Fix the github suggestion mess

Signed-off-by: RD WebDesign <github@rdwebdesign.com.br>

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ updates:
     time: "10:00"
   open-pull-requests-limit: 10
   target-branch: development
+  groups:
+    github-actions-dependencies:
+      patterns:
+        - "*"
 - package-ecosystem: pip
   directory: "/test"
   schedule:
@@ -16,3 +20,7 @@ updates:
     time: "10:00"
   open-pull-requests-limit: 10
   target-branch: development
+  groups:
+    python-dependencies:
+      patterns:
+        - "*"

.github/release.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ changelog:
   exclude:
     labels:
       - internal
+      - dependencies
     authors:
       - dependabot
       - github-actions

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     -
       name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     -
       name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@f443b600d91635bebf5b0d9ebc620189c0d6fba5 #v4.30.8
       with:
         languages: 'python'
     -
       name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@f443b600d91635bebf5b0d9ebc620189c0d6fba5 #v4.30.8
     -
       name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@f443b600d91635bebf5b0d9ebc620189c0d6fba5 #v4.30.8

.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 }}"

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9.1.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 #v10.1.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           days-before-stale: 30
           days-before-close: 5
           stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open 30 days with no activity. Please comment or update this issue or it will be closed in 5 days.'
           stale-issue-label: '${{ env.stale_label }}'
-          exempt-issue-labels: 'Internal, Fixed in next release, Bug: Confirmed, Documentation Needed'
+          exempt-issue-labels: 'Internal, Fixed in next release, Bug: Confirmed, Documentation Needed, never-stale'
           exempt-all-issue-assignees: true
           operations-per-run: 300
           close-issue-reason: 'not_planned'
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
       - name: Remove 'stale' label
         run: gh issue edit ${{ github.event.issue.number }} --remove-label ${{ env.stale_label }}
         env:

.github/workflows/stale_pr.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9.1.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 #v10.1.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           # Do not automatically mark PR/issue as stale

.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@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
       - 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:

.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@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
         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@0d9e5b29625f871e6a4215380486d6f1a7cb6cdd #v5.5.5
         with:
           severity: warning
           display-engine: sarif-fmt
 
 
       - name: Spell-Checking
-        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
+        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@406322ec52dd7b488e48c1c4b82e2a8b3a1bf630 #v2.1
         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@1a41284d59c6fe7f1b21ddc4a2b36400a33dc1b4 # tag v2. is really out of date
 
       - name: Run editorconfig-checker
         run: editorconfig-checker
 
       - name: Check python code formatting with black
-        uses: psf/black@stable
+        uses: psf/black@af0ba72a73598c76189d6dd1b21d8532255d5942 #25.9.0
         with:
           src: "./test"
           options: "--check --diff --color"
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           [
             debian_11,
             debian_12,
+            debian_13,
             ubuntu_20,
             ubuntu_22,
             ubuntu_24,
@@ -73,17 +74,19 @@ jobs:
             fedora_40,
             fedora_41,
             fedora_42,
+            alpine_3_21,
+            alpine_3_22,
           ]
     env:
       DISTRO: ${{matrix.distro}}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c #v6.0.0
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.13"
 
       - name: Install wheel
         run:  pip install wheel

.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

advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Disable warning about unused variables
+
 # Determine if terminal is capable of showing colors
-if [ -t 1 ] && [ "$(tput colors)" -ge 8 ]; then
+# When COL_TABLE is sourced via gravity invoked by FTL, FORCE_COLOR is set to true
+if { [ -t 1 ] && [ "$(tput colors)" -ge 8 ]; } || [ "${FORCE_COLOR}" ]; then
   # Bold and underline may not show up on all clients
   # If something MUST be emphasized, use both
   COL_BOLD=''
-  COL_ULINE=''
-
   COL_NC=''
   COL_GRAY=''
   COL_RED=''
@@ -17,8 +18,6 @@ if [ -t 1 ] && [ "$(tput colors)" -ge 8 ]; then
 else
   # Provide empty variables for `set -u`
   COL_BOLD=""
-  COL_ULINE=""
-
   COL_NC=""
   COL_GRAY=""
   COL_RED=""
@@ -29,22 +28,8 @@ else
   COL_CYAN=""
 fi
 
-# Deprecated variables
-COL_WHITE="${COL_BOLD}"
-COL_BLACK="${COL_NC}"
-COL_LIGHT_BLUE="${COL_BLUE}"
-COL_LIGHT_GREEN="${COL_GREEN}"
-COL_LIGHT_CYAN="${COL_CYAN}"
-COL_LIGHT_RED="${COL_RED}"
-COL_URG_RED="${COL_RED}${COL_BOLD}${COL_ULINE}"
-COL_LIGHT_PURPLE="${COL_PURPLE}"
-COL_BROWN="${COL_YELLOW}"
-COL_LIGHT_GRAY="${COL_GRAY}"
-COL_DARK_GRAY="${COL_GRAY}"
-
 TICK="[${COL_GREEN}✓${COL_NC}]"
 CROSS="[${COL_RED}✗${COL_NC}]"
 INFO="[i]"
 QST="[?]"
-DONE="${COL_GREEN} done!${COL_NC}"
 OVER="\\r"

advanced/Scripts/api.sh

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ TestAPIAvailability() {
     local chaos_api_list authResponse authStatus authData apiAvailable DNSport
 
     # as we are running locally, we can get the port value from FTL directly
-    readonly utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
+    PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
+    utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
     # shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
     . "${utilsfile}"
 
@@ -149,7 +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
@@ -160,6 +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'
 
@@ -182,13 +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
+    # obtain validity, session ID, sessionMessage and error message from
-    sessionError=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq --raw-output .error.message 2>/dev/null)
+    # 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
@@ -352,12 +367,9 @@ apiFunc() {
   if [ "${verbosity}" = "verbose" ]; then
     echo "Data:"
   fi
-
+  # Attempt to print the data with jq, if it is not valid JSON, or not installed
-  if command -v jq >/dev/null && echo "${data}" | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  # then print the plain text.
-    echo "${data}" | jq .
+  echo "${data}" | jq . 2>/dev/null || echo "${data}"
-  else
-    echo "${data}"
-  fi
 
   # Delete the session
   LogoutAPI "${verbosity}"

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
 }

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;

advanced/Scripts/list.sh

@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 # This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
 # Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
 
-readonly PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
+PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
-readonly utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
+utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
 source "${utilsfile}"
 
-readonly apifile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/api.sh"
+apifile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/api.sh"
 # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/api.sh"
 source "${apifile}"
 

advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh

@@ -1,90 +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 "${utilsfile}"
-
-readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
-SKIP_INSTALL="true"
-# shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
-source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
-# stop_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
-# restart_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
-
-# 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 "  ${INFO} Flushing network table ..."
-    fi
-
-    # Stop FTL to prevent database access
-    if ! output=$(stop_service pihole-FTL 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: ${output}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Start FTL again
-    if ! output=$(restart_service pihole-FTL 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

advanced/Scripts/piholeCheckout.sh

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
 warning1() {
     echo "  Please note that changing branches severely alters your Pi-hole subsystems"
     echo "  Features that work on the master branch, may not on a development branch"
-    echo -e "  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}This feature is NOT supported unless a Pi-hole developer explicitly asks!${COL_NC}"
+    echo -e "  ${COL_RED}This feature is NOT supported unless a Pi-hole developer explicitly asks!${COL_NC}"
     read -r -p "  Have you read and understood this? [y/N] " response
     case "${response}" in
         [yY][eE][sS]|[yY])
@@ -55,19 +55,19 @@ checkout() {
 
