist.type = 3
+    ORDER BY domainlist.id;
+
+UPDATE info SET value = 20 WHERE property = 'version';
+
+COMMIT;
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
-# (c) 2019 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
-# Network-wide ad blocking via your own hardware.
-#
-# ARP table interaction
-#
-# This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
-# Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
-
-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 "${utilsfile}"
-
-# Determine database location
-DBFILE=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.database")
-if [ -z "$DBFILE" ]; then
-    DBFILE="/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db"
-fi
-
-flushARP(){
-    local output
-    if [[ "${args[1]}" != "quiet" ]]; then
-        echo -ne "  ${INFO} Flushing network table ..."
-    fi
-
-    # Stop FTL to prevent database access
-    if ! output=$(service pihole-FTL stop 2>&1); then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to stop FTL"
-        echo "  Output: ${output}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Truncate network_addresses table in pihole-FTL.db
-    # This needs to be done before we can truncate the network table due to
-    # foreign key constraints
-    if ! output=$(pihole-FTL sqlite3 -ni "${DBFILE}" "DELETE FROM network_addresses" 2>&1); then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to truncate network_addresses table"
-        echo "  Database location: ${DBFILE}"
-        echo "  Output: ${output}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Truncate network table in pihole-FTL.db
-    if ! output=$(pihole-FTL sqlite3 -ni "${DBFILE}" "DELETE FROM network" 2>&1); then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to truncate network table"
-        echo "  Database location: ${DBFILE}"
-        echo "  Output: ${output}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Flush ARP cache of the host
-    if ! output=$(ip -s -s neigh flush all 2>&1); then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to flush ARP cache"
-        echo "  Output: ${output}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Start FTL again
-    if ! output=$(service pihole-FTL restart 2>&1); then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to restart FTL"
-        echo "  Output: ${output}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    if [[ "${args[1]}" != "quiet" ]]; then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Flushed network table"
-    fi
-}
-
-args=("$@")
-
-case "${args[0]}" in
-    "arpflush"            ) flushARP;;
-esac
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeCheckout.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeCheckout.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,22 @@ warning1() {
 }

 checkout() {
+
+    local skipFTL additionalFlag
+    skipFTL=false
+    # Check arguments
+    for var in "$@"; do
+        case "$var" in
+            "--skipFTL") skipFTL=true ;;
+        esac
+    done
+
+    if [ "${skipFTL}" == true ]; then
+        additionalFlag="--skipFTL"
+    else
+        additionalFlag=""
+    fi
+
    local corebranches
    local webbranches

@@ -235,7 +251,7 @@ checkout() {
    # Force updating everything
    if [[  ! "${1}" == "web" && ! "${1}" == "ftl" ]]; then
        echo -e "  ${INFO} Running installer to upgrade your installation"
-        if "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh" --unattended; then
+        if "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh" --unattended ${additionalFlag}; then
            exit 0
        else
            echo -e "  ${COL_RED} Error: Unable to complete update, please contact support${COL_NC}"
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
@@ -375,22 +375,6 @@ check_firewalld() {
                    log_write "${CROSS} ${COL_RED}  Allow Service: ${i}${COL_NC} (${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS_FIREWALLD})"
                fi
            done
-            # check for custom FTL FirewallD zone
-            local firewalld_zones
-            firewalld_zones=$(firewall-cmd --get-zones)
-            if [[ "${firewalld_zones}" =~ "ftl" ]]; then
-                log_write "${TICK} ${COL_GREEN}FTL Custom Zone Detected${COL_NC}";
-                # check FTL custom zone interface: lo
-                local firewalld_ftl_zone_interfaces
-                firewalld_ftl_zone_interfaces=$(firewall-cmd --zone=ftl --list-interfaces)
-                if [[ "${firewalld_ftl_zone_interfaces}" =~ "lo" ]]; then
-                    log_write "${TICK} ${COL_GREEN}  Local Interface Detected${COL_NC}";
-                else
-                    log_write "${CROSS} ${COL_RED}  Local Interface Not Detected${COL_NC} (${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS_FIREWALLD})"
-                fi
-            else
-                log_write "${CROSS} ${COL_RED}FTL Custom Zone Not Detected${COL_NC} (${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS_FIREWALLD})"
-            fi
        fi
    else
        log_write "${TICK} ${COL_GREEN}Firewalld service not detected${COL_NC}";
@@ -593,18 +577,21 @@ check_required_ports() {
    # Add port 53
    ports_configured+=("53")

+    local protocol_type port_number service_name
    # Now that we have the values stored,
    for i in "${!ports_in_use[@]}"; do
        # loop through them and assign some local variables
-        local service_name
-        service_name=$(echo "${ports_in_use[$i]}" | awk '{gsub(/users:\(\("/,"",$7);gsub(/".*/,"",$7);print $7}')
-        local protocol_type
-        protocol_type=$(echo "${ports_in_use[$i]}" | awk '{print $1}')
-        local port_number
-        port_number="$(echo "${ports_in_use[$i]}" | awk '{print $5}')" #  | awk '{gsub(/^.*:/,"",$5);print $5}')
+        read -r protocol_type port_number service_name <<< "$(
+            awk '{
+                p=$1; n=$5; s=$7
+                gsub(/users:\(\("/,"",s)
+                gsub(/".*/,"",s)
+                print p, n, s
+            }' <<< "${ports_in_use[$i]}"
+        )"

        # Check if the right services are using the right ports
-        if [[ ${ports_configured[*]} =~ $(echo "${port_number}" | rev | cut -d: -f1 | rev) ]]; then
+        if [[ ${ports_configured[*]} =~ ${port_number##*:} ]]; then
            compare_port_to_service_assigned  "${ftl}" "${service_name}" "${protocol_type}:${port_number}"
        else
            # If it's not a default port that Pi-hole needs, just print it out for the user to see
@@ -672,7 +659,7 @@ dig_at() {
        local record_type="A"
    fi

-    # Find a random blocked url that has not been whitelisted and is not ABP style.
+    # Find a random blocked url that has not been allowlisted and is not ABP style.
    # This helps emulate queries to different domains that a user might query
    # It will also give extra assurance that Pi-hole is correctly resolving and blocking domains
    local random_url
@@ -722,7 +709,7 @@ dig_at() {
                fi

              # Check if Pi-hole can use itself to block a domain
-                if local_dig="$(dig +tries=1 +time=2 -"${protocol}" "${random_url}" @"${local_address}" "${record_type}")"; then
+                if local_dig="$(dig +tries=1 +time=2 -"${protocol}" "${random_url}" @"${local_address}" "${record_type}" -p "$(get_ftl_conf_value "dns.port")")"; then
                    # If it can, show success
                    if [[ "${local_dig}" == *"status: NOERROR"* ]]; then
                        local_dig="NOERROR"
@@ -778,7 +765,7 @@ process_status(){
                :
            else
            # non-Docker system
-                if service "${i}" status | grep -E 'is\srunning' &> /dev/null; then
+                if service "${i}" status | grep -q -E 'is\srunning|started'; then
                    status_of_process="active"
                else
                    status_of_process="inactive"
@@ -816,42 +803,27 @@ ftl_full_status(){

 make_array_from_file() {
    local filename="${1}"
+
+    # If the file is a directory do nothing since it cannot be parsed
+    [[ -d "${filename}" ]] && return
+
    # The second argument can put a limit on how many line should be read from the file
    # Since some of the files are so large, this is helpful to limit the output
    local limit=${2}
    # A local iterator for testing if we are at the limit above
    local i=0
-    # If the file is a directory
-    if [[ -d "${filename}" ]]; then
-        # do nothing since it cannot be parsed
-        :
-    else
-        # Otherwise, read the file line by line
-        while IFS= read -r line;do
-            # Otherwise, strip out comments and blank lines
-            new_line=$(echo "${line}" | sed -e 's/^\s*#.*$//' -e '/^$/d')
-            # If the line still has content (a non-zero value)
-            if [[ -n "${new_line}" ]]; then

+    # Process the file, strip out comments and blank lines
+    local processed
+    processed=$(sed -e 's/^\s*#.*$//' -e '/^$/d' "${filename}")
+
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
        # If the string contains "### CHANGED", highlight this part in red
-                if [[ "${new_line}" == *"### CHANGED"* ]]; then
-                    new_line="${new_line//### CHANGED/${COL_RED}### CHANGED${COL_NC}}"
-                fi
-
-                # Finally, write this line to the log
-                log_write "   ${new_line}"
-            fi
-            # Increment the iterator +1
-            i=$((i+1))
-            # but if the limit of lines we want to see is exceeded
-            if [[ -z ${limit} ]]; then
-                # do nothing
-                :
-            elif [[ $i -eq ${limit} ]]; then
-                break
-            fi
-        done < "${filename}"
-    fi
+        log_write "   ${line//### CHANGED/${COL_RED}### CHANGED${COL_NC}}"
+        ((i++))
+        # if the limit of lines we want to see is exceeded do nothing
+        [[ -n ${limit} && $i -eq ${limit} ]] && break
+    done <<< "$processed"
 }

 parse_file() {
@@ -924,38 +896,38 @@ list_files_in_dir() {
    fi

    # Store the files found in an array
-    mapfile -t files_found < <(ls "${dir_to_parse}")
+    local files_found=("${dir_to_parse}"/*)
    # For each file in the array,
    for each_file in "${files_found[@]}"; do
-        if [[ -d "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" ]]; then
+        if [[ -d "${each_file}" ]]; then
            # If it's a directory, do nothing
            :
-        elif [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_DEBUG_LOG}" ]] || \
-            [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_RAW_BLOCKLIST_FILES}" ]] || \
-            [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_INSTALL_LOG_FILE}" ]] || \
-            [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_LOG}" ]] || \
-            [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_LOG_GZIPS}" ]]; then
+        elif [[ "${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_DEBUG_LOG}" ]] || \
+            [[ "${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_RAW_BLOCKLIST_FILES}" ]] || \
+            [[ "${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_INSTALL_LOG_FILE}" ]] || \
+            [[ "${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_LOG}" ]] || \
+            [[ "${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_LOG_GZIPS}" ]]; then
            :
        elif [[ "${dir_to_parse}" == "${DNSMASQ_D_DIRECTORY}" ]]; then
            # in case of the dnsmasq directory include all files in the debug output
-            log_write "\\n${COL_GREEN}$(ls -lhd "${dir_to_parse}"/"${each_file}")${COL_NC}"
-            make_array_from_file "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}"
+            log_write "\\n${COL_GREEN}$(ls -lhd "${each_file}")${COL_NC}"
+            make_array_from_file "${each_file}"
        else
            # Then, parse the file's content into an array so each line can be analyzed if need be
            for i in "${!REQUIRED_FILES[@]}"; do
-                if [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${REQUIRED_FILES[$i]}" ]]; then
+                if [[ "${each_file}" == "${REQUIRED_FILES[$i]}" ]]; then
                    # display the filename
-                    log_write "\\n${COL_GREEN}$(ls -lhd "${dir_to_parse}"/"${each_file}")${COL_NC}"
+                    log_write "\\n${COL_GREEN}$(ls -lhd "${each_file}")${COL_NC}"
                    # Check if the file we want to view has a limit (because sometimes we just need a little bit of info from the file, not the entire thing)
-                    case "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" in
+                    case "${each_file}" in
                        # If it's Web server log, give the first and last 25 lines
-                        "${PIHOLE_WEBSERVER_LOG}") head_tail_log "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" 25
+                        "${PIHOLE_WEBSERVER_LOG}") head_tail_log "${each_file}" 25
                            ;;
                        # Same for the FTL log
-                        "${PIHOLE_FTL_LOG}") head_tail_log "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" 35
+                        "${PIHOLE_FTL_LOG}") head_tail_log "${each_file}" 35
                            ;;
                        # parse the file into an array in case we ever need to analyze it line-by-line
-                        *) make_array_from_file "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}";
+                        *) make_array_from_file "${each_file}";
                    esac
                else
                    # Otherwise, do nothing since it's not a file needed for Pi-hole so we don't care about it
@@ -991,6 +963,7 @@ head_tail_log() {
    local filename="${1}"
    # The number of lines to use for head and tail
    local qty="${2}"
+    local filebasename="${filename##*/}"
    local head_line
    local tail_line
    # Put the current Internal Field Separator into another variable so it can be restored later
@@ -999,14 +972,14 @@ head_tail_log() {
    IFS=$'\r\n'
    local log_head=()
    mapfile -t log_head < <(head -n "${qty}" "${filename}")
-    log_write "   ${COL_CYAN}-----head of $(basename "${filename}")------${COL_NC}"
+    log_write "   ${COL_CYAN}-----head of ${filebasename}------${COL_NC}"
    for head_line in "${log_head[@]}"; do
        log_write "   ${head_line}"
    done
    log_write ""
    local log_tail=()
    mapfile -t log_tail < <(tail -n "${qty}" "${filename}")
-    log_write "   ${COL_CYAN}-----tail of $(basename "${filename}")------${COL_NC}"
+    log_write "   ${COL_CYAN}-----tail of ${filebasename}------${COL_NC}"
    for tail_line in "${log_tail[@]}"; do
        log_write "   ${tail_line}"
    done
@@ -1033,6 +1006,24 @@ show_db_entries() {
    )

    for line in "${entries[@]}"; do
+        # Use gray color for "no". Normal color for "yes"
+        line=${line//--no---/${COL_GRAY}  no   ${COL_NC}}
+        line=${line//--yes--/  yes  }
+
+        # Use red for "deny" and green for "allow"
+        if [ "$title" = "Domainlist" ]; then
+            line=${line//regex-deny/${COL_RED}regex-deny${COL_NC}}
+            line=${line//regex-allow/${COL_GREEN}regex-allow${COL_NC}}
+            line=${line//exact-deny/${COL_RED}exact-deny${COL_NC}}
+            line=${line//exact-allow/${COL_GREEN}exact-allow${COL_NC}}
+        fi
+
+        # Use red for "block" and green for "allow"
+        if [ "$title" = "Adlists" ]; then
+            line=${line//-BLOCK-/${COL_RED} Block ${COL_NC}}
+            line=${line//-ALLOW-/${COL_GREEN} Allow ${COL_NC}}
+        fi
+
        log_write "   ${line}"
    done