     # This is unlikely
     if ! is_repo "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}" ; then
-        echo -e "  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Error: Core Pi-hole repo is missing from system!"
+        echo -e "  ${COL_RED}Error: Core Pi-hole repo is missing from system!"
         echo -e "  Please re-run install script from https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole${COL_NC}"
         exit 1;
     fi
 
     if ! is_repo "${webInterfaceDir}" ; then
-        echo -e "  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Error: Web Admin repo is missing from system!"
+        echo -e "  ${COL_RED}Error: Web Admin repo is missing from system!"
         echo -e "  Please re-run install script from https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole${COL_NC}"
         exit 1;
     fi
 
     if [[ -z "${1}" ]]; then
-        echo -e "  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Invalid option${COL_NC}"
+        echo -e "  ${COL_RED}Invalid option${COL_NC}"
         echo -e "  Try 'pihole checkout --help' for more information."
         exit 1
     fi
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ checkout() {
         if "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh" --unattended; then
             exit 0
         else
-            echo -e "  ${COL_LIGHT_RED} Error: Unable to complete update, please contact support${COL_NC}"
+            echo -e "  ${COL_RED} Error: Unable to complete update, please contact support${COL_NC}"
             exit 1
         fi
     fi

advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ check_firewalld() {
             # test common required service ports
             local firewalld_enabled_services
             firewalld_enabled_services=$(firewall-cmd --list-services)
-            local firewalld_expected_services=("http" "dns" "dhcp" "dhcpv6")
+            local firewalld_expected_services=("http" "https" "dns" "dhcp" "dhcpv6" "ntp")
             for i in "${firewalld_expected_services[@]}"; do
                 if [[ "${firewalld_enabled_services}" =~ ${i} ]]; then
                     log_write "${TICK} ${COL_GREEN}  Allow Service: ${i}${COL_NC}";
@@ -388,14 +388,6 @@ check_firewalld() {
                 else
                     log_write "${CROSS} ${COL_RED}  Local Interface Not Detected${COL_NC} (${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS_FIREWALLD})"
                 fi
-                # check FTL custom zone port: 4711
-                local firewalld_ftl_zone_ports
-                firewalld_ftl_zone_ports=$(firewall-cmd --zone=ftl --list-ports)
-                if [[ "${firewalld_ftl_zone_ports}" =~ "4711/tcp" ]]; then
-                    log_write "${TICK} ${COL_GREEN}  FTL Port 4711/tcp Detected${COL_NC}";
-                else
-                    log_write "${CROSS} ${COL_RED}  FTL Port 4711/tcp Not Detected${COL_NC} (${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS_FIREWALLD})"
-                fi
             else
                 log_write "${CROSS} ${COL_RED}FTL Custom Zone Not Detected${COL_NC} (${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS_FIREWALLD})"
             fi
@@ -497,16 +489,25 @@ ping_gateway() {
     ping_ipv4_or_ipv6 "${protocol}"
     # Check if we are using IPv4 or IPv6
     # Find the default gateways using IPv4 or IPv6
-    local gateway gateway_addr gateway_iface
+    local gateway gateway_addr gateway_iface default_route
 
     log_write "${INFO} Default IPv${protocol} gateway(s):"
 
-    while IFS= read -r gateway; do
+    while IFS= read -r default_route; do
-        log_write "     $(cut -d ' ' -f 3 <<< "${gateway}")%$(cut -d ' ' -f 5 <<< "${gateway}")"
+        gateway_addr=$(jq -r '.gateway' <<< "${default_route}")
-    done < <(ip -"${protocol}" route | grep default)
+        gateway_iface=$(jq -r '.dev' <<< "${default_route}")
+        log_write "     ${gateway_addr}%${gateway_iface}"
+    done < <(ip -j -"${protocol}" route | jq -c '.[] | select(.dst == "default")')
+
+    # Find the first default route
+    default_route=$(ip -j -"${protocol}" route show default)
+    if echo "$default_route" | grep 'gateway' | grep -q 'dev'; then
+        gateway_addr=$(echo "$default_route" | jq -r -c '.[0].gateway')
+        gateway_iface=$(echo "$default_route" | jq -r -c '.[0].dev')
+    else
+        log_write "     Unable to determine gateway address for IPv${protocol}"
+    fi
 
-    gateway_addr=$(ip -"${protocol}" route | grep default | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | head -n 1)
-    gateway_iface=$(ip -"${protocol}" route | grep default | cut -d ' ' -f 5 | head -n 1)
     # If there was at least one gateway
     if [ -n "${gateway_addr}" ]; then
         # Append the interface to the gateway address if it is a link-local address
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@ 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
@@ -777,7 +778,7 @@ 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"
@@ -1087,7 +1088,7 @@ show_adlists() {
 }
 
 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 (0/1 = exact allow-/denylist, 2/3 = regex allow-/denylist)" "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_clients() {

advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh

@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
 source "${utilsfile}"
 
-SKIP_INSTALL="true"
-# shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
-source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
-# stop_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
-# restart_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
-
 # In case we're running at the same time as a system logrotate, use a
 # separate logrotate state file to prevent stepping on each other's
 # toes.
@@ -92,6 +86,7 @@ if [[ "$*" == *"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
@@ -110,16 +105,14 @@ else
     fi
 
     # Stop FTL to make sure it doesn't write to the database while we're deleting data
-    stop_service pihole-FTL >/dev/null
+    service pihole-FTL stop
-
 
     # Delete most recent 24 hours from FTL's database, leave even older data intact (don't wipe out all history)
     deleted=$(pihole-FTL sqlite3 -ni "${DBFILE}" "DELETE FROM query_storage WHERE timestamp >= strftime('%s','now')-86400; select changes() from query_storage limit 1")
 
     # Restart FTL
-    restart_service pihole-FTL >/dev/null
+    service pihole-FTL restart
     if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
         echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Deleted ${deleted} queries from long-term query database"
     fi
 fi
-

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
+

advanced/Scripts/query.sh

@@ -37,19 +37,16 @@ Options:
 }
 
 GenerateOutput() {
-    local data gravity_data lists_data num_gravity num_lists search_type_str
+    local counts data num_gravity num_lists search_type_str
-    local gravity_data_csv lists_data_csv line current_domain url type color
+    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
+    # Get count of list and gravity matches
-    lists_data=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq '.search.domains | [.[] | {domain: .domain, type: .type}]')
+    # Use JQ to count number of entries in lists and gravity
-
+    # (output is number of list matches then number of gravity matches)
-    # construct a new json for the gravity results where each object contains the adlist URL and the related domains
+    counts=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq --raw-output '(.search.domains | length), (.search.gravity | group_by(.address,.type) | length)')
-    gravity_data=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq '.search.gravity  | group_by(.address,.type) | map({ address: (.[0].address), type: (.[0].type), domains: [.[] | .domain] })')
+    num_lists=$(echo "$counts" | sed -n '1p')
-
+    num_gravity=$(echo "$counts" | sed -n '2p')
-    # number of objects in each json
-    num_gravity=$(printf %s "${gravity_data}" | jq length)
-    num_lists=$(printf %s "${lists_data}" | jq length)
 