@@ -1080,15 +1071,15 @@ check_dhcp_servers() {
 }

 show_groups() {
-    show_db_entries "Groups" "SELECT id,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '   0' WHEN '1' THEN '      1' ELSE enabled END enabled,name,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,description FROM \"group\"" "4 7 50 19 19 50"
+    show_db_entries "Groups" "SELECT id,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '--no---' WHEN '1' THEN '--yes--' ELSE enabled END enabled,name,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,description FROM \"group\"" "4 7 50 19 19 50"
 }

 show_adlists() {
-    show_db_entries "Adlists" "SELECT id,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '   0' WHEN '1' THEN '      1' ELSE enabled END enabled,GROUP_CONCAT(adlist_by_group.group_id) group_ids,address,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,comment FROM adlist LEFT JOIN adlist_by_group ON adlist.id = adlist_by_group.adlist_id GROUP BY id;" "5 7 12 100 19 19 50"
+    show_db_entries "Adlists" "SELECT id,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '--no---' WHEN '1' THEN '--yes--' ELSE enabled END enabled,GROUP_CONCAT(adlist_by_group.group_id) group_ids, CASE type WHEN '0' THEN '-BLOCK-' WHEN '1' THEN '-ALLOW-' ELSE type END type, address,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,comment FROM adlist LEFT JOIN adlist_by_group ON adlist.id = adlist_by_group.adlist_id GROUP BY id;" "5 7 12 7 100 19 19 50"
 }

 show_domainlist() {
-    show_db_entries "Domainlist (0/1 = exact white-/blacklist, 2/3 = regex white-/blacklist)" "SELECT id,CASE type WHEN '0' THEN '0   ' WHEN '1' THEN ' 1  ' WHEN '2' THEN '  2 ' WHEN '3' THEN '   3' ELSE type END type,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '   0' WHEN '1' THEN '      1' ELSE enabled END enabled,GROUP_CONCAT(domainlist_by_group.group_id) group_ids,domain,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,comment FROM domainlist LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist.id = domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id GROUP BY id;" "5 4 7 12 100 19 19 50"
+    show_db_entries "Domainlist" "SELECT id,CASE type WHEN '0' THEN 'exact-allow' WHEN '1' THEN 'exact-deny' WHEN '2' THEN 'regex-allow' WHEN '3' THEN 'regex-deny' ELSE type END type,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '--no---' WHEN '1' THEN '--yes--' ELSE enabled END enabled,GROUP_CONCAT(domainlist_by_group.group_id) group_ids,domain,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,comment FROM domainlist LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist.id = domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id GROUP BY id;" "5 11 7 12 90 19 19 50"
 }

 show_clients() {
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ if [[ "$*" == *"once"* ]]; then
        if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
            echo -ne "  ${INFO} Running logrotate ..."
        fi
+        mkdir -p "${STATEFILE%/*}"
        /usr/sbin/logrotate --force --state "${STATEFILE}" /etc/pihole/logrotate
    else
        # Handle rotation for each log file
@@ -115,4 +116,3 @@ else
        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Deleted ${deleted} queries from long-term query database"
    fi
 fi
-
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeNetworkFlush.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeNetworkFlush.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
+# (c) 2019 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
+# Network-wide ad blocking via your own hardware.
+#
+# Network table flush
+#
+# This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
+# Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
+
+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 "${utilsfile}"
+
+# Source api functions
+# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/api.sh"
+. "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/api.sh"
+
+flushNetwork(){
+    local output
+
+    echo -ne "  ${INFO} Flushing network table ..."
+
+    local data status error
+    # Authenticate with FTL
+    LoginAPI
+
+    # send query again
+    data=$(PostFTLData "action/flush/network" "" "status")
+
+    # Separate the status from the data
+    status=$(printf %s "${data#"${data%???}"}")
+    data=$(printf %s "${data%???}")
+
+    # If there is an .error object in the returned data, display it
+    local error
+    error=$(jq --compact-output <<< "${data}" '.error')
+    if [[ $error != "null" && $error != "" ]]; then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to flush the network table:"
+        echo -e "      $(jq <<< "${data}" '.error')"
+        LogoutAPI
+        exit 1
+    elif [[ "${status}" == "200" ]]; then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Flushed network table"
+    fi
+
+    # Delete session
+    LogoutAPI
+}
+
+flushArp(){
+    # Flush ARP cache of the host
+    if ! output=$(ip -s -s neigh flush all 2>&1); then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to flush ARP cache"
+        echo "  Output: ${output}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# Process all options (if present)
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+    "--arp" ) doARP=true ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+flushNetwork
+
+if [[ "${doARP}" == true ]]; then
+    echo -ne "  ${INFO} Flushing ARP cache"
+    if flushArp; then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Flushed ARP cache"
+    fi
+fi
+
--- a/advanced/Scripts/query.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/query.sh
@@ -37,19 +37,16 @@ Options:
 }

 GenerateOutput() {
-    local data gravity_data lists_data num_gravity num_lists search_type_str
-    local gravity_data_csv lists_data_csv line current_domain url type color
+    local counts data num_gravity num_lists search_type_str
+    local gravity_data_csv lists_data_csv line url type color
    data="${1}"

-    # construct a new json for the list results where each object contains the domain and the related type
-    lists_data=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq '.search.domains | [.[] | {domain: .domain, type: .type}]')
-
-    # construct a new json for the gravity results where each object contains the adlist URL and the related domains
-    gravity_data=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq '.search.gravity  | group_by(.address,.type) | map({ address: (.[0].address), type: (.[0].type), domains: [.[] | .domain] })')
-
-    # number of objects in each json
-    num_gravity=$(printf %s "${gravity_data}" | jq length)
-    num_lists=$(printf %s "${lists_data}" | jq length)
+    # Get count of list and gravity matches
+    # Use JQ to count number of entries in lists and gravity
+    # (output is number of list matches then number of gravity matches)
+    counts=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq --raw-output '(.search.domains | length), (.search.gravity | group_by(.address,.type) | length)')
+    num_lists=$(echo "$counts" | sed -n '1p')
+    num_gravity=$(echo "$counts" | sed -n '2p')

    if [ "${partial}" = true ]; then
        search_type_str="partially"
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ GenerateOutput() {
    if [ "${num_lists}" -gt 0 ]; then
        # Convert the data to a csv, each line is a "domain,type" string
        # not using jq's @csv here as it quotes each value individually
-        lists_data_csv=$(printf %s "${lists_data}" | jq --raw-output '.[] | [.domain, .type] | join(",")')
+        lists_data_csv=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq --raw-output '.search.domains | map([.domain, .type] | join(",")) | join("\n")')

        # Generate output for each csv line, separating line in a domain and type substring at the ','
        echo "${lists_data_csv}" | while read -r line; do
@@ -71,11 +68,11 @@ GenerateOutput() {
    fi

    # Results from gravity
-    printf "%s\n\n" "Found ${num_gravity} adlists ${search_type_str} matching '${COL_BLUE}${domain}${COL_NC}'."
+    printf "%s\n\n" "Found ${num_gravity} lists ${search_type_str} matching '${COL_BLUE}${domain}${COL_NC}'."
    if [ "${num_gravity}" -gt 0 ]; then
-        # Convert the data to a csv, each line is a "URL,domain,domain,...." string
+        # Convert the data to a csv, each line is a "URL,type,domain,domain,...." string
        # not using jq's @csv here as it quotes each value individually
-        gravity_data_csv=$(printf %s "${gravity_data}" | jq --raw-output '.[] | [.address, .type, .domains[]] | join(",")')
+        gravity_data_csv=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq --raw-output '.search.gravity | group_by(.address,.type) | map([.[0].address, .[0].type, (.[] | .domain)] | join(",")) | join("\n")')

        # Generate line-by-line output for each csv line
        echo "${gravity_data_csv}" | while read -r line; do
@@ -97,15 +94,8 @@ GenerateOutput() {

            # cut off type, leaving "domain,domain,...."
            line=${line#*,}
-            # print each domain and remove it from the string until nothing is left
-            while [ ${#line} -gt 0 ]; do
-                current_domain=${line%%,*}
-                printf '    - %s\n' "${COL_GREEN}${current_domain}${COL_NC}"
-                # we need to remove the current_domain and the comma in two steps because
-                # the last domain won't have a trailing comma and the while loop wouldn't exit
-                line=${line#"${current_domain}"}
-                line=${line#,}
-            done
+            # Replace commas with newlines and format output
+            echo "${line}" | sed 's/,/\n/g' | sed "s/^/    - ${COL_GREEN}/" | sed "s/$/${COL_NC}/"
            printf "\n\n"
        done
    fi
--- a/advanced/Scripts/update.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/update.sh
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ main() {
        echo -e "  ${INFO} Web Interface:\\t${COL_GREEN}up to date${COL_NC}"
    fi

+    # Allow the user to skip this check if they are using a self-compiled FTL binary from an unsupported architecture
+    if [ "${skipFTL}" != true ]; then
        local funcOutput
        funcOutput=$(get_binary_name) #Store output of get_binary_name here
        local binary
@@ -176,6 +178,10 @@ main() {
            esac
            FTL_update=false
        fi
+    else
+        echo -e "  ${INFO} FTL:\\t\\t${COL_YELLOW}--skipFTL set - update check skipped${COL_NC}"
+        FTL_update=false
+    fi

    # Determine FTL branch
    local ftlBranch
@@ -222,7 +228,14 @@ main() {
    fi

    if [[ "${FTL_update}" == true || "${core_update}" == true ]]; then
-        ${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated\ install/basic-install.sh --repair --unattended || \
+        local addionalFlag
+
+        if [[ ${skipFTL} == true ]]; then
+             addionalFlag="--skipFTL"
+        else
+             addionalFlag=""
+        fi
+        ${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated\ install/basic-install.sh --repair --unattended ${addionalFlag} || \
            echo -e "${basicError}" && exit 1
    fi

@@ -242,8 +255,15 @@ main() {
    exit 0
 }

-if [[ "$1" == "--check-only" ]]; then
-    CHECK_ONLY=true
-fi
+CHECK_ONLY=false
+skipFTL=false
+
+# Check arguments
+for var in "$@"; do
+    case "$var" in
+    "--check-only") CHECK_ONLY=true ;;
+    "--skipFTL") skipFTL=true ;;
+    esac
+done

 main
--- a/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ getFTLPID() {
 # Example getFTLConfigValue dns.piholePTR
 #######################
 getFTLConfigValue(){
-  pihole-FTL --config -q "${1}"
+  # Pipe to cat to avoid pihole-FTL assuming this is an interactive command
+  # returning colored output.
+  pihole-FTL --config -q "${1}" | cat
 }

 #######################
@@ -86,9 +88,17 @@ getFTLConfigValue(){
 # setFTLConfigValue dns.upstreams '[ "8.8.8.8" , "8.8.4.4" ]'
 #######################
 setFTLConfigValue(){
-  pihole-FTL --config "${1}" "${2}" >/dev/null
-  if [ $? -eq 5 ]; then
-    printf "  %s %s set by environment variable. Please unset it to use this function\n" "${CROSS}" "${1}"
-    exit 5
-  fi
+    local err
+    { pihole-FTL --config "${1}" "${2}" >/dev/null; err="$?"; } || true
+
+    case $err in
+    0) ;;
+    5)
+        # FTL returns 5 if the value was set by an environment variable and is therefore read-only
+        printf "  %s %s set by environment variable. Please unset it to use this function\n" "${CROSS}" "${1}";
+        exit 5;;
+    *)
+        printf "  %s Failed to set %s. Try with sudo power\n" "${CROSS}" "${1}"
+        exit 1
+    esac
 }
--- a/advanced/Templates/gravity.db.sql
+++ b/advanced/Templates/gravity.db.sql
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ CREATE TABLE info
    value TEXT NOT NULL
 );

-INSERT INTO "info" VALUES('version','19');
+INSERT INTO "info" VALUES('version','20');
 /* This is a flag to indicate if gravity was restored from a backup
    false = not restored,
    failed = restoration failed due to no backup
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ CREATE TRIGGER tr_domainlist_update AFTER UPDATE ON domainlist
      UPDATE domainlist SET date_modified = (cast(strftime('%s', 'now') as int)) WHERE domain = NEW.domain;
    END;

-CREATE VIEW vw_whitelist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+CREATE VIEW vw_allowlist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
    FROM domainlist
    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ CREATE VIEW vw_whitelist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_gr
    AND domainlist.type = 0
    ORDER BY domainlist.id;

-CREATE VIEW vw_blacklist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+CREATE VIEW vw_denylist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
    FROM domainlist
    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ CREATE VIEW vw_blacklist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_gr
    AND domainlist.type = 1
    ORDER BY domainlist.id;

-CREATE VIEW vw_regex_whitelist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+CREATE VIEW vw_regex_allowlist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
    FROM domainlist
    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ CREATE VIEW vw_regex_whitelist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist
    AND domainlist.type = 2
    ORDER BY domainlist.id;

-CREATE VIEW vw_regex_blacklist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+CREATE VIEW vw_regex_denylist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
    FROM domainlist
    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,20 @@ utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"

 # Get file paths
 FTL_PID_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.pid)"
+FTL_LOG_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.ftl)"
+PIHOLE_LOG_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.dnsmasq)"
+WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.webserver)"
+FTL_PID_FILE="${FTL_PID_FILE:-/run/pihole-FTL.pid}"
+FTL_LOG_FILE="${FTL_LOG_FILE:-/var/log/pihole/FTL.log}"
+PIHOLE_LOG_FILE="${PIHOLE_LOG_FILE:-/var/log/pihole/pihole.log}"
+WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE="${WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE:-/var/log/pihole/webserver.log}"

 # Ensure that permissions are set so that pihole-FTL can edit all necessary files
 mkdir -p /var/log/pihole
 chown -R pihole:pihole /etc/pihole/ /var/log/pihole/

 # allow all users read version file (and use pihole -v)
+touch /etc/pihole/versions
 chmod 0644 /etc/pihole/versions

 # allow pihole to access subdirs in /etc/pihole (sets execution bit on dirs)
@@ -28,7 +36,7 @@ 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 "${FTL_LOG_FILE}" ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${FTL_LOG_FILE}"
+[ -f "${PIHOLE_LOG_FILE}" ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${PIHOLE_LOG_FILE}"
+[ -f "${WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE}" ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE}"
 [ -f /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases ] || install -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.openrc
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.openrc
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# shellcheck shell=sh disable=SC2034
+
+: "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR:=/opt/pihole}"
+
+command="/usr/bin/pihole-FTL"
+command_user="pihole:pihole"
+supervisor=supervise-daemon
+command_args_foreground="-f"
+command_background=true
+pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}_openrc.pid"
+extra_started_commands="reload"
+
+respawn_max=5
+respawn_period=60
+capabilities="^CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,^CAP_NET_RAW,^CAP_NET_ADMIN,^CAP_SYS_NICE,^CAP_IPC_LOCK,^CAP_CHOWN,^CAP_SYS_TIME"
+
+depend() {
+    want net
+    provide dns
+}
+
+checkconfig() {
+    $command -f test
+}
+
+start_pre() {
+    sh "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh"
+}
+
+stop_post() {
+    sh "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh"
+}
+
+reload() {
+    checkconfig || return $?
+    ebegin "Reloading ${RC_SVCNAME}"
+    start-stop-daemon --signal HUP --pidfile "${pidfile}"
+    eend $?
+}
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.systemd
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.systemd
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ StartLimitIntervalSec=60s

 [Service]
 User=pihole
-PermissionsStartOnly=true
 AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_RAW CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_SYS_NICE CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_CHOWN CAP_SYS_TIME

-ExecStartPre=/opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
+# Run prestart with elevated permissions
+ExecStartPre=+/opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pihole-FTL -f
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=5s
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
-ExecStopPost=/opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh
+ExecStopPost=+/opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh

 # Use graceful shutdown with a reasonable timeout
 TimeoutStopSec=60s
--- a/advanced/bash-completion/pihole
+++ b/advanced/bash-completion/pihole
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-_pihole() {
-    local cur prev opts opts_checkout opts_debug opts_logging opts_query opts_update opts_version
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
-    prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
-    prev2="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-2]}"
-
-    case "${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"
-            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- ${cur}) )
-        ;;
-        "allow"|"deny"|"wildcard"|"regex"|"allow-regex"|"allow-wild")
-            opts_lists="\not \--delmode \--quiet \--list \--help"
-            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_lists}" -- ${cur}) )
-        ;;
-        "checkout")
-            opts_checkout="core ftl web master dev"
-            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_checkout}" -- ${cur}) )
-        ;;
-        "debug")
-            opts_debug="-a"
-            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_debug}" -- ${cur}) )
-        ;;
-        "logging")
-            opts_logging="on off 'off noflush'"
-            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_logging}" -- ${cur}) )
-        ;;
-        "query")
-            opts_query="--partial --all"
-            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_query}" -- ${cur}) )
-        ;;
-        "updatePihole"|"-up")
-            opts_update="--check-only"
-            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_update}" -- ${cur}) )
-        ;;
-        "core"|"admin"|"ftl")
-            if [[ "$prev2" == "checkout" ]]; then
-                opts_checkout="master dev"
-                COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_checkout}" -- ${cur}) )
-            else
-                return 1
-            fi
-        ;;
-        *)
-        return 1
-        ;;
-    esac
-    return 0
-}
-complete -F _pihole pihole
--- a/advanced/bash-completion/pihole-ftl.bash
+++ b/advanced/bash-completion/pihole-ftl.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Bash completion script for pihole-FTL
+#
+# This completion script provides tab completion for pihole-FTL CLI flags and commands.
+# It uses the `pihole-FTL --complete` command to generate the completion options.
+_complete_FTL() { mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(pihole-FTL --complete "${COMP_WORDS[@]}"); }
+
+complete -F _complete_FTL pihole-FTL
--- a/advanced/bash-completion/pihole.bash
+++ b/advanced/bash-completion/pihole.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Bash completion script for pihole
+#
+_pihole() {
+    local cur prev prev2 opts opts_lists opts_checkout opts_debug opts_logging opts_query opts_update opts_networkflush
+    COMPREPLY=()
+    cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
+    prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
+    prev2="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-2]}"
+
+    case "${prev}" in
+        "pihole")
+            opts="allow allow-regex allow-wild deny checkout debug disable enable flush help logging query repair regex reloaddns reloadlists setpassword status tail uninstall updateGravity updatePihole version wildcard networkflush api"
+            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts}" -- "${cur}")
+        ;;
+        "allow"|"deny"|"wildcard"|"regex"|"allow-regex"|"allow-wild")
+            opts_lists="\not \--delmode \--quiet \--list \--help"
+            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_lists}" -- "${cur}")
+        ;;
+        "checkout")
+            opts_checkout="core ftl web master dev"
+            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_checkout}" -- "${cur}")
+        ;;
+        "debug")
+            opts_debug="-a"
+            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_debug}" -- "${cur}")
+        ;;
+        "logging")
+            opts_logging="on off 'off noflush'"
+            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_logging}" -- "${cur}")
+        ;;
+        "query")
+            opts_query="--partial --all"
+            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_query}" -- "${cur}")
+        ;;
+        "updatePihole"|"-up")
+            opts_update="--check-only"
+            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_update}" -- "${cur}")
+        ;;
+        "networkflush")
+            opts_networkflush="--arp"
+            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_networkflush}" -- "${cur}")
+        ;;
+        "core"|"web"|"ftl")
+            if [[ "$prev2" == "checkout" ]]; then
+                opts_checkout="master development"
+                mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_checkout}" -- "${cur}")
+            else
+                return 1
+            fi
+        ;;
+        *)
+        return 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+    return 0
+}
+complete -F _pihole pihole
--- a/install/basic-install.sh
+++ b/install/basic-install.sh
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ fresh_install=true

 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
-IPV4_ADDRESS=${IPV4_ADDRESS}
-IPV6_ADDRESS=${IPV6_ADDRESS}
+IPV4_ADDRESS=
+IPV6_ADDRESS=
 # Give settings their default values. These may be changed by prompts later in the script.
 QUERY_LOGGING=
 PRIVACY_LEVEL=
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ c=70
 PIHOLE_META_PACKAGE_CONTROL_APT=$(
    cat <<EOM
 Package: pihole-meta
-Version: 0.4
+Version: 0.6
 Maintainer: Pi-hole team <adblock@pi-hole.net>
 Architecture: all
 Description: Pi-hole dependency meta package
-Depends: awk,bash-completion,binutils,ca-certificates,cron|cron-daemon,curl,dialog,dnsutils,dns-root-data,git,grep,iproute2,iputils-ping,jq,libcap2,libcap2-bin,lshw,netcat-openbsd,procps,psmisc,sudo,unzip
+Depends: awk,bash-completion,binutils,ca-certificates,cron|cron-daemon,curl,dialog,bind9-dnsutils|dnsutils,dns-root-data,git,grep,iproute2,iputils-ping,jq,libcap2,libcap2-bin,lshw,procps,psmisc,sudo,unzip
 Section: contrib/metapackages
 Priority: optional
 EOM
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ EOM
 PIHOLE_META_PACKAGE_CONTROL_RPM=$(
    cat <<EOM
 Name: pihole-meta
-Version: 0.2
+Version: 0.3
 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: bash-completion,bind-utils,binutils,ca-certificates,chkconfig,cronie,curl,dialog,findutils,gawk,git,grep,iproute,jq,libcap,lshw,procps-ng,psmisc,sudo,unzip
 %description
 Pi-hole dependency meta package
 %prep
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ Pi-hole dependency meta package
 %files
 %install
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 14 2025 Pi-hole Team - 0.3
+- Remove nmap-ncat from the list of dependencies
+
 * Wed May 28 2025 Pi-hole Team - 0.2
 - Add gawk to the list of dependencies

@@ -151,19 +154,61 @@ Pi-hole dependency meta package
 EOM
 )

+# List of required packages on APK based systems
+PIHOLE_META_VERSION_APK=0.2
+PIHOLE_META_DEPS_APK=(
+    bash
+    bash-completion
+    bind-tools
+    binutils
+    coreutils
+    cronie
+    curl
+    dialog
+    git
+    grep
+    iproute2-minimal # piholeARPTable.sh
+    iproute2-ss # piholeDebug.sh
+    jq
+    libcap
+    logrotate
+    lscpu # piholeDebug.sh
+    lshw # piholeDebug.sh
+    ncurses
+    procps-ng
+    psmisc
+    shadow
+    sudo
+    tzdata
+    unzip
+)
+
 ######## 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
 runUnattended=false
+skipFTL=false
 # Check arguments for the undocumented flags
 for var in "$@"; do
-    case "$var" in
+    case "${var}" in
    "--repair") repair=true ;;
    "--unattended") runUnattended=true ;;
+    "--skipFTL") skipFTL=true ;;
    esac
 done