     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
+            # Replace commas with newlines and format output
-            while [ ${#line} -gt 0 ]; do
+            echo "${line}" | sed 's/,/\n/g' | sed "s/^/    - ${COL_GREEN}/" | sed "s/$/${COL_NC}/"
-                current_domain=${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
             printf "\n\n"
         done
     fi

advanced/Scripts/update.sh

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ GitCheckUpdateAvail() {
 
     # Fetch latest changes in this repo
     if ! git fetch --quiet origin ; then
-        echo -e "\\n  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Error: Unable to update local repository. Contact Pi-hole Support.${COL_NC}"
+        echo -e "\\n  ${COL_RED}Error: Unable to update local repository. Contact Pi-hole Support.${COL_NC}"
         exit 1
     fi
 
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ GitCheckUpdateAvail() {
 
 
     if [[ "${#LOCAL}" == 0 ]]; then
-        echo -e "\\n  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Error: Local revision could not be obtained, please contact Pi-hole Support"
+        echo -e "\\n  ${COL_RED}Error: Local revision could not be obtained, please contact Pi-hole Support"
         echo -e "  Additional debugging output:${COL_NC}"
         git status
         exit 1
     fi
     if [[ "${#REMOTE}" == 0 ]]; then
-        echo -e "\\n  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Error: Remote revision could not be obtained, please contact Pi-hole Support"
+        echo -e "\\n  ${COL_RED}Error: Remote revision could not be obtained, please contact Pi-hole Support"
         echo -e "  Additional debugging output:${COL_NC}"
         git status
         exit 1
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ GitCheckUpdateAvail() {
 }
 
 main() {
-    local basicError="\\n  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Unable to complete update, please contact Pi-hole Support${COL_NC}"
+    local basicError="\\n  ${COL_RED}Unable to complete update, please contact Pi-hole Support${COL_NC}"
     local core_update
     local web_update
     local FTL_update
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ main() {
 
     # This is unlikely
     if ! is_repo "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}" ; then
-        echo -e "\\n  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Error: Core Pi-hole repo is missing from system!"
+        echo -e "\\n  ${COL_RED}Error: Core Pi-hole repo is missing from system!"
         echo -e "  Please re-run install script from https://pi-hole.net${COL_NC}"
         exit 1;
     fi
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@ main() {
         echo -e "  ${INFO} Pi-hole Core:\\t${COL_YELLOW}update available${COL_NC}"
     else
         core_update=false
-        echo -e "  ${INFO} Pi-hole Core:\\t${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}up to date${COL_NC}"
+        echo -e "  ${INFO} Pi-hole Core:\\t${COL_GREEN}up to date${COL_NC}"
     fi
 
     if ! is_repo "${ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR}" ; then
-        echo -e "\\n  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Error: Web Admin repo is missing from system!"
+        echo -e "\\n  ${COL_RED}Error: Web Admin repo is missing from system!"
         echo -e "  Please re-run install script from https://pi-hole.net${COL_NC}"
         exit 1;
     fi
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ main() {
         echo -e "  ${INFO} Web Interface:\\t${COL_YELLOW}update available${COL_NC}"
     else
         web_update=false
-        echo -e "  ${INFO} Web Interface:\\t${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}up to date${COL_NC}"
+        echo -e "  ${INFO} Web Interface:\\t${COL_GREEN}up to date${COL_NC}"
     fi
 
     local funcOutput
@@ -160,17 +160,18 @@ main() {
     else
         case $? in
             1)
-                echo -e "  ${INFO} FTL:\\t\\t${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}up to date${COL_NC}"
+                echo -e "  ${INFO} FTL:\\t\\t${COL_GREEN}up to date${COL_NC}"
                 ;;
             2)
-                echo -e "  ${INFO} FTL:\\t\\t${COL_LIGHT_RED}Branch is not available.${COL_NC}\\n\\t\\t\\tUse ${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}pihole checkout ftl [branchname]${COL_NC} to switch to a valid branch."
+                echo -e "  ${INFO} FTL:\\t\\t${COL_RED}Branch is not available.${COL_NC}\\n\\t\\t\\tUse ${COL_GREEN}pihole checkout ftl [branchname]${COL_NC} to switch to a valid branch."
+                exit 1
                 ;;
             3)
-                echo -e "  ${INFO} FTL:\\t\\t${COL_LIGHT_RED}Something has gone wrong, cannot reach download server${COL_NC}"
+                echo -e "  ${INFO} FTL:\\t\\t${COL_RED}Something has gone wrong, cannot reach download server${COL_NC}"
                 exit 1
                 ;;
             *)
-                echo -e "  ${INFO} FTL:\\t\\t${COL_LIGHT_RED}Something has gone wrong, contact support${COL_NC}"
+                echo -e "  ${INFO} FTL:\\t\\t${COL_RED}Something has gone wrong, contact support${COL_NC}"
                 exit 1
         esac
         FTL_update=false
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ main() {
     if [[ ! "${ftlBranch}" == "master" && ! "${ftlBranch}" == "development" ]]; then
         # Notify user that they are on a custom branch which might mean they they are lost
         # behind if a branch was merged to development and got abandoned
-        printf "  %b %bWarning:%b You are using FTL from a custom branch (%s) and might be missing future releases.\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}" "${ftlBranch}"
+        printf "  %b %bWarning:%b You are using FTL from a custom branch (%s) and might be missing future releases.\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}" "${ftlBranch}"
     fi
 
     if [[ "${core_update}" == false && "${web_update}" == false && "${FTL_update}" == false ]]; then

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
+    local err
-  if [ $? -eq 5 ]; then
+    { pihole-FTL --config "${1}" "${2}" >/dev/null; err="$?"; } || true
-    printf "  %s %s set by environment variable. Please unset it to use this function\n" "${CROSS}" "${1}"
+
-    exit 5
+    case $err in
-  fi
+    0) ;;
+    5)
+        # FTL returns 5 if the value was set by an environment variable and is therefore read-only
+        printf "  %s %s set by environment variable. Please unset it to use this function\n" "${CROSS}" "${1}";
+        exit 5;;
+    *)
+        printf "  %s Failed to set %s. Try with sudo power\n" "${CROSS}" "${1}"
+        exit 1
+    esac
 }

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

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 $?
+}

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

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

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

automated 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=${IPV4_ADDRESS}
+IPV4_ADDRESS=
-IPV6_ADDRESS=${IPV6_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=$(
     cat <<EOM
 Package: pihole-meta
-Version: 0.4
+Version: 0.5
 Maintainer: Pi-hole team <adblock@pi-hole.net>
 Architecture: all
 Description: Pi-hole dependency meta package
-Depends: awk,bash-completion,binutils,ca-certificates,cron|cron-daemon,curl,dialog,dnsutils,dns-root-data,git,grep,iproute2,iputils-ping,jq,libcap2,libcap2-bin,lshw,netcat-openbsd,procps,psmisc,sudo,unzip
+Depends: awk,bash-completion,binutils,ca-certificates,cron|cron-daemon,curl,dialog,dnsutils,dns-root-data,git,grep,iproute2,iputils-ping,jq,libcap2,libcap2-bin,lshw,procps,psmisc,sudo,unzip
 Section: contrib/metapackages
 Priority: optional
 EOM
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ EOM
 PIHOLE_META_PACKAGE_CONTROL_RPM=$(
     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
 
@@ -151,6 +154,36 @@ Pi-hole dependency meta package
 EOM
 )
 