+if [[ "${runUnattended}" == true ]]; then
+    # In order to run an unattended setup, a pre-seeded /etc/pihole/pihole.toml must exist
+    if [[ ! -f "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/pihole.toml" ]]; then
+        printf "  %b Error: \"%s\" not found. Cannot run unattended setup\\n" "${CROSS}" "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/pihole.toml"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    printf "  %b Performing unattended setup, no dialogs will be displayed\\n" "${INFO}"
+    # also disable debconf-apt-progress dialogs
+    export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+fi
+
 # If the color table file exists,
 if [[ -f "${coltable}" ]]; then
    # source it
@@ -268,7 +313,15 @@ package_manager_detect() {
        PKG_COUNT="${PKG_MANAGER} check-update | grep -E '(.i686|.x86|.noarch|.arm|.src|.riscv64)' | wc -l || true"
        # The command we will use to remove packages (used in the uninstaller)
        PKG_REMOVE="${PKG_MANAGER} remove -y"
-    # If neither apt-get or yum/dnf package managers were found
+
+    # If neither apt-get or yum/dnf package managers were found, check for apk.
+    elif is_command apk; then
+        PKG_MANAGER="apk"
+        UPDATE_PKG_CACHE="${PKG_MANAGER} update"
+        PKG_INSTALL="${PKG_MANAGER} add"
+        PKG_COUNT="${PKG_MANAGER} list --upgradable -q | wc -l"
+        PKG_REMOVE="${PKG_MANAGER} del"
+
    else
        # we cannot install required packages
        printf "  %b No supported package manager found\\n" "${CROSS}"
@@ -279,13 +332,20 @@ package_manager_detect() {

 build_dependency_package(){
    # This function will build a package that contains all the dependencies needed for Pi-hole
+    if is_command apk ; then
+        local str="APK based system detected. Dependencies will be installed using a virtual package named pihole-meta"
+        printf "  %b %s...\\n" "${INFO}" "${str}"
+        return 0
+    fi

    # remove any leftover build directory that may exist
    rm -rf /tmp/pihole-meta_*

    # Create a fresh build directory with random name
+    # Busybox Compat: `mktemp` long flags unsupported
+    #   -d flag is short form of --directory
    local tempdir
-    tempdir="$(mktemp --directory /tmp/pihole-meta_XXXXX)"
+    tempdir="$(mktemp -d /tmp/pihole-meta_XXXXX)"
    chmod 0755 "${tempdir}"

    if is_command apt-get; then
@@ -573,7 +633,7 @@ Do you wish to continue with an IPv6-only installation?\\n\\n" \
    ;;
    esac

-    DNS_SERVERS="$DNS_SERVERS_IPV6_ONLY"
+    DNS_SERVERS="${DNS_SERVERS_IPV6_ONLY}"
    printf "  %b Proceeding with IPv6 only installation.\\n" "${INFO}"
 }

@@ -646,6 +706,7 @@ chooseInterface() {
            status="OFF"
        done
        # Disable check for double quote here as we are passing a string with spaces
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2086
        PIHOLE_INTERFACE=$(dialog --no-shadow --keep-tite --output-fd 1 \
            --cancel-label "Exit" --ok-label "Select" \
            --radiolist "Choose An Interface (press space to toggle selection)" \
@@ -671,9 +732,9 @@ testIPv6() {
    # first will contain fda2 (ULA)
    printf -v first "%s" "${1%%:*}"
    # value1 will contain 253 which is the decimal value corresponding to 0xFD
-    value1=$(((0x$first) / 256))
+    value1=$(((0x${first}) / 256))
    # value2 will contain 162 which is the decimal value corresponding to 0xA2
-    value2=$(((0x$first) % 256))
+    value2=$(((0x${first}) % 256))
    # the ULA test is testing for fc00::/7 according to RFC 4193
    if (((value1 & 254) == 252)); then
        # echoing result to calling function as return value
@@ -698,7 +759,7 @@ find_IPv6_information() {
    # For each address in the array above, determine the type of IPv6 address it is
    for i in "${IPV6_ADDRESSES[@]}"; do
        # Check if it's ULA, GUA, or LL by using the function created earlier
-        result=$(testIPv6 "$i")
+        result=$(testIPv6 "${i}")
        # If it's a ULA address, use it and store it as a global variable
        [[ "${result}" == "ULA" ]] && ULA_ADDRESS="${i%/*}"
        # If it's a GUA address, use it and store it as a global variable
@@ -733,7 +794,7 @@ collect_v4andv6_information() {
    printf "  %b IPv4 address: %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV4_ADDRESS}"
    find_IPv6_information
    printf "  %b IPv6 address: %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV6_ADDRESS}"
-    if [ "$IPV4_ADDRESS" == "" ] && [ "$IPV6_ADDRESS" != "" ]; then
+    if [ "${IPV4_ADDRESS}" == "" ] && [ "${IPV6_ADDRESS}" != "" ]; then
        confirm_ipv6_only
    fi
 }
@@ -753,7 +814,7 @@ valid_ip() {
    local regex="^${ipv4elem}\\.${ipv4elem}\\.${ipv4elem}\\.${ipv4elem}${portelem}$"

    # Evaluate the regex, and return the result
-    [[ $ip =~ ${regex} ]]
+    [[ ${ip} =~ ${regex} ]]

    stat=$?
    return "${stat}"
@@ -788,7 +849,7 @@ setDNS() {
    DNSChooseOptions=()
    local DNSServerCount=0
    # Save the old Internal Field Separator in a variable,
-    OIFS=$IFS
+    OIFS=${IFS}
    # and set the new one to newline
    IFS=$'\n'
    # Put the DNS Servers into an array
@@ -856,7 +917,7 @@ If you want to specify a port other than 53, separate it with a hash.\
            esac

            # Clean user input and replace whitespace with comma.
-            piholeDNS=$(sed 's/[, \t]\+/,/g' <<<"${piholeDNS}")
+            piholeDNS="${piholeDNS//[[:blank:]]/,}"

            # Separate the user input into the two DNS values (separated by a comma)
            printf -v PIHOLE_DNS_1 "%s" "${piholeDNS%%,*}"
@@ -912,7 +973,7 @@ If you want to specify a port other than 53, separate it with a hash.\
        done
    else
        # Save the old Internal Field Separator in a variable,
-        OIFS=$IFS
+        OIFS=${IFS}
        # and set the new one to newline
        IFS=$'\n'
        for DNSServer in ${DNS_SERVERS}; do
@@ -1134,7 +1195,8 @@ installScripts() {
        install -o "${USER}" -Dm755 -t "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}" ./automated\ install/uninstall.sh
        install -o "${USER}" -Dm755 -t "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}" ./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE
        install -o "${USER}" -Dm755 -t "${PI_HOLE_BIN_DIR}" pihole
-        install -Dm644 ./advanced/bash-completion/pihole /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole
+        install -Dm644 ./advanced/bash-completion/pihole.bash /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole
+        install -Dm644 ./advanced/bash-completion/pihole-ftl.bash /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole-FTL
        printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"

    else
@@ -1173,7 +1235,12 @@ installConfigs() {
        # Load final service
        systemctl daemon-reload
    else
-        install -T -m 0755 "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service" '/etc/init.d/pihole-FTL'
+        local INIT="service"
+        if is_command openrc; then
+            INIT="openrc"
+        fi
+
+        install -T -m 0755 "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.${INIT}" '/etc/init.d/pihole-FTL'
    fi
    install -T -m 0755 "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh" "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh"
    install -T -m 0755 "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh" "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh"
@@ -1197,10 +1264,6 @@ install_manpage() {
        # if not present, create man8 directory
        install -d -m 755 /usr/local/share/man/man8
    fi
-    if [[ ! -d "/usr/local/share/man/man5" ]]; then
-        # if not present, create man5 directory
-        install -d -m 755 /usr/local/share/man/man5
-    fi
    # Testing complete, copy the files & update the man db
    install -D -m 644 -T ${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/manpages/pihole.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole.8

@@ -1262,6 +1325,8 @@ enable_service() {
    if is_command systemctl; then
        # use that to enable the service
        systemctl -q enable "${1}"
+    elif is_command openrc; then
+        rc-update add "${1}" "${2:-default}" &> /dev/null
    else
        #  Otherwise, use update-rc.d to accomplish this
        update-rc.d "${1}" defaults >/dev/null
@@ -1277,7 +1342,10 @@ disable_service() {
    # If systemctl exists,
    if is_command systemctl; then
        # use that to disable the service
-        systemctl -q disable "${1}"
+        systemctl -q disable --now "${1}"
+    elif is_command openrc; then
+        rc-update del "${1}" "${2:-default}" &> /dev/null
+
    else
        # Otherwise, use update-rc.d to accomplish this
        update-rc.d "${1}" disable >/dev/null
@@ -1290,6 +1358,8 @@ check_service_active() {
    if is_command systemctl; then
        # use that to check the status of the service
        systemctl -q is-enabled "${1}" 2>/dev/null
+    elif is_command openrc; then
+        rc-status default boot | grep -q "${1}"
    else
        # Otherwise, fall back to service command
        service "${1}" status &>/dev/null
@@ -1391,8 +1461,27 @@ install_dependent_packages() {
            printf "  %b Error: Unable to find Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${COL_RED}"
            return 1
        fi
+    # Install Alpine packages
+    elif is_command apk; then
+        local repo_str="Ensuring alpine 'community' repo is enabled."
+        printf "%b  %b %s" "${OVER}" "${INFO}" "${repo_str}"

-    # If neither apt-get or yum/dnf package managers were found
+        local pattern='^\s*#(.*/community/?)\s*$'
+        sed -Ei "s:${pattern}:\1:" /etc/apk/repositories
+        if grep -Eq "${pattern}" /etc/apk/repositories; then
+            # Repo still commented out = Failure
+            printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${repo_str}"
+        else
+            printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${repo_str}"
+        fi
+        printf "  %b %s..." "${INFO}" "${str}"
+        if { ${PKG_INSTALL} -q -t "pihole-meta=${PIHOLE_META_VERSION_APK}" "${PIHOLE_META_DEPS_APK[@]}" &>/dev/null; }; then
+            printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
+        else
+            printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
+            printf "  %b Error: Unable to install Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${COL_RED}"
+            return 1
+        fi
    else
        # we cannot install the dependency package
        printf "  %b No supported package manager found\\n" "${CROSS}"
@@ -1417,6 +1506,15 @@ installCron() {
    # Randomize update checker time
    sed -i "s/59 17/$((1 + RANDOM % 58)) $((12 + RANDOM % 8))/" /etc/cron.d/pihole
    printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
+
+    # Switch off of busybox cron on alpine
+    if is_command openrc; then
+        printf "  %b Switching from busybox crond to cronie...\\n" "${INFO}"
+        stop_service crond
+        disable_service crond
+        enable_service cronie
+        restart_service cronie
+    fi
 }

 # Gravity is a very important script as it aggregates all of the domains into a single HOSTS formatted list,
@@ -1466,7 +1564,7 @@ create_pihole_user() {
            # then create and add her to the pihole group
            local str="Creating user 'pihole'"
            printf "%b  %b %s..." "${OVER}" "${INFO}" "${str}"
-            if useradd -r --no-user-group -g pihole -s /usr/sbin/nologin pihole; then
+            if useradd -r --no-user-group -g pihole -s "$(command -v nologin)" pihole; then
                printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
            else
                printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
@@ -1481,7 +1579,7 @@ create_pihole_user() {
                # create and add pihole user to the pihole group
                local str="Creating user 'pihole'"
                printf "%b  %b %s..." "${OVER}" "${INFO}" "${str}"
-                if useradd -r --no-user-group -g pihole -s /usr/sbin/nologin pihole; then
+                if useradd -r --no-user-group -g pihole -s "$(command -v nologin)" pihole; then
                    printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
                else
                    printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
@@ -1633,9 +1731,9 @@ check_download_exists() {
    status=$(curl --head --silent "https://ftl.pi-hole.net/${1}" | head -n 1)

    # Check the status code
-    if grep -q "200" <<<"$status"; then
+    if grep -q "200" <<<"${status}"; then
        return 0
-    elif grep -q "404" <<<"$status"; then
+    elif grep -q "404" <<<"${status}"; then
        return 1
    fi

@@ -1668,7 +1766,7 @@ get_available_branches() {
    # Get reachable remote branches, but store STDERR as STDOUT variable
    output=$({ git ls-remote --heads --quiet | cut -d'/' -f3- -; } 2>&1)
    # echo status for calling function to capture
-    echo "$output"
+    echo "${output}"
    return
 }

@@ -1701,9 +1799,9 @@ checkout_pull_branch() {
    oldbranch="$(git symbolic-ref HEAD)"

    str="Switching to branch: '${branch}' from '${oldbranch}'"
-    printf "  %b %s" "${INFO}" "$str"
+    printf "  %b %s" "${INFO}" "${str}"
    git checkout "${branch}" --quiet || return 1
-    printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "$str"
+    printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
    # Data in the repositories is public anyway so we can make it readable by everyone (+r to keep executable permission if already set by git)
    chmod -R a+rX "${directory}"

@@ -1718,6 +1816,12 @@ clone_or_reset_repos() {
    # If the user wants to repair/update,
    if [[ "${repair}" == true ]]; then
        printf "  %b Resetting local repos\\n" "${INFO}"
+
+        # import getFTLConfigValue from utils.sh
+        source "/opt/pihole/utils.sh"
+        # Use the configured Web repo location on repair/update
+        webInterfaceDir=$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webroot")$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webhome")
+
        # Reset the Core repo
        resetRepo ${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO} ||
            {
@@ -1791,8 +1895,12 @@ FTLinstall() {
            # Before stopping FTL, we download the macvendor database
            curl -sSL "https://ftl.pi-hole.net/macvendor.db" -o "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/macvendor.db" || true

-            # Stop pihole-FTL service if available
+
+            # If the binary already exists in /usr/bin, then we need to stop the service
+            # If the binary does not exist (fresh installs), then we can skip this step.
+            if [[ -f /usr/bin/pihole-FTL ]]; then
                stop_service pihole-FTL >/dev/null
+            fi

            # Install the new version with the correct permissions
            install -T -m 0755 "${binary}" /usr/bin/pihole-FTL
@@ -1906,7 +2014,7 @@ get_binary_name() {
        l_binary="pihole-FTL-riscv64"
    else
        # Something else - we try to use 32bit executable and warn the user
-        if [[ ! "${machine}" == "i686" ]]; then
+        if [[ "${machine}" != "i686" ]]; then
            printf "%b  %b %s...\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
            printf "  %b %bNot able to detect architecture (unknown: %s), trying x86 (32bit) executable%b\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_RED}" "${machine}" "${COL_NC}"
            printf "  %b Contact Pi-hole Support if you experience issues (e.g: FTL not running)\\n" "${INFO}"
@@ -1940,14 +2048,14 @@ FTLcheckUpdate() {
    local remoteSha1
    local localSha1

-    if [[ ! "${ftlBranch}" == "master" ]]; then
+    if [[ "${ftlBranch}" != "master" ]]; then
        # This is not the master branch
        local path
        path="${ftlBranch}/${binary}"

        # Check whether or not the binary for this FTL branch actually exists. If not, then there is no update!
        local status
-        if ! check_download_exists "$path"; then
+        if ! check_download_exists "${path}"; then
            status=$?
            if [ "${status}" -eq 1 ]; then
                printf "  %b Branch \"%s\" is not available.\\n" "${INFO}" "${ftlBranch}"
@@ -2050,11 +2158,11 @@ make_temporary_log() {
    TEMPLOG=$(mktemp /tmp/pihole_temp.XXXXXX)
    # Open handle 3 for templog
    # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18460186/writing-outputs-to-log-file-and-console
-    exec 3>"$TEMPLOG"
+    exec 3>"${TEMPLOG}"
    # Delete templog, but allow for addressing via file handle
    # This lets us write to the log without having a temporary file on the drive, which
    # is meant to be a security measure so there is not a lingering file on the drive during the install process
-    rm "$TEMPLOG"
+    rm "${TEMPLOG}"
 }

 copy_to_install_log() {
@@ -2227,6 +2335,9 @@ main() {

    # 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
+    # Allow the user to skip this check if they are using a self-compiled FTL binary from an unsupported architecture
+    if [ "${skipFTL}" != true ]; then
+        # Get the binary name for the current architecture
        local funcOutput
        funcOutput=$(get_binary_name) #Store output of get_binary_name here
        # Abort early if this processor is not supported (get_binary_name returns empty string)
@@ -2234,14 +2345,8 @@ main() {
            printf "  %b Upgrade/install aborted\\n" "${CROSS}" "${DISTRO_NAME}"
            exit 1
        fi
-
-    if [[ "${fresh_install}" == false ]]; then
-        # if it's running unattended,
-        if [[ "${runUnattended}" == true ]]; then
-            printf "  %b Performing unattended setup, no dialogs will be displayed\\n" "${INFO}"
-            # also disable debconf-apt-progress dialogs
-            export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
-        fi
+    else
+        printf "  %b %b--skipFTL set - skipping architecture check%b\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_YELLOW}" "${COL_NC}"
    fi

    if [[ "${fresh_install}" == true ]]; then
@@ -2274,6 +2379,8 @@ main() {
    create_pihole_user

    # Download and install FTL
+    # Allow the user to skip this check if they are using a self-compiled FTL binary from an unsupported architecture
+    if [ "${skipFTL}" != true ]; then
        local binary
        binary="pihole-FTL${funcOutput##*pihole-FTL}" #binary name will be the last line of the output of get_binary_name (it always begins with pihole-FTL)
        local theRest
@@ -2282,6 +2389,9 @@ main() {
            printf "  %b FTL Engine not installed\\n" "${CROSS}"
            exit 1
        fi
+    else
+        printf "  %b %b--skipFTL set - skipping FTL binary installation%b\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_YELLOW}" "${COL_NC}"
+    fi

    # Install and log everything to a file
    installPihole | tee -a /proc/$$/fd/3
@@ -2344,7 +2454,7 @@ main() {
        if [ -n "${PIHOLE_DNS_1}" ]; then
            local string="\"${PIHOLE_DNS_1}\""
            [ -n "${PIHOLE_DNS_2}" ] && string+=", \"${PIHOLE_DNS_2}\""
-            setFTLConfigValue "dns.upstreams" "[ $string ]"
+            setFTLConfigValue "dns.upstreams" "[ ${string} ]"
        fi

        if [ -n "${QUERY_LOGGING}" ]; then
@@ -2395,7 +2505,7 @@ main() {
 \\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 ${pw}\
+\\nView the web interface at http://pi.hole:${WEBPORT}/admin or http://${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}:${WEBPORT}/admin\\n\\nYour Admin Webpage login password is ${pw}\
 \\n
 \\n
 \\nTo allow your user to use all CLI functions without authentication,\
--- a/install/uninstall.sh
+++ b/install/uninstall.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 source "/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
 # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
 source "/opt/pihole/utils.sh"
-
-ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR=$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webroot")$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webhome")
-readonly ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR
+# getFTLConfigValue() from utils.sh

 while true; do
    read -rp "  ${QST} Are you sure you would like to remove ${COL_BOLD}Pi-hole${COL_NC}? [y/N] " answer
@@ -29,125 +27,179 @@ str="Root user check"
 if [[ ${EUID} -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo -e "  ${TICK} ${str}"
 else
-    # Check if sudo is actually installed
-    # If it isn't, exit because the uninstall can not complete
-    if [ -x "$(command -v sudo)" ]; then
-        export SUDO="sudo"
-    else
    echo -e "  ${CROSS} ${str}
        Script called with non-root privileges
        The Pi-hole requires elevated privileges to uninstall"
    exit 1
-    fi
 fi

-readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
+# Get paths for admin interface, log files and database files,
+# to allow deletion where user has specified a non-default location
+ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR=$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webroot")$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webhome")
+FTL_LOG=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.log.ftl")
+DNSMASQ_LOG=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.log.dnsmasq")
+WEBSERVER_LOG=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.log.webserver")
+PIHOLE_DB=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.database")
+GRAVITY_DB=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.gravity")
+MACVENDOR_DB=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.macvendor")
+
+PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO="/etc/.pihole"
+# Setting SKIP_INSTALL="true" to source the installer functions without running them
 SKIP_INSTALL="true"
 # shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
-source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
-
-# package_manager_detect() sourced from basic-install.sh
-package_manager_detect
-
+source "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
+# Functions and Variables sources from basic-install:
+# package_manager_detect(), disable_service(), stop_service(),
+# restart service() and is_command()
+# PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO

 removeMetaPackage() {
    # Purge Pi-hole meta package
    echo ""
    echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing Pi-hole meta package...";
-    eval "${SUDO}" "${PKG_REMOVE}" "pihole-meta" &> /dev/null;
+    eval "${PKG_REMOVE}" "pihole-meta" &> /dev/null;
    echo -e "${OVER}  ${INFO} Removed Pi-hole meta package";
-
 }

-removePiholeFiles() {
+removeWebInterface() {
    # Remove the web interface of Pi-hole
    echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing Web Interface..."
-    ${SUDO} rm -rf "${ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR}" &> /dev/null
+    rm -rf "${ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR:-/var/www/html/admin/}" &> /dev/null
    echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Removed Web Interface"
+}

-    # Attempt to preserve backwards compatibility with older versions
-    # to guarantee no additional changes were made to /etc/crontab after
-    # the installation of pihole, /etc/crontab.pihole should be permanently
-    # preserved.
-    if [[ -f /etc/crontab.orig ]]; then
-        ${SUDO} mv /etc/crontab /etc/crontab.pihole
-        ${SUDO} mv /etc/crontab.orig /etc/crontab
-        ${SUDO} service cron restart
-        echo -e "  ${TICK} Restored the default system cron"
-    fi
+removeFTL() {
+    # Remove FTL and stop any running FTL service
+    if is_command "pihole-FTL"; then
+        # service stop & disable from basic_install.sh
+        stop_service pihole-FTL
+        disable_service pihole-FTL

-    # Attempt to preserve backwards compatibility with older versions
-    if [[ -f /etc/cron.d/pihole ]];then
-        ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/cron.d/pihole &> /dev/null
-        echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed /etc/cron.d/pihole"
-    fi
-
-    ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/*pihole* &> /dev/null
-    ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/pihole/*pihole* &> /dev/null
-    ${SUDO} rm -rf /etc/pihole/ &> /dev/null
-    ${SUDO} rm -rf /etc/.pihole/ &> /dev/null
-    ${SUDO} rm -rf /opt/pihole/ &> /dev/null
-    ${SUDO} rm -f /usr/local/bin/pihole &> /dev/null
-    ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole &> /dev/null
-    ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/sudoers.d/pihole &> /dev/null
-    echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed config files"
-
-    # Restore Resolved
-    if [[ -e /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.orig ]] || [[ -e /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/90-pi-hole-disable-stub-listener.conf ]]; then
-        ${SUDO} cp -p /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.orig /etc/systemd/resolved.conf &> /dev/null || true
-        ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/90-pi-hole-disable-stub-listener.conf
-        systemctl reload-or-restart systemd-resolved
-    fi
-
-    # Remove FTL
-    if command -v pihole-FTL &> /dev/null; then
        echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing pihole-FTL..."
-        if [[ -x "$(command -v systemctl)" ]]; then
-            systemctl stop pihole-FTL
-        else
-            service pihole-FTL stop
-        fi
-        ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service
+        rm -f /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service &> /dev/null
        if [[ -d '/etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d' ]]; then
            read -rp "  ${QST} FTL service override directory /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d detected. Do you wish to remove this from your system? [y/N] " answer
            case $answer in
                [yY]*)
                    echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d..."
-                    ${SUDO} rm -R /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d
+                    rm -R /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d &> /dev/null
                    echo -e "${OVER}  ${INFO} Removed /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d"
                ;;
                *) echo -e "  ${INFO} Leaving /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d in place.";;
            esac
        fi
-        ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/init.d/pihole-FTL
-        ${SUDO} rm -f /usr/bin/pihole-FTL
+        rm -f /etc/init.d/pihole-FTL &> /dev/null
+        rm -f /usr/bin/pihole-FTL &> /dev/null
        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Removed pihole-FTL"
+
+        # Force systemd reload after service files are removed
+        if is_command "systemctl"; then
+            echo -ne "  ${INFO} Restarting systemd..."
+            systemctl daemon-reload
+            echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Restarted systemd..."
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+removeCronFiles() {
+    # Attempt to preserve backwards compatibility with older versions
+    # to guarantee no additional changes were made to /etc/crontab after
+    # the installation of pihole, /etc/crontab.pihole should be permanently
+    # preserved.
+    if [[ -f /etc/crontab.orig ]]; then
+        mv /etc/crontab /etc/crontab.pihole
+        mv /etc/crontab.orig /etc/crontab
+        restart_service cron
+        echo -e "  ${TICK} Restored the default system cron"
+        echo -e "  ${INFO} A backup of the most recent crontab is saved at /etc/crontab.pihole"
    fi