+# List of required packages on APK based systems
+PIHOLE_META_VERSION_APK=0.1
+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
+    wget
+)
+
 ######## 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
@@ -158,7 +191,7 @@ repair=false
 runUnattended=false
 # Check arguments for the undocumented flags
 for var in "$@"; do
-    case "$var" in
+    case "${var}" in
     "--repair") repair=true ;;
     "--unattended") runUnattended=true ;;
     esac
@@ -173,13 +206,11 @@ if [[ -f "${coltable}" ]]; then
 else
     # Set these values so the installer can still run in color
     COL_NC='\e[0m' # No Color
-    COL_LIGHT_GREEN='\e[1;32m'
+    COL_GREEN='\e[1;32m'
-    COL_LIGHT_RED='\e[1;31m'
+    COL_RED='\e[1;31m'
-    TICK="[${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}✓${COL_NC}]"
+    TICK="[${COL_GREEN}✓${COL_NC}]"
-    CROSS="[${COL_LIGHT_RED}✗${COL_NC}]"
+    CROSS="[${COL_RED}✗${COL_NC}]"
     INFO="[i]"
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-    DONE="${COL_LIGHT_GREEN} done!${COL_NC}"
     OVER="\\r\\033[K"
 fi
 
@@ -187,13 +218,13 @@ fi
 # This lets users know that it is a Pi-hole, LLC product
 show_ascii_berry() {
     echo -e "
-        ${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}.;;,.
+        ${COL_GREEN}.;;,.
         .ccccc:,.
          :cccclll:.      ..,,
           :ccccclll.   ;ooodc
            'ccll:;ll .oooodc
              .;cll.;;looo:.
-                 ${COL_LIGHT_RED}.. ','.
+                 ${COL_RED}.. ','.
                 .',,,,,,'.
               .',,,,,,,,,,.
             .',,,,,,,,,,,,....
@@ -215,7 +246,7 @@ abort() {
     # remove any leftover build directory that may exist
     rm -rf /tmp/pihole-meta_*
 
-    echo -e "\\n\\n  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Installation was interrupted${COL_NC}\\n"
+    echo -e "\\n\\n  ${COL_RED}Installation was interrupted${COL_NC}\\n"
     echo -e "Pi-hole's dependencies might be already installed. If you want to remove them you can try to\\n"
     echo -e "a) run 'pihole uninstall' \\n"
     echo -e "b) Remove the meta-package 'pihole-meta' manually \\n"
@@ -231,13 +262,11 @@ is_command() {
     command -v "${check_command}" >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
-is_pid1() {
+check_fresh_install() {
-    # Checks to see if the given command runs as PID 1
+    # in case of an update (can be a v5 -> v6 or v6 -> v6 update) or repair
-    local is_pid1="$1"
+    if [[ -f "${PI_HOLE_V6_CONFIG}" ]] || [[ -f "/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf" ]]; then
-
+        fresh_install=false
-    # select PID 1, format output to show only CMD column without header
+    fi
-    # quietly grep for a match on the function passed parameter
-    ps --pid 1 --format comm= | grep -q "${is_pid1}"
 }
 
 # Compatibility
@@ -256,8 +285,6 @@ package_manager_detect() {
         PKG_COUNT="${PKG_MANAGER} -s -o Debug::NoLocking=true upgrade | grep -c ^Inst || true"
         # The command we will use to remove packages (used in the uninstaller)
         PKG_REMOVE="${PKG_MANAGER} -y remove --purge"
-        # Update package cache
-        update_package_cache || exit 1
 
     # If apt-get is not found, check for rpm.
     elif is_command rpm; then
@@ -274,7 +301,15 @@ 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}"
@@ -285,13 +320,20 @@ 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
@@ -317,7 +359,7 @@ build_dependency_package(){
             printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
         else
             printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
-            printf "%b Error: Building pihole-meta.deb failed. %b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "%b Error: Building pihole-meta.deb failed. %b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
             return 1
         fi
 
@@ -350,7 +392,7 @@ build_dependency_package(){
             printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
         else
             printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
-            printf "%b Error: Building pihole-meta.rpm failed. %b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "%b Error: Building pihole-meta.rpm failed. %b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
             return 1
         fi
 
@@ -492,7 +534,7 @@ getGitFiles() {
         printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
         # Update the repo, returning an error message on failure
         update_repo "${directory}" || {
-            printf "\\n  %b: Could not update local repository. Contact support.%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "\\n  %b: Could not update local repository. Contact support.%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
             exit 1
         }
     # If it's not a .git repo,
@@ -501,7 +543,7 @@ getGitFiles() {
         printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
         # Attempt to make the repository, showing an error on failure
         make_repo "${directory}" "${remoteRepo}" || {
-            printf "\\n  %bError: Could not update local repository. Contact support.%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "\\n  %bError: Could not update local repository. Contact support.%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
             exit 1
         }
     fi
@@ -579,14 +621,17 @@ 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}"
 }
 
 # Get available interfaces that are UP
 get_available_interfaces() {
     # There may be more than one so it's all stored in a variable
-    availableInterfaces=$(ip --oneline link show up | awk '{print $2}' |  grep -v "^lo" | cut -d':' -f1 | cut -d'@' -f1)
+    # The ip command list all interfaces that are in the up state
+    # The awk command filters out any interfaces that have the LOOPBACK flag set
+    # while using the characters ": " or "@" as a field separator for awk
+    availableInterfaces=$(ip --oneline link show up | awk -F ': |@' '!/<.*LOOPBACK.*>/ {print $2}')
 }
 
 # A function for displaying the dialogs the user sees when first running the installer
@@ -652,7 +697,7 @@ chooseInterface() {
         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)" \
-            ${r} ${c} "${interfaceCount}" ${interfacesList})
+            ${r} ${c} "${interfaceCount}" "${interfacesList}")
 
         result=$?
         case ${result} in
@@ -674,9 +719,9 @@ testIPv6() {
     # first will contain fda2 (ULA)
     printf -v first "%s" "${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
@@ -701,7 +746,7 @@ 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="${i%/*}"
         # If it's a GUA address, use it and store it as a global variable
@@ -736,7 +781,7 @@ collect_v4andv6_information() {
     printf "  %b IPv4 address: %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV4_ADDRESS}"
     find_IPv6_information
     printf "  %b IPv6 address: %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV6_ADDRESS}"
-    if [ "$IPV4_ADDRESS" == "" ] && [ "$IPV6_ADDRESS" != "" ]; then
+    if [ "${IPV4_ADDRESS}" == "" ] && [ "${IPV6_ADDRESS}" != "" ]; then
         confirm_ipv6_only
     fi
 }
@@ -756,7 +801,7 @@ valid_ip() {
     local regex="^${ipv4elem}\\.${ipv4elem}\\.${ipv4elem}\\.${ipv4elem}${portelem}$"
 
     # Evaluate the regex, and return the result
-    [[ $ip =~ ${regex} ]]
+    [[ ${ip} =~ ${regex} ]]
 
     stat=$?
     return "${stat}"
@@ -791,7 +836,7 @@ 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=$'\n'
     # Put the DNS Servers into an array
@@ -816,7 +861,7 @@ setDNS() {
     result=$?
     case ${result} in
     "${DIALOG_CANCEL}" | "${DIALOG_ESC}")
-        printf "  %b Cancel was selected, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "  %b Cancel was selected, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
         exit 1
         ;;
     esac
@@ -853,13 +898,13 @@ If you want to specify a port other than 53, separate it with a hash.\
             result=$?
             case ${result} in
             "${DIALOG_CANCEL}" | "${DIALOG_ESC}")
-                printf "  %b Cancel was selected, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+                printf "  %b Cancel was selected, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
                 exit 1
                 ;;
             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" "${piholeDNS%%,*}"
@@ -907,7 +952,7 @@ If you want to specify a port other than 53, separate it with a hash.\
                     DNSSettingsCorrect=False
                     ;;
                 "${DIALOG_ESC}")
-                    printf "  %b Escape pressed, exiting installer at DNS Settings%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+                    printf "  %b Escape pressed, exiting installer at DNS Settings%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
                     exit 1
                     ;;
                 esac
@@ -915,7 +960,7 @@ 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 ${DNS_SERVERS}; do
@@ -958,7 +1003,7 @@ setLogging() {
         ;;
     "${DIALOG_ESC}")
         # User pressed <ESC>
-        printf "  %b Escape pressed, exiting installer at Query Logging choice.%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "  %b Escape pressed, exiting installer at Query Logging choice.%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
         exit 1
         ;;
     esac
@@ -983,7 +1028,7 @@ setPrivacyLevel() {
         printf "  %b Using privacy level: %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${PRIVACY_LEVEL}"
         ;;
     "${DIALOG_CANCEL}" | "${DIALOG_ESC}")
-        printf "  %b Cancelled privacy level selection.%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "  %b Cancelled privacy level selection.%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
         exit 1
         ;;
     esac
@@ -1017,7 +1062,7 @@ chooseBlocklists() {
         ;;
     "${DIALOG_ESC}")
         # User pressed <ESC>
-        printf "  %b Escape pressed, exiting installer at blocklist choice.%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "  %b Escape pressed, exiting installer at blocklist choice.%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
         exit 1
         ;;
     esac
@@ -1137,13 +1182,14 @@ installScripts() {
         install -o "${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
         # Otherwise, show an error and exit
         printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
-        printf "\\t\\t%bError: Local repo %s not found, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "\\t\\t%bError: Local repo %s not found, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}" "${COL_NC}"
         return 1
     fi
 }
@@ -1158,13 +1204,13 @@ installConfigs() {
     # Install empty custom.list file if it does not exist
     if [[ ! -r "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/hosts/custom.list" ]]; then
         if ! install -D -T -o pihole -g pihole -m 660 /dev/null "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/hosts/custom.list" &>/dev/null; then
-            printf "  %b Error: Unable to initialize configuration file %s/custom.list\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/hosts"
+            printf "  %b Error: Unable to initialize configuration file %s/custom.list\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/hosts"
             return 1
         fi
     fi
 
     # Install pihole-FTL systemd or init.d service, based on whether systemd is the init system or not
-    if is_pid1 systemd; then
+    if ps -p 1 -o comm= | grep -q systemd; then
         install -T -m 0644 "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.systemd" '/etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service'
 
         # Remove init.d service if present
@@ -1176,7 +1222,12 @@ 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"
@@ -1232,12 +1283,9 @@ stop_service() {
     # Can softfail, as process may not be installed when this is called
     local str="Stopping ${1} service"
     printf "  %b %s..." "${INFO}" "${str}"
-    # If systemd is PID 1,
+    if is_command systemctl; then
-    if is_pid1 systemd; then
-        # use that to restart the service
         systemctl -q stop "${1}" || true
     else
-        # Otherwise, fall back to the service command
         service "${1}" stop >/dev/null || true
     fi
     printf "%b  %b %s...\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
@@ -1248,8 +1296,8 @@ restart_service() {
     # Local, named variables
     local str="Restarting ${1} service"
     printf "  %b %s..." "${INFO}" "${str}"
-    # If systemd is PID 1,
+    # If systemctl exists,
-    if is_pid1 systemd; then
+    if is_command systemctl; then
         # use that to restart the service
         systemctl -q restart "${1}"
     else
@@ -1264,10 +1312,12 @@ enable_service() {
     # Local, named variables
     local str="Enabling ${1} service to start on reboot"
     printf "  %b %s..." "${INFO}" "${str}"
-    # If systemd is PID1,
+    # If systemctl exists,
-    if is_pid1 systemd; then
+    if is_command systemctl; then
         # use that to enable the service
         systemctl -q enable "${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
@@ -1280,10 +1330,13 @@ disable_service() {
     # Local, named variables
     local str="Disabling ${1} service"
     printf "  %b %s..." "${INFO}" "${str}"
-    # If systemd is PID1,
+    # If systemctl exists,
-    if is_pid1 systemd; then
+    if is_command systemctl; then
         # use that to disable the service
-        systemctl -q disable "${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
@@ -1292,10 +1345,12 @@ disable_service() {
 }
 
 check_service_active() {
-    # If systemd is PID1,
+    # If systemctl exists,
-    if is_pid1 systemd; then
+    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 "${1}" status &>/dev/null
@@ -1340,7 +1395,7 @@ update_package_cache() {
             UPDATE_PKG_CACHE="apt update"
         fi
         printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
-        printf "  %b Error: Unable to update package cache. Please try \"%s\"%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "sudo ${UPDATE_PKG_CACHE}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "  %b Error: Unable to update package cache. Please try \"%s\"%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "sudo ${UPDATE_PKG_CACHE}" "${COL_NC}"
         return 1
     fi
 }
@@ -1358,7 +1413,7 @@ notify_package_updates_available() {
         printf "%b  %b %s... up to date!\\n\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
     else
         printf "%b  %b %s... %s updates available\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}" "${updatesToInstall}"
-        printf "  %b %bIt is recommended to update your OS after installing the Pi-hole!%b\\n\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "  %b %bIt is recommended to update your OS after installing the Pi-hole!%b\\n\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -1375,11 +1430,11 @@ install_dependent_packages() {
                 rm /tmp/pihole-meta.deb
             else
                 printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
-                printf "  %b Error: Unable to install Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}"
+                printf "  %b Error: Unable to install Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${COL_RED}"
                 return 1
             fi
         else
-            printf "  %b Error: Unable to find Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}"
+            printf "  %b Error: Unable to find Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${COL_RED}"
             return 1
         fi
     # Install Fedora/CentOS packages
@@ -1390,15 +1445,34 @@ install_dependent_packages() {
                 rm /tmp/pihole-meta.rpm
             else
                 printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
-                printf "  %b Error: Unable to install Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}"
+                printf "  %b Error: Unable to install Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${COL_RED}"
                 return 1
             fi
         else
-            printf "  %b Error: Unable to find Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}"
+            printf "  %b Error: Unable to find Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${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" "${CROSS}"
@@ -1423,6 +1497,15 @@ installCron() {
     # Randomize update checker time
     sed -i "s/59 17/$((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,
@@ -1472,7 +1555,7 @@ 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}"
@@ -1487,7 +1570,7 @@ 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}"
@@ -1623,13 +1706,13 @@ checkSelinux() {
     if [[ "${SELINUX_ENFORCING}" -eq 1 ]] && [[ -z "${PIHOLE_SELINUX}" ]]; then
         printf "  Pi-hole does not provide an SELinux policy as the required changes modify the security of your system.\\n"
         printf "  Please refer to https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SELinux if SELinux is required for your deployment.\\n"
-        printf "      This check can be skipped by setting the environment variable %bPIHOLE_SELINUX%b to %btrue%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "      This check can be skipped by setting the environment variable %bPIHOLE_SELINUX%b to %btrue%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
         printf "      e.g: export PIHOLE_SELINUX=true\\n"
         printf "      By setting this variable to true you acknowledge there may be issues with Pi-hole during or after the install\\n"
-        printf "\\n  %bSELinux Enforcing detected, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "\\n  %bSELinux Enforcing detected, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
         exit 1
     elif [[ "${SELINUX_ENFORCING}" -eq 1 ]] && [[ -n "${PIHOLE_SELINUX}" ]]; then
-        printf "  %b %bSELinux Enforcing detected%b. PIHOLE_SELINUX env variable set - installer will continue\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "  %b %bSELinux Enforcing detected%b. PIHOLE_SELINUX env variable set - installer will continue\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -1639,9 +1722,9 @@ 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
 