-    # If the pihole manpage exists, then delete and rebuild man-db
+    # Attempt to preserve backwards compatibility with older versions
+    if [[ -f /etc/cron.d/pihole ]];then
+        rm -f /etc/cron.d/pihole &> /dev/null
+        echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed /etc/cron.d/pihole"
+    fi
+}
+
+removePiholeFiles() {
+    # Remove databases (including user specified non-default paths)
+    rm -f "${PIHOLE_DB:-/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db}" &> /dev/null
+    rm -f "${GRAVITY_DB:-/etc/pihole/gravity.db}" &> /dev/null
+    rm -f "${MACVENDOR_DB:-/etc/pihole/macvendor.db}" &> /dev/null
+
+    # Remove pihole config, repo and local files
+    rm -rf "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR:-/etc/pihole}" &> /dev/null
+    rm -rf "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO:-/etc/.pihole}" &> /dev/null
+    rm -rf "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR:-/opt/pihole}" &> /dev/null
+
+    # Remove log files (including user specified non-default paths)
+    # and rotated logs
+    # Explicitly escape spaces, in case of trailing space in path before wildcard
+    rm -f "$(printf '%q' "${FTL_LOG:-/var/log/pihole/FTL.log}")*" &> /dev/null
+    rm -f "$(printf '%q' "${DNSMASQ_LOG:-/var/log/pihole/pihole.log}")*" &> /dev/null
+    rm -f "$(printf '%q' "${WEBSERVER_LOG:-/var/log/pihole/webserver.log}")*" &> /dev/null
+
+    # remove any remnant log-files from old versions
+    rm -rf /var/log/*pihole* &> /dev/null
+
+    # remove log directory
+    rm -rf /var/log/pihole &> /dev/null
+
+    # remove the pihole command
+    rm -f /usr/local/bin/pihole &> /dev/null
+
+    # remove Pi-hole's bash completion
+    rm -f /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole &> /dev/null
+    rm -f /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole-FTL &> /dev/null
+
+    # Remove pihole from sudoers for compatibility with old versions
+    rm -f /etc/sudoers.d/pihole &> /dev/null
+
+    echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed config files"
+}
+
+removeManPage() {
+    # If the pihole manpage exists, then delete
    if [[ -f /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole.8 ]]; then
-        ${SUDO} rm -f /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole-FTL.8 /usr/local/share/man/man5/pihole-FTL.conf.5
-        ${SUDO} mandb -q &>/dev/null
+        rm -f /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole-FTL.8 /usr/local/share/man/man5/pihole-FTL.conf.5
+        # Rebuild man-db if present
+        if is_command "mandb"; then
+            mandb -q &>/dev/null
+        fi
        echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed pihole man page"
    fi
+}

+removeUser() {
    # If the pihole user exists, then remove
    if id "pihole" &> /dev/null; then
-        if ${SUDO} userdel -r pihole 2> /dev/null; then
+        if userdel -r pihole 2> /dev/null; then
            echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed 'pihole' user"
        else
            echo -e "  ${CROSS} Unable to remove 'pihole' user"
        fi
    fi
+
    # If the pihole group exists, then remove
    if getent group "pihole" &> /dev/null; then
-        if ${SUDO} groupdel pihole 2> /dev/null; then
+        if groupdel pihole 2> /dev/null; then
            echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed 'pihole' group"
        else
            echo -e "  ${CROSS} Unable to remove 'pihole' group"
        fi
    fi
+}

+restoreResolved() {
+    # Restore Resolved from saved configuration, if present
+    if [[ -e /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.orig ]] || [[ -e /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/90-pi-hole-disable-stub-listener.conf ]]; then
+        cp -p /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.orig /etc/systemd/resolved.conf &> /dev/null || true
+        rm -f /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/90-pi-hole-disable-stub-listener.conf &> /dev/null
+        systemctl reload-or-restart systemd-resolved
+    fi
+}
+
+completionMessage() {
    echo -e "\\n   We're sorry to see you go, but thanks for checking out Pi-hole!
       If you need help, reach out to us on GitHub, Discourse, Reddit or Twitter
       Reinstall at any time: ${COL_BOLD}curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash${COL_NC}
@@ -158,5 +210,17 @@ removePiholeFiles() {
 }

 ######### SCRIPT ###########
+# The ordering here allows clean uninstallation with nothing
+# removed before anything that depends upon it.
+# eg removeFTL relies on scripts removed by removePiholeFiles
+# removeUser relies on commands removed by removeMetaPackage
+package_manager_detect
+removeWebInterface
+removeCronFiles
+restoreResolved
+removeManPage
+removeFTL
+removeUser
 removeMetaPackage
 removePiholeFiles
+completionMessage
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -118,9 +118,12 @@ gravity_swap_databases() {

  # Swap databases and remove or conditionally rename old database
  # Number of available blocks on disk
-  availableBlocks=$(stat -f --format "%a" "${gravityDIR}")
+  # Busybox Compat: `stat` long flags unsupported
+  #   -f flag is short form of --file-system.
+  #   -c flag is short form of --format.
+  availableBlocks=$(stat -f -c "%a" "${gravityDIR}")
  # Number of blocks, used by gravity.db
-  gravityBlocks=$(stat --format "%b" "${gravityDBfile}")
+  gravityBlocks=$(stat -c "%b" "${gravityDBfile}")
  # Only keep the old database if available disk space is at least twice the size of the existing gravity.db.
  # Better be safe than sorry...
  oldAvail=false
@@ -609,7 +612,7 @@ compareLists() {
 gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
  local url="${1}" adlistID="${2}" saveLocation="${3}" compression="${4}" gravity_type="${5}" domain="${6}"
  local listCurlBuffer str httpCode success="" ip customUpstreamResolver=""
-  local file_path permissions ip_addr port blocked=false download=true
+  local file_path ip_addr port blocked=false download=true
  # modifiedOptions is an array to store all the options used to check if the adlist has been changed upstream
  local modifiedOptions=()

@@ -718,36 +721,47 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
    fi
  fi

-  # If we are going to "download" a local file, we first check if the target
-  # file has a+r permission. We explicitly check for all+read because we want
-  # to make sure that the file is readable by everyone and not just the user
-  # running the script.
-  if [[ $url == "file://"* ]]; then
+  # If we "download" a local file (file://), verify read access before using it.
+    # When running as root (e.g., via pihole -g), check that the 'pihole' user can read the file
+    # to match the effective runtime user of FTL; otherwise, check the current user's read access
+    # (e.g., in Docker or when invoked by a non-root user). The target must
+    # resolve to a regular file and be readable by the evaluated user.
+  if [[ "${url}" == "file:/"* ]]; then
    # Get the file path
-    file_path=$(echo "$url" | cut -d'/' -f3-)
+    file_path=$(echo "${url}" | cut -d'/' -f3-)
    # Check if the file exists and is a regular file (i.e. not a socket, fifo, tty, block). Might still be a symlink.
-    if [[ ! -f $file_path ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -f ${file_path} ]]; then
        # Output that the file does not exist
        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${file_path} does not exist"
        download=false
    else
-      # Check if the file or a file referenced by the symlink has a+r permissions
-      permissions=$(stat -L -c "%a" "$file_path")
-      if [[ $permissions == *4 || $permissions == *5 || $permissions == *6 || $permissions == *7 ]]; then
+        if [ "$(id -un)" == "root" ]; then
+            # If we are root, we need to check if the pihole user has read permission
+            #  otherwise, we might read files that the pihole user should not be able to read
+            if sudo -u pihole test -r "${file_path}"; then
+                echo -e "${OVER}  ${INFO} Using local file ${file_path}"
+            else
+                echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Cannot read file (user 'pihole' lacks read permission)"
+                download=false
+            fi
+        else
+            # If we are not root, we just check if the current user has read permission
+            if [[ -r "${file_path}" ]]; then
                # Output that we are using the local file
                echo -e "${OVER}  ${INFO} Using local file ${file_path}"
            else
-        # Output that the file does not have the correct permissions
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Cannot read file (file needs to have a+r permission)"
+                # Output that the file is not readable by the current user
+                echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Cannot read file (current user '$(id -un)' lacks read permission)"
                download=false
            fi
        fi
    fi
+  fi

  # Check for allowed protocols
  if [[ $url != "http"* && $url != "https"* && $url != "file"* && $url != "ftp"* && $url != "ftps"* && $url != "sftp"* ]]; then
    echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Invalid protocol specified. Ignoring list."
-    echo -e "Ensure your URL starts with a valid protocol like http:// , https:// or file:// ."
+    echo -e "      Ensure your URL starts with a valid protocol like http:// , https:// or file:// ."
    download=false
  fi

@@ -855,7 +869,7 @@ gravity_Table_Count() {
  fi
 }

-# Output count of blacklisted domains and regex filters
+# Output count of denied and allowed domains and regex filters
 gravity_ShowCount() {
  # Here we use the table "gravity" instead of the view "vw_gravity" for speed.
  # It's safe to replace it here, because right after a gravity run both will show the exactly same number of domains.
@@ -948,7 +962,7 @@ database_recovery() {
  else
    echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} - the following errors happened:"
    while IFS= read -r line; do echo "  - $line"; done <<<"$result"
-    echo -e "  ${CROSS} Recovery failed. Try \"pihole -r recreate\" instead."
+    echo -e "  ${CROSS} Recovery failed. Try \"pihole -g -r recreate\" instead."
    exit 1
  fi
  echo ""
@@ -1131,7 +1145,7 @@ fi

 if [[ "${forceDelete:-}" == true ]]; then
  str="Deleting existing list cache"
-  echo -ne "${INFO} ${str}..."
+  echo -ne "  ${INFO} ${str}..."

  rm "${listsCacheDir}/list.*" 2>/dev/null || true
  echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} ${str}"
--- a/manpages/pihole.8
+++ b/manpages/pihole.8
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ Available commands and options:
    Flush the Pi-hole log
 .br

-\fB-r, reconfigure\fR
+\fB-r, repair\fR
 .br
-    Reconfigure or Repair Pi-hole subsystems
+    Repair Pi-hole subsystems
 .br

 \fB-t, tail\fR [arg]
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ Allow-/denylist manipulation

 \fBpihole --regex "ad.*\\.example\\.com$"\fR
 .br
-    Adds "ad.*\\.example\\.com$" to the regex blacklist.
+    Adds "ad.*\\.example\\.com$" to the regex denylist.
    Would block all subdomains of example.com which start with "ad"
 .br

@@ -317,9 +317,10 @@ Switching Pi-hole subsystem branches
    Switch to core development branch
 .br

-\fBpihole arpflush\fR
+\fBpihole networkflush\fR
 .br
-    Flush information stored in Pi-hole's network tables
+    Flush information stored in Pi-hole's network table
+    Add '--arp' to additionally flush the ARP table
 .br

 \fBpihole api stats/summary\fR
--- a/109
+++ b/109
@@ -96,8 +96,18 @@ flushFunc() {
  exit 0
 }

+# Deprecated function, should be removed in the future
+# use networkFlush instead
 arpFunc() {
-  "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}"/piholeARPTable.sh "$@"
+  shift
+  echo -e "  ${INFO} The 'arpflush' command is deprecated, use 'networkflush' instead"
+  "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}"/piholeNetworkFlush.sh "$@"
+  exit 0
+}
+
+networkFlush() {
+  shift
+  "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}"/piholeNetworkFlush.sh "$@"
  exit 0
 }

@@ -115,7 +125,22 @@ repairPiholeFunc() {
  if [ -n "${DOCKER_VERSION}" ]; then
    unsupportedFunc
  else
-    /etc/.pihole/automated\ install/basic-install.sh --repair
+    local skipFTL additionalFlag
+    skipFTL=false
+    # Check arguments
+    for var in "$@"; do
+        case "$var" in
+            "--skipFTL") skipFTL=true ;;
+        esac
+    done
+
+    if [ "${skipFTL}" == true ]; then
+        additionalFlag="--skipFTL"
+    else
+        additionalFlag=""
+    fi
+
+    /etc/.pihole/automated\ install/basic-install.sh --repair ${additionalFlag}
    exit 0;
  fi
 }
@@ -147,10 +172,11 @@ uninstallFunc() {

 versionFunc() {
  exec "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}"/version.sh
+  exit 0
 }

 reloadDNS() {
-  local svcOption svc str output status pid icon FTL_PID_FILE
+  local svcOption svc str output status pid icon FTL_PID_FILE sigrtmin
  svcOption="${1:-reload}"

  # get the current path to the pihole-FTL.pid
@@ -169,7 +195,10 @@ reloadDNS() {
      str="FTL is not running"
      icon="${INFO}"
    else
-      svc="kill -RTMIN ${pid}"
+      sigrtmin="$(pihole-FTL sigrtmin 2>/dev/null)"
+      # Make sure sigrtmin is a number, otherwise fallback to RTMIN
+      [[ "${sigrtmin}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || unset sigrtmin
+      svc="kill -${sigrtmin:-RTMIN} ${pid}"
      str="Reloading DNS lists"
      icon="${TICK}"
    fi
@@ -264,6 +293,7 @@ Time:
  LogoutAPI

  echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} ${str}"
+  exit 0
 }

 piholeLogging() {
@@ -519,7 +549,8 @@ Options:
  reloadlists         Update the lists WITHOUT flushing the cache or restarting the DNS server
  checkout            Switch Pi-hole subsystems to a different GitHub branch
                        Add '-h' for more info on checkout usage
-  arpflush            Flush information stored in Pi-hole's network tables";
+  networkflush        Flush information stored in Pi-hole's network tables
+                        Add '--arp' to additionally flush the ARP table ";
  exit 0
 }