@@ -1674,7 +1757,7 @@ 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
 }
 
@@ -1707,9 +1790,9 @@ 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}"
 
@@ -1727,13 +1810,13 @@ clone_or_reset_repos() {
         # Reset the Core repo
         resetRepo ${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO} ||
             {
-                printf "  %b Unable to reset %s, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}" "${COL_NC}"
+                printf "  %b Unable to reset %s, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}" "${COL_NC}"
                 exit 1
             }
         # Reset the Web repo
         resetRepo ${webInterfaceDir} ||
             {
-                printf "  %b Unable to reset %s, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${webInterfaceDir}" "${COL_NC}"
+                printf "  %b Unable to reset %s, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${webInterfaceDir}" "${COL_NC}"
                 exit 1
             }
     # Otherwise, a fresh installation is happening
@@ -1741,13 +1824,13 @@ clone_or_reset_repos() {
         # so get git files for Core
         getGitFiles ${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO} ${piholeGitUrl} ||
             {
-                printf "  %b Unable to clone %s into %s, unable to continue%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${piholeGitUrl}" "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}" "${COL_NC}"
+                printf "  %b Unable to clone %s into %s, unable to continue%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${piholeGitUrl}" "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}" "${COL_NC}"
                 exit 1
             }
         # get the Web git files
         getGitFiles ${webInterfaceDir} ${webInterfaceGitUrl} ||
             {
-                printf "  %b Unable to clone %s into ${webInterfaceDir}, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${webInterfaceGitUrl}" "${COL_NC}"
+                printf "  %b Unable to clone %s into ${webInterfaceDir}, exiting installer%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${webInterfaceGitUrl}" "${COL_NC}"
                 exit 1
             }
     fi
@@ -1797,8 +1880,12 @@ 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
+
-            stop_service pihole-FTL >/dev/null
+            # 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 "${binary}" /usr/bin/pihole-FTL
@@ -1823,7 +1910,7 @@ FTLinstall() {
                 return 1
             }
             printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
-            printf "  %b Error: Download of %s/%s failed (checksum error)%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${url}" "${binary}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "  %b Error: Download of %s/%s failed (checksum error)%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${url}" "${binary}" "${COL_NC}"
 
             # Remove temp dir
             remove_dir "${tempdir}"
@@ -1837,7 +1924,7 @@ FTLinstall() {
         }
         printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
         # The URL could not be found
-        printf "  %b Error: URL %s/%s not found%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${url}" "${binary}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "  %b Error: URL %s/%s not found%b\\n" "${COL_RED}" "${url}" "${binary}" "${COL_NC}"
 
         # Remove temp dir
         remove_dir "${tempdir}"
@@ -1912,9 +1999,9 @@ get_binary_name() {
         l_binary="pihole-FTL-riscv64"
     else
         # Something else - we try to use 32bit executable and warn the user
-        if [[ ! "${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_LIGHT_RED}" "${machine}" "${COL_NC}"
+            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" "${INFO}"
         else
             printf "%b  %b Detected 32bit (i686) architecture\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}"
@@ -1946,18 +2033,18 @@ 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!
-        if ! check_download_exists "$path"; then
+        local status
-            local status
+        if ! check_download_exists "${path}"; then
             status=$?
             if [ "${status}" -eq 1 ]; then
                 printf "  %b Branch \"%s\" is not available.\\n" "${INFO}" "${ftlBranch}"
-                printf "  %b Use %bpihole checkout ftl [branchname]%b to switch to a valid branch.\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+                printf "  %b Use %bpihole checkout ftl [branchname]%b to switch to a valid branch.\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
             elif [ "${status}" -eq 2 ]; then
                 printf "  %b Unable to download from ftl.pi-hole.net. Please check your Internet connection and try again later.\\n" "${CROSS}"
                 return 3
@@ -2043,6 +2130,11 @@ FTLdetect() {
 
     if FTLcheckUpdate "${1}"; then
         FTLinstall "${1}" || return 1
+    else
+        case $? in
+            1) :;; # FTL is up-to-date
+            *) exit 1;; # 404 (2), other HTTP or curl error (3), unknown (4)
+        esac
     fi
 }
 
@@ -2051,11 +2143,11 @@ 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() {
@@ -2170,7 +2262,7 @@ main() {
     else
         # Otherwise, they do not have enough privileges, so let the user know
         printf "  %b %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${str}"
-        printf "  %b %bScript called with non-root privileges%b\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "  %b %bScript called with non-root privileges%b\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
         printf "      The Pi-hole requires elevated privileges to install and run\\n"
         printf "      Please check the installer for any concerns regarding this requirement\\n"
         printf "      Make sure to download this script from a trusted source\\n\\n"
@@ -2194,7 +2286,7 @@ main() {
             # Otherwise, tell the user they need to run the script as root, and bail
             printf "%b  %b Sudo utility check\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}"
             printf "  %b Sudo is needed for the Web Interface to run pihole commands\\n\\n" "${INFO}"
-            printf "  %b %bPlease re-run this installer as root${COL_NC}\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}"
+            printf "  %b %bPlease re-run this installer as root${COL_NC}\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_RED}"
             exit 1
         fi
     fi
@@ -2205,9 +2297,17 @@ main() {
     # Check for availability of either the "service" or "systemctl" commands
     check_service_command
 
+    # Check if this is a fresh install or an update/repair
+    check_fresh_install
+
     # Check for supported package managers so that we may install dependencies
     package_manager_detect
 
+    # Update package cache only on apt based systems
+    if is_command apt-get; then
+            update_package_cache || exit 1
+    fi
+
     # Notify user of package availability
     notify_package_updates_available
 
@@ -2228,10 +2328,7 @@ main() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    # in case of an update (can be a v5 -> v6 or v6 -> v6 update) or repair
+    if [[ "${fresh_install}" == false ]]; then
-    if [[ -f "${PI_HOLE_V6_CONFIG}" ]] || [[ -f "/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf" ]]; then
-        # retain settings
-        fresh_install=false
         # if it's running unattended,
         if [[ "${runUnattended}" == true ]]; then
             printf "  %b Performing unattended setup, no dialogs will be displayed\\n" "${INFO}"
@@ -2340,7 +2437,7 @@ 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 "${QUERY_LOGGING}" ]; then
@@ -2379,8 +2476,10 @@ main() {
         printf "  %b If you have not done so already, the above IP should be set to static.\\n" "${INFO}"
 
         printf "  %b View the web interface at http://pi.hole:${WEBPORT}/admin or http://%s/admin\\n\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}:${WEBPORT}"
-        printf "  %b Web Interface password: %b%s%b\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${pw}" "${COL_NC}"
+        printf "  %b Web Interface password: %b%s%b\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_GREEN}" "${pw}" "${COL_NC}"
         printf "  %b This can be changed using 'pihole setpassword'\\n\\n" "${INFO}"
+        printf "  %b To allow your user to use all CLI functions without authentication, refer to\\n" "${INFO}"
+        printf "    our documentation at: https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/post-install/\\n\\n"
 
         # Final dialog message to the user
         dialog --no-shadow --keep-tite \
@@ -2389,7 +2488,11 @@ 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 ${pw}" "${r}" "${c}"
+\\nView the web interface at http://pi.hole:${WEBPORT}/admin or http://${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}:${WEBPORT}/admin\\n\\nYour Admin Webpage login password is ${pw}\
+\\n
+\\n
+\\nTo allow your user to use all CLI functions without authentication,\
+\\nrefer to https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/post-install/" "${r}" "${c}"
 
         INSTALL_TYPE="Installation"
     else
@@ -2398,7 +2501,7 @@ main() {
 
     # Display where the log file is
     printf "\\n  %b The install log is located at: %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${installLogLoc}"
-    printf "  %b %b%s complete! %b\\n" "${TICK}" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${INSTALL_TYPE}" "${COL_NC}"
+    printf "  %b %b%s complete! %b\\n" "${TICK}" "${COL_GREEN}" "${INSTALL_TYPE}" "${COL_NC}"
 
     if [[ "${INSTALL_TYPE}" == "Update" ]]; then
         printf "\\n"

automated install/uninstall.sh

@@ -12,20 +12,13 @@
 source "/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
 # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
 source "/opt/pihole/utils.sh"
-
+# getFTLConfigValue() from utils.sh
-SKIP_INSTALL="true"
-# shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
-source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
-# stop_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
-
-ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR=$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webroot")$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webhome")
-readonly ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR
 
 while true; do
-    read -rp "  ${QST} Are you sure you would like to remove ${COL_WHITE}Pi-hole${COL_NC}? [y/N] " answer
+    read -rp "  ${QST} Are you sure you would like to remove ${COL_BOLD}Pi-hole${COL_NC}? [y/N] " answer
     case ${answer} in
         [Yy]* ) break;;
-        * ) echo -e "${OVER}  ${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}Uninstall has been canceled${COL_NC}"; exit 0;;
+        * ) echo -e "${OVER}  ${COL_GREEN}Uninstall has been canceled${COL_NC}"; exit 0;;
     esac
 done
 
@@ -34,130 +27,200 @@ str="Root user check"
 if [[ ${EUID} -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo -e "  ${TICK} ${str}"
 else
-    # Check if sudo is actually installed
+    echo -e "  ${CROSS} ${str}
-    # If it isn't, exit because the uninstall can not complete
+        Script called with non-root privileges
-    if [ -x "$(command -v sudo)" ]; then
+        The Pi-hole requires elevated privileges to uninstall"
-        export SUDO="sudo"
+    exit 1
-    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 "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
+source "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
-
+# Functions and Variables sources from basic-install:
-# package_manager_detect() sourced from basic-install.sh
+# package_manager_detect(), disable_service(), stop_service(),
-package_manager_detect
+# 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
+removeFTL() {
-    # to guarantee no additional changes were made to /etc/crontab after
+    # Remove FTL and stop any running FTL service
-    # the installation of pihole, /etc/crontab.pihole should be permanently
+    if is_command "pihole-FTL"; then
-    # preserved.
+        # service stop & disable from basic_install.sh
-    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
-
-    # 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..."
         stop_service pihole-FTL
-        ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service
+        disable_service pihole-FTL
+
+        echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing pihole-FTL..."
+        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
+        rm -f /etc/init.d/pihole-FTL &> /dev/null
-        ${SUDO} rm -f /usr/bin/pihole-FTL
+        rm -f /usr/bin/pihole-FTL &> /dev/null
         echo -e "${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
+        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
+        # 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: ${COL_WHITE}curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash${COL_NC}
+       Reinstall at any time: ${COL_BOLD}curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash${COL_NC}
 
-      ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Please reset the DNS on your router/clients to restore internet connectivity${COL_NC}
+      ${COL_RED}Please reset the DNS on your router/clients to restore internet connectivity${COL_NC}
       ${INFO} Pi-hole's meta package has been removed, use the 'autoremove' function from your package manager to remove unused dependencies${COL_NC}
-      ${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}Uninstallation Complete! ${COL_NC}"
+      ${COL_GREEN}Uninstallation Complete! ${COL_NC}"
 }
 
 ######### 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

gravity.sh

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ etag_support=false
 
 # Check gravity temp directory
 if [ ! -d "${GRAVITY_TMPDIR}" ] || [ ! -w "${GRAVITY_TMPDIR}" ]; then
-  echo -e "  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Gravity temporary directory does not exist or is not a writeable directory, falling back to /tmp. ${COL_NC}"
+  echo -e "  ${COL_RED}Gravity temporary directory does not exist or is not a writeable directory, falling back to /tmp. ${COL_NC}"
   GRAVITY_TMPDIR="/tmp"
 fi
 
@@ -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
@@ -608,8 +611,10 @@ compareLists() {
 # Download specified URL and perform checks on HTTP status and file content
 gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
   local url="${1}" adlistID="${2}" saveLocation="${3}" compression="${4}" gravity_type="${5}" domain="${6}"
-  local modifiedOptions="" listCurlBuffer str httpCode success="" ip cmd_ext
+  local listCurlBuffer str curlJson httpCode curlErrorMsg="" curlExitCode="" success="" ip customUpstreamResolver=""
   local file_path permissions 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=()
 
   # Create temp file to store content on disk instead of RAM
   # We don't use '--suffix' here because not all implementations of mktemp support it, e.g. on Alpine
@@ -626,14 +631,14 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
       # Save HTTP ETag to the specified file. An ETag is a caching related header,
       # usually returned in a response. If no ETag is sent by the server, an empty
       # file is created and can later be used consistently.
-      modifiedOptions="--etag-save ${saveLocation}.etag"
+      modifiedOptions=("${modifiedOptions[@]}" --etag-save "${saveLocation}".etag)
 
       if [[ -f "${saveLocation}.etag" ]]; then
         # This option makes a conditional HTTP request for the specific ETag read
         # from the given file by sending a custom If-None-Match header using the
         # stored ETag. This way, the server will only send the file if it has
         # changed since the last request.
-        modifiedOptions="${modifiedOptions} --etag-compare ${saveLocation}.etag"
+        modifiedOptions=("${modifiedOptions[@]}" --etag-compare "${saveLocation}".etag)
       fi
     fi
 
@@ -646,7 +651,7 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
       # Interstingly, this option is not supported by raw.githubusercontent.com
       # URLs, however, it is still supported by many older web servers which may
       # not support the HTTP ETag method so we keep it as a fallback.
-      modifiedOptions="${modifiedOptions} -z ${saveLocation}"
+      modifiedOptions=("${modifiedOptions[@]}" -z "${saveLocation}")
     fi
   fi
 
@@ -712,7 +717,7 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
       fi
       echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} ${domain} is blocked by one of your lists. Using DNS server ${upstream} instead"
       echo -ne "  ${INFO} ${str} Pending..."
-      cmd_ext="--resolve $domain:$port:$ip"
+      customUpstreamResolver="--resolve $domain:$port:$ip"
     fi
   fi
 
@@ -750,11 +755,14 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
   fi
 
   if [[ "${download}" == true ]]; then
-    # See https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/issues/6159 for justification of the below disable directive
+    curlJson=$(curl --connect-timeout ${curl_connect_timeout} -s -L ${compression:+${compression}} ${customUpstreamResolver:+${customUpstreamResolver}} "${modifiedOptions[@]}" -w "%{json}" "${url}" -o "${listCurlBuffer}")
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    httpCode=$(curl --connect-timeout ${curl_connect_timeout} -s -L ${compression} ${cmd_ext} ${modifiedOptions} -w "%{http_code}" "${url}" -o "${listCurlBuffer}" 2>/dev/null)
   fi
 