@@ -528,7 +559,7 @@ if [[ $# = 0 ]]; then
 fi

 # functions that do not require sudo power
-need_root=1
+need_root=
 case "${1}" in
  "-h" | "help" | "--help"        ) helpFunc;;
  "-v" | "version"                ) versionFunc;;
@@ -536,31 +567,32 @@ case "${1}" in
  "-q" | "query"                  ) queryFunc "$@";;
  "status"                        ) statusFunc "$2";;
  "tricorder"                     ) tricorderFunc;;
+  "allow" | "allowlist"           ) listFunc "$@";;
+  "deny" | "denylist"             ) listFunc "$@";;
+  "--wild" | "wildcard"           ) listFunc "$@";;
+  "--regex" | "regex"             ) listFunc "$@";;
+  "--allow-regex" | "allow-regex" ) listFunc "$@";;
+  "--allow-wild" | "allow-wild"   ) listFunc "$@";;
+  "enable"                        ) piholeEnable true "$2";;
+  "disable"                       ) piholeEnable false "$2";;
+  "api"                           ) shift; apiFunc "$@"; exit 0;;

  # we need to add all arguments that require sudo power to not trigger the * argument
-  "allow" | "allowlist"           ) need_root=0;;
-  "deny" | "denylist"             ) need_root=0;;
-  "--wild" | "wildcard"           ) need_root=0;;
-  "--regex" | "regex"             ) need_root=0;;
-  "--allow-regex" | "allow-regex" ) need_root=0;;
-  "--allow-wild" | "allow-wild"   ) need_root=0;;
-  "-f" | "flush"                  ) ;;
-  "-up" | "updatePihole"          ) ;;
-  "-r"  | "repair"                ) ;;
-  "-l" | "logging"                ) ;;
-  "uninstall"                     ) ;;
-  "enable"                        ) need_root=0;;
-  "disable"                       ) need_root=0;;
-  "-d" | "debug"                  ) ;;
-  "-g" | "updateGravity"          ) need_root=0;;
-  "reloaddns"                     ) ;;
-  "reloadlists"                   ) ;;
-  "setpassword"                   ) ;;
-  "checkout"                      ) ;;
-  "updatechecker"                 ) ;;
-  "arpflush"                      ) ;;
-  "-t" | "tail"                   ) ;;
-  "api"                           ) need_root=0;;
+  "-f" | "flush"                  ) need_root=true;;
+  "-up" | "updatePihole"          ) need_root=true;;
+  "-r"  | "repair"                ) need_root=true;;
+  "-l" | "logging"                ) need_root=true;;
+  "uninstall"                     ) need_root=true;;
+  "-d" | "debug"                  ) need_root=true;;
+  "-g" | "updateGravity"          ) need_root=true;;
+  "reloaddns"                     ) need_root=true;;
+  "reloadlists"                   ) need_root=true;;
+  "setpassword"                   ) need_root=true;;
+  "checkout"                      ) need_root=true;;
+  "updatechecker"                 ) need_root=true;;
+  "arpflush"                      ) need_root=true;; # Deprecated, use networkflush instead
+  "networkflush"                  ) need_root=true;;
+  "-t" | "tail"                   ) need_root=true;;
  *                               ) helpFunc;;
 esac

@@ -572,36 +604,29 @@ fi

 # Check if the current user is not root and if the command
 # requires root. If so, exit with an error message.
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 && need_root -eq 1 ]];then
-  echo -e "  ${CROSS} The Pi-hole command requires root privileges, try:"
+# Add an exception for the user "pihole" to allow the webserver running gravity
+if [[ ( $EUID -ne 0 && ${USER} != "pihole" ) && -n "${need_root}" ]]; then
+  echo -e "  ${CROSS} This Pi-hole command requires root privileges, try:"
  echo -e "      ${COL_GREEN}sudo pihole $*${COL_NC}"
  exit 1
 fi

 # Handle redirecting to specific functions based on arguments
 case "${1}" in
-  "allow" | "allowlist"           ) listFunc "$@";;
-  "deny" | "denylist"             ) listFunc "$@";;
-  "--wild" | "wildcard"           ) listFunc "$@";;
-  "--regex" | "regex"             ) listFunc "$@";;
-  "--allow-regex" | "allow-regex" ) listFunc "$@";;
-  "--allow-wild" | "allow-wild"   ) listFunc "$@";;
  "-d" | "debug"                  ) debugFunc "$@";;
  "-f" | "flush"                  ) flushFunc "$@";;
  "-up" | "updatePihole"          ) updatePiholeFunc "$@";;
-  "-r"  | "repair"                ) repairPiholeFunc;;
+  "-r"  | "repair"                ) repairPiholeFunc "$@";;
  "-g" | "updateGravity"          ) updateGravityFunc "$@";;
  "-l" | "logging"                ) piholeLogging "$@";;
  "uninstall"                     ) uninstallFunc;;
-  "enable"                        ) piholeEnable true "$2";;
-  "disable"                       ) piholeEnable false "$2";;
  "reloaddns"                     ) reloadDNS "reload";;
  "reloadlists"                   ) reloadDNS "reload-lists";;
  "setpassword"                   ) SetWebPassword "$@";;
  "checkout"                      ) piholeCheckoutFunc "$@";;
  "updatechecker"                 ) shift; updateCheckFunc "$@";;
-  "arpflush"                      ) arpFunc "$@";;
+  "arpflush"                      ) arpFunc "$@";; # Deprecated, use networkflush instead
+  "networkflush"                  ) networkFlush "$@";;
  "-t" | "tail"                   ) tailFunc "$2";;
-  "api"                           ) shift; apiFunc "$@";;
  *                               ) helpFunc;;
 esac
--- a/test/_alpine_3_21.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/_alpine_3_21.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM alpine:3.21
+
+ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
+ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole
+RUN sed -i 's/#\(.*\/community\)/\1/' /etc/apk/repositories
+RUN apk --no-cache add bash coreutils curl git jq openrc shadow
+
+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 && \
--- a/test/_alpine_3_22.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/_alpine_3_22.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM alpine:3.22
+
+ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
+ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole
+RUN sed -i 's/#\(.*\/community\)/\1/' /etc/apk/repositories
+RUN apk --no-cache add bash coreutils curl git jq openrc shadow
+
+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 && \
--- a/test/_alpine_3_23.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/_alpine_3_23.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM alpine:3.23
+
+ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
+ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole
+RUN sed -i 's/#\(.*\/community\)/\1/' /etc/apk/repositories
+RUN apk --no-cache add bash coreutils curl git jq openrc shadow
+
+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 && \
--- a/test/_debian_13.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/_debian_13.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM buildpack-deps:trixie-scm
+
+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 && \
--- a/test/_fedora_43.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/_fedora_43.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+FROM fedora:43
+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 && \
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -51,29 +51,19 @@ def mock_command(script, args, container):
    in unit tests
    """
    full_script_path = "/usr/local/bin/{}".format(script)
-    mock_script = dedent(
-        r"""\
+    mock_script = dedent(r"""\
    #!/bin/bash -e
    echo "\$0 \$@" >> /var/log/{script}
-    case "\$1" in""".format(
-            script=script
-        )
-    )
+    case "\$1" in""".format(script=script))
    for k, v in args.items():
-        case = dedent(
-            """
+        case = dedent("""
        {arg})
        echo {res}
        exit {retcode}
-        ;;""".format(
-                arg=k, res=v[0], retcode=v[1]
-            )
-        )
+        ;;""".format(arg=k, res=v[0], retcode=v[1]))
        mock_script += case
-    mock_script += dedent(
-        """
-    esac"""
-    )
+    mock_script += dedent("""
+    esac""")
    container.run(
        """
    cat <<EOF> {script}\n{content}\nEOF
@@ -94,37 +84,23 @@ def mock_command_passthrough(script, args, container):
    """
    orig_script_path = container.check_output("command -v {}".format(script))
    full_script_path = "/usr/local/bin/{}".format(script)
-    mock_script = dedent(
-        r"""\
+    mock_script = dedent(r"""\
    #!/bin/bash -e
    echo "\$0 \$@" >> /var/log/{script}
-    case "\$1" in""".format(
-            script=script
-        )
-    )
+    case "\$1" in""".format(script=script))
    for k, v in args.items():
-        case = dedent(
-            """
+        case = dedent("""
        {arg})
        echo {res}
        exit {retcode}
-        ;;""".format(
-                arg=k, res=v[0], retcode=v[1]
-            )
-        )
+        ;;""".format(arg=k, res=v[0], retcode=v[1]))
        mock_script += case
-    mock_script += dedent(
-        r"""
+    mock_script += dedent(r"""
    *)
    {orig_script_path} "\$@"
-    ;;""".format(
-            orig_script_path=orig_script_path
-        )
-    )
-    mock_script += dedent(
-        """
-    esac"""
-    )
+    ;;""".format(orig_script_path=orig_script_path))
+    mock_script += dedent("""
+    esac""")
    container.run(
        """
    cat <<EOF> {script}\n{content}\nEOF
@@ -141,29 +117,19 @@ def mock_command_run(script, args, container):
    in unit tests
    """
    full_script_path = "/usr/local/bin/{}".format(script)
-    mock_script = dedent(
-        r"""\
+    mock_script = dedent(r"""\
    #!/bin/bash -e
    echo "\$0 \$@" >> /var/log/{script}
-    case "\$1 \$2" in""".format(
-            script=script
-        )
-    )
+    case "\$1 \$2" in""".format(script=script))
    for k, v in args.items():
-        case = dedent(
-            """
+        case = dedent("""
        \"{arg}\")
        echo {res}
        exit {retcode}
-        ;;""".format(
-                arg=k, res=v[0], retcode=v[1]
-            )
-        )
+        ;;""".format(arg=k, res=v[0], retcode=v[1]))
        mock_script += case
-    mock_script += dedent(
-        """
-    esac"""
-    )
+    mock_script += dedent(r"""
+    esac""")
    container.run(
        """
    cat <<EOF> {script}\n{content}\nEOF
@@ -180,29 +146,19 @@ def mock_command_2(script, args, container):
    in unit tests
    """
    full_script_path = "/usr/local/bin/{}".format(script)
-    mock_script = dedent(
-        r"""\
+    mock_script = dedent(r"""\
    #!/bin/bash -e
    echo "\$0 \$@" >> /var/log/{script}
-    case "\$1 \$2" in""".format(
-            script=script
-        )
-    )
+    case "\$1 \$2" in""".format(script=script))
    for k, v in args.items():
-        case = dedent(
-            """
+        case = dedent("""
        \"{arg}\")
        echo \"{res}\"
        exit {retcode}
-        ;;""".format(
-                arg=k, res=v[0], retcode=v[1]
-            )
-        )
+        ;;""".format(arg=k, res=v[0], retcode=v[1]))
        mock_script += case
-    mock_script += dedent(
-        """
-    esac"""
-    )
+    mock_script += dedent(r"""
+    esac""")
    container.run(
        """
    cat <<EOF> {script}\n{content}\nEOF
--- a/test/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-pyyaml == 6.0.2
-pytest == 8.4.1
+pyyaml == 6.0.3
+pytest == 9.0.2
 pytest-xdist == 3.8.0
 pytest-testinfra == 10.2.2
-tox == 4.27.0
+tox == 4.35.0
 pytest-clarity == 1.0.1
--- a/test/test_any_automated_install.py
+++ b/test/test_any_automated_install.py
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ from .conftest import (
    info_box,
    cross_box,
    mock_command,
-    mock_command_run,
    mock_command_2,
    mock_command_passthrough,
-    run_script,
 )

 FTL_BRANCH = "development"
@@ -22,12 +20,11 @@ def test_supported_package_manager(host):
    # break supported package managers
    host.run("rm -rf /usr/bin/apt-get")
    host.run("rm -rf /usr/bin/rpm")
-    package_manager_detect = host.run(
-        """
+    host.run("rm -rf /sbin/apk")
+    package_manager_detect = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    package_manager_detect
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = cross_box + " No supported package manager found"
    assert expected_stdout in package_manager_detect.stdout
    # assert package_manager_detect.rc == 1
@@ -37,13 +34,11 @@ def test_selinux_not_detected(host):
    """
    confirms installer continues when SELinux configuration file does not exist
    """
-    check_selinux = host.run(
-        """
+    check_selinux = host.run("""
    rm -f /etc/selinux/config
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    checkSelinux
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = info_box + " SELinux not detected"
    assert expected_stdout in check_selinux.stdout
    assert check_selinux.rc == 0
@@ -77,14 +72,24 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
        },
        host,
    )
+    mock_command_2(
+        "rc-service",
+        {
+            "rc-service pihole-FTL enable": ("", "0"),
+            "rc-service pihole-FTL restart": ("", "0"),
+            "rc-service pihole-FTL start": ("", "0"),
+            "*": ('echo "rc-service call with $@"', "0"),
+        },
+        host,
+    )
    # try to install man
    host.run("command -v apt-get > /dev/null && apt-get install -qq man")
    host.run("command -v dnf > /dev/null && dnf install -y man")
    host.run("command -v yum > /dev/null && yum install -y man")
+    host.run("command -v apk > /dev/null && apk add mandoc man-pages")
    # Workaround to get FTLv6 installed until it reaches master branch
    host.run('echo "' + FTL_BRANCH + '" > /etc/pihole/ftlbranch')
-    install = host.run(
-        """
+    install = host.run("""
    export TERM=xterm
    export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
    umask 0027
@@ -93,8 +98,7 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
    runUnattended=true
    main
    /opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    assert 0 == install.rc
    maninstalled = True
    if (info_box + " man not installed") in install.stdout:
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
        maninstalled = False
    piholeuser = "pihole"
    exit_status_success = 0
-    test_cmd = 'su --shell /bin/bash --command "test -{0} {1}" -p {2}'
+    test_cmd = 'su -s /bin/bash -c "test -{0} {1}" -p {2}'
    # check files in /etc/pihole for read, write and execute permission
    check_etc = test_cmd.format("r", "/etc/pihole", piholeuser)
    actual_rc = host.run(check_etc).rc
@@ -150,12 +154,6 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
        check_man = test_cmd.format("r", "/usr/local/share/man/man8", piholeuser)
        actual_rc = host.run(check_man).rc
        assert exit_status_success == actual_rc
-        check_man = test_cmd.format("x", "/usr/local/share/man/man5", piholeuser)
-        actual_rc = host.run(check_man).rc
-        assert exit_status_success == actual_rc
-        check_man = test_cmd.format("r", "/usr/local/share/man/man5", piholeuser)
-        actual_rc = host.run(check_man).rc
-        assert exit_status_success == actual_rc
        check_man = test_cmd.format(
            "r", "/usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole.8", piholeuser
        )
@@ -189,13 +187,11 @@ def test_update_package_cache_success_no_errors(host):
    """
    confirms package cache was updated without any errors
    """
-    updateCache = host.run(
-        """
+    updateCache = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    package_manager_detect
    update_package_cache
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = tick_box + " Update local cache of available packages"
    assert expected_stdout in updateCache.stdout
    assert "error" not in updateCache.stdout.lower()
@@ -206,13 +202,11 @@ def test_update_package_cache_failure_no_errors(host):
    confirms package cache was not updated
    """
    mock_command("apt-get", {"update": ("", "1")}, host)
-    updateCache = host.run(
-        """
+    updateCache = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    package_manager_detect
    update_package_cache
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = cross_box + " Update local cache of available packages"
    assert expected_stdout in updateCache.stdout
    assert "Error: Unable to update package cache." in updateCache.stdout
@@ -248,16 +242,14 @@ def test_FTL_detect_no_errors(host, arch, detected_string, supported):
        host,
    )
    host.run('echo "' + FTL_BRANCH + '" > /etc/pihole/ftlbranch')
-    detectPlatform = host.run(
-        """
+    detectPlatform = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    create_pihole_user
    funcOutput=$(get_binary_name)
    binary="pihole-FTL${funcOutput##*pihole-FTL}"
    theRest="${funcOutput%pihole-FTL*}"
    FTLdetect "${binary}" "${theRest}"
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    if supported:
        expected_stdout = info_box + " FTL Checks..."
        assert expected_stdout in detectPlatform.stdout
@@ -277,22 +269,18 @@ def test_FTL_development_binary_installed_and_responsive_no_errors(host):
    confirms FTL development binary is copied and functional in installed location
    """
    host.run('echo "' + FTL_BRANCH + '" > /etc/pihole/ftlbranch')
-    host.run(
-        """
+    host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    create_pihole_user
    funcOutput=$(get_binary_name)
    binary="pihole-FTL${funcOutput##*pihole-FTL}"
    theRest="${funcOutput%pihole-FTL*}"
    FTLdetect "${binary}" "${theRest}"
-    """
-    )
-    version_check = host.run(
-        """
+    """)
+    version_check = host.run("""
    VERSION=$(pihole-FTL version)
    echo ${VERSION:0:1}
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = "v"
    assert expected_stdout in version_check.stdout

@@ -307,12 +295,10 @@ def test_IPv6_only_link_local(host):
        {"-6 address": ("inet6 fe80::d210:52fa:fe00:7ad7/64 scope link", "0")},
        host,
    )
-    detectPlatform = host.run(
-        """
+    detectPlatform = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    find_IPv6_information
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = "Unable to find IPv6 ULA/GUA address"
    assert expected_stdout in detectPlatform.stdout

@@ -332,12 +318,10 @@ def test_IPv6_only_ULA(host):
        },
        host,
    )
-    detectPlatform = host.run(
-        """
+    detectPlatform = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    find_IPv6_information
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = "Found IPv6 ULA address"
    assert expected_stdout in detectPlatform.stdout

@@ -357,12 +341,10 @@ def test_IPv6_only_GUA(host):
        },
        host,
    )
-    detectPlatform = host.run(
-        """
+    detectPlatform = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    find_IPv6_information
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = "Found IPv6 GUA address"
    assert expected_stdout in detectPlatform.stdout

@@ -383,12 +365,10 @@ def test_IPv6_GUA_ULA_test(host):
        },
        host,
    )
-    detectPlatform = host.run(
-        """
+    detectPlatform = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    find_IPv6_information
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = "Found IPv6 ULA address"
    assert expected_stdout in detectPlatform.stdout

@@ -409,12 +389,10 @@ def test_IPv6_ULA_GUA_test(host):
        },
        host,
    )
-    detectPlatform = host.run(
-        """
+    detectPlatform = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    find_IPv6_information
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = "Found IPv6 ULA address"
    assert expected_stdout in detectPlatform.stdout

@@ -425,14 +403,10 @@ def test_validate_ip(host):
    """

    def test_address(addr, success=True):
-        output = host.run(
-            """
+        output = host.run("""
        source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
        valid_ip "{addr}"
-        """.format(
-                addr=addr
-            )
-        )
+        """.format(addr=addr))

        assert output.rc == 0 if success else 1

@@ -467,15 +441,13 @@ def test_validate_ip(host):
 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)
-    output = host.run(
-        """
+    output = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    package_manager_detect
    update_package_cache
    build_dependency_package
    install_dependent_packages
-    """
-    )
+    """)

    assert "No package" not in output.stdout
    assert output.rc == 0
@@ -484,21 +456,17 @@ def test_package_manager_has_pihole_deps(host):
 def test_meta_package_uninstall(host):
    """Confirms OS is able to install and uninstall the Pi-hole meta package"""
    mock_command("dialog", {"*": ("", "0")}, host)
-    install = host.run(
-        """
+    install = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    package_manager_detect
    update_package_cache
    build_dependency_package
    install_dependent_packages
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    assert install.rc == 0

-    uninstall = host.run(
-        """
+    uninstall = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/uninstall.sh
    removeMetaPackage
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    assert uninstall.rc == 0
--- a/test/test_any_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_any_utils.py
@@ -1,31 +1,25 @@
 def test_key_val_replacement_works(host):
    """Confirms addOrEditKeyValPair either adds or replaces a key value pair in a given file"""
-    host.run(
-        """
+    host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/utils.sh
    addOrEditKeyValPair "./testoutput" "KEY_ONE" "value1"
    addOrEditKeyValPair "./testoutput" "KEY_TWO" "value2"
    addOrEditKeyValPair "./testoutput" "KEY_ONE" "value3"
    addOrEditKeyValPair "./testoutput" "KEY_FOUR" "value4"
-    """
-    )
-    output = host.run(
-        """
+    """)
+    output = host.run("""
    cat ./testoutput
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = "KEY_ONE=value3\nKEY_TWO=value2\nKEY_FOUR=value4\n"
    assert expected_stdout == output.stdout


 def test_getFTLPID_default(host):
    """Confirms getFTLPID returns the default value if FTL is not running"""
-    output = host.run(
-        """
+    output = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/utils.sh
    getFTLPID
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = "-1\n"
    assert expected_stdout == output.stdout

@@ -36,8 +30,7 @@ def test_setFTLConfigValue_getFTLConfigValue(host):
    Requires FTL to be installed, so we do that first
    (taken from test_FTL_development_binary_installed_and_responsive_no_errors)
    """
-    host.run(
-        """
+    host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    create_pihole_user
    funcOutput=$(get_binary_name)
@@ -45,15 +38,12 @@ def test_setFTLConfigValue_getFTLConfigValue(host):
    binary="pihole-FTL${funcOutput##*pihole-FTL}"
    theRest="${funcOutput%pihole-FTL*}"
    FTLdetect "${binary}" "${theRest}"
-    """
-    )
+    """)

-    output = host.run(
-        """
+    output = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/utils.sh
    setFTLConfigValue "dns.upstreams" '["9.9.9.9"]' > /dev/null
    getFTLConfigValue "dns.upstreams"
-    """
-    )
+    """)

    assert "[ 9.9.9.9 ]" in output.stdout
--- a/test/test_centos_fedora_common_support.py
+++ b/test/test_centos_fedora_common_support.py
@@ -15,14 +15,10 @@ def mock_selinux_config(state, host):
    # getenforce returns the running state of SELinux
    mock_command("getenforce", {"*": (state.capitalize(), "0")}, host)
    # create mock configuration with desired content
-    host.run(
-        """
+    host.run("""
    mkdir /etc/selinux
    echo "SELINUX={state}" > /etc/selinux/config
-    """.format(
-            state=state.lower()
-        )
-    )
+    """.format(state=state.lower()))


 def test_selinux_enforcing_exit(host):
@@ -30,12 +26,10 @@ def test_selinux_enforcing_exit(host):
    confirms installer prompts to exit when SELinux is Enforcing by default
    """
    mock_selinux_config("enforcing", host)
-    check_selinux = host.run(
-        """
+    check_selinux = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    checkSelinux
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = cross_box + " Current SELinux: enforcing"
    assert expected_stdout in check_selinux.stdout
    expected_stdout = "SELinux Enforcing detected, exiting installer"
@@ -48,12 +42,10 @@ def test_selinux_permissive(host):
    confirms installer continues when SELinux is Permissive
    """
    mock_selinux_config("permissive", host)
-    check_selinux = host.run(
-        """
+    check_selinux = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    checkSelinux
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = tick_box + " Current SELinux: permissive"
    assert expected_stdout in check_selinux.stdout
    assert check_selinux.rc == 0
@@ -64,12 +56,10 @@ def test_selinux_disabled(host):
    confirms installer continues when SELinux is Disabled
    """
    mock_selinux_config("disabled", host)
-    check_selinux = host.run(
-        """
+    check_selinux = host.run("""
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
    checkSelinux
-    """
-    )
+    """)
    expected_stdout = tick_box + " Current SELinux: disabled"
    assert expected_stdout in check_selinux.stdout
    assert check_selinux.rc == 0
--- a/test/tox.alpine_3_21.ini
+++ b/test/tox.alpine_3_21.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py3
+
+[testenv:py3]
+allowlist_externals = docker
+deps = -rrequirements.txt
+setenv =
+    COLUMNS=120
+commands = docker buildx build --load --progress plain -f _alpine_3_21.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
+           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py
--- a/test/tox.alpine_3_22.ini
+++ b/test/tox.alpine_3_22.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py3
+
+[testenv:py3]
+allowlist_externals = docker
+deps = -rrequirements.txt
+setenv =
+    COLUMNS=120
+commands = docker buildx build --load --progress plain -f _alpine_3_22.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
+           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py
--- a/test/tox.alpine_3_23.ini
+++ b/test/tox.alpine_3_23.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py3
+
+[testenv:py3]
+allowlist_externals = docker
+deps = -rrequirements.txt
+setenv =
+    COLUMNS=120
+commands = docker buildx build --load --progress plain -f _alpine_3_23.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
+           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py
--- a/test/tox.debian_13.ini
+++ b/test/tox.debian_13.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py3
+
+[testenv:py3]
+allowlist_externals = docker
+deps = -rrequirements.txt
+setenv =
+    COLUMNS=120
+commands = docker buildx build --load --progress plain -f _debian_13.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
+           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py
--- a/test/tox.fedora_43.ini
+++ b/test/tox.fedora_43.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py3
+
+[testenv]
+allowlist_externals = docker
+deps = -rrequirements.txt
+setenv =
+    COLUMNS=120
+commands = docker buildx build --load --progress plain -f _fedora_43.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