+  # Retrieve the HTTP code, exit code and error message returned by curl command
+  httpCode=$(echo "${curlJson}" | jq '.http_code')
+  curlErrorMsg=$(echo "${curlJson}" | jq '.errormsg')
+  curlExitCode=$(echo "${curlJson}" | jq '.exitcode')
+
   case $url in
   # Did we "download" a local file?
   "file"*)
@@ -777,7 +785,6 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
       echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} ${str} No changes detected"
       success=true
       ;;
-    "000") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Connection Refused" ;;
     "403") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Forbidden" ;;
     "404") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Not found" ;;
     "408") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Time-out" ;;
@@ -786,7 +793,7 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
     "504") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Connection Timed Out (Gateway)" ;;
     "521") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Web Server Is Down (Cloudflare)" ;;
     "522") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Connection Timed Out (Cloudflare)" ;;
-    *) echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} ${url} (${httpCode})" ;;
+    *) echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Failure (exit_code=${COL_RED}${curlExitCode}${COL_NC} Msg: ${COL_CYAN}${curlErrorMsg}${COL_NC})" ;;
     esac
     ;;
   esac
@@ -821,13 +828,13 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
   if [[ "${done}" != "true" ]]; then
     # Determine if cached list has read permission
     if [[ -r "${saveLocation}" ]]; then
-      echo -e "  ${CROSS} List download failed: ${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}using previously cached list${COL_NC}"
+      echo -e "  ${CROSS} List download failed: ${COL_GREEN}using previously cached list${COL_NC}"
       # Set list status to "download-failed/cached"
       database_adlist_status "${adlistID}" "3"
       # Add domains to database table file
       pihole-FTL "${gravity_type}" parseList "${saveLocation}" "${gravityTEMPfile}" "${adlistID}"
     else
-      echo -e "  ${CROSS} List download failed: ${COL_LIGHT_RED}no cached list available${COL_NC}"
+      echo -e "  ${CROSS} List download failed: ${COL_RED}no cached list available${COL_NC}"
       # Manually reset these two numbers because we do not call parseList here
       database_adlist_number "${adlistID}" 0 0
       database_adlist_status "${adlistID}" "4"
@@ -851,7 +858,7 @@ 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.
@@ -864,7 +871,7 @@ gravity_ShowCount() {
 
 # Trap Ctrl-C
 gravity_Trap() {
-  trap '{ echo -e "\\n\\n  ${INFO} ${COL_LIGHT_RED}User-abort detected${COL_NC}"; gravity_Cleanup "error"; }' INT
+  trap '{ echo -e "\\n\\n  ${INFO} ${COL_RED}User-abort detected${COL_NC}"; gravity_Cleanup "error"; }' INT
 }
 
 # Clean up after Gravity upon exit or cancellation

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

pihole

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
 # Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
 
-readonly PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
+PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 
 # PI_HOLE_BIN_DIR is not readonly here because in some functions (checkout),
 # they might get set again when the installer is sourced. This causes an
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ readonly colfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/COL_TABLE"
 # shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE
 source "${colfile}"
 
-readonly utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
+utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 # shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
 source "${utilsfile}"
 
@@ -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
 }
 
@@ -147,10 +157,11 @@ 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 +180,10 @@ 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
@@ -238,7 +252,7 @@ Time:
     fi
 
     if [[ ${error} == true ]];then
-      echo -e "  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Unknown format for blocking timer!${COL_NC}"
+      echo -e "  ${COL_RED}Unknown format for blocking timer!${COL_NC}"
       echo -e "  Try 'pihole disable --help' for more information."
       exit 1
     fi
@@ -264,6 +278,7 @@ Time:
   LogoutAPI
 
   echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} ${str}"
+  exit 0
 }
 
 piholeLogging() {
@@ -293,7 +308,7 @@ Options:
     echo -e "  ${INFO} Enabling logging..."
     local str="Logging has been enabled!"
   else
-    echo -e "  ${COL_LIGHT_RED}Invalid option${COL_NC}
+    echo -e "  ${COL_RED}Invalid option${COL_NC}
   Try 'pihole logging --help' for more information."
     exit 1
   fi
@@ -389,14 +404,14 @@ tailFunc() {
   echo -e "  ${INFO} Press Ctrl-C to exit"
 
   # Get logfile path
-  readonly LOGFILE
   LOGFILE=$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.dnsmasq)
+  readonly LOGFILE
 
   # Strip date from each line
   # Color blocklist/denylist/wildcard entries as red
   # Color A/AAAA/DHCP strings as white
   # Color everything else as gray
-  tail -f $LOGFILE | grep --line-buffered "${1}" | sed -E \
+  tail -f $LOGFILE | grep --line-buffered -- "${1}" | sed -E \
     -e "s,($(date +'%b %d ')| dnsmasq\[[0-9]*\]),,g" \
     -e "s,(.*(denied |gravity blocked ).*),${COL_RED}&${COL_NC}," \
     -e "s,.*(query\\[A|DHCP).*,${COL_NC}&${COL_NC}," \
@@ -519,7 +534,8 @@ 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 +544,7 @@ if [[ $# = 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 # functions that do not require sudo power
-need_root=1
+need_root=
 case "${1}" in
   "-h" | "help" | "--help"        ) helpFunc;;
   "-v" | "version"                ) versionFunc;;
@@ -536,31 +552,32 @@ case "${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;;
+  "-f" | "flush"                  ) need_root=true;;
-  "deny" | "denylist"             ) need_root=0;;
+  "-up" | "updatePihole"          ) need_root=true;;
-  "--wild" | "wildcard"           ) need_root=0;;
+  "-r"  | "repair"                ) need_root=true;;
-  "--regex" | "regex"             ) need_root=0;;
+  "-l" | "logging"                ) need_root=true;;
-  "--allow-regex" | "allow-regex" ) need_root=0;;
+  "uninstall"                     ) need_root=true;;
-  "--allow-wild" | "allow-wild"   ) need_root=0;;
+  "-d" | "debug"                  ) need_root=true;;
-  "-f" | "flush"                  ) ;;
+  "-g" | "updateGravity"          ) need_root=true;;
-  "-up" | "updatePihole"          ) ;;
+  "reloaddns"                     ) need_root=true;;
-  "-r"  | "repair"                ) ;;
+  "reloadlists"                   ) need_root=true;;
-  "-l" | "logging"                ) ;;
+  "setpassword"                   ) need_root=true;;
-  "uninstall"                     ) ;;
+  "checkout"                      ) need_root=true;;
-  "enable"                        ) need_root=0;;
+  "updatechecker"                 ) need_root=true;;
-  "disable"                       ) need_root=0;;
+  "arpflush"                      ) need_root=true;; # Deprecated, use networkflush instead
-  "-d" | "debug"                  ) ;;
+  "networkflush"                  ) need_root=true;;
-  "-g" | "updateGravity"          ) ;;
+  "-t" | "tail"                   ) need_root=true;;
-  "reloaddns"                     ) ;;
-  "reloadlists"                   ) ;;
-  "setpassword"                   ) ;;
-  "checkout"                      ) ;;
-  "updatechecker"                 ) ;;
-  "arpflush"                      ) ;;
-  "-t" | "tail"                   ) ;;
-  "api"                           ) need_root=0;;
   *                               ) helpFunc;;
 esac
 
@@ -570,22 +587,17 @@ if [[ -z ${USER} ]]; then
   USER=$(whoami)
 fi
 
-# Check if the current user is neither root nor pihole and if the command
+# 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 && ${USER} != "pihole" && need_root -eq 1 ]];then
+# Add an exception for the user "pihole" to allow the webserver running gravity
-  echo -e "  ${CROSS} The Pi-hole command requires root privileges, try:"
+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 "$@";;
   "-up" | "updatePihole"          ) updatePiholeFunc "$@";;
@@ -593,15 +605,13 @@ case "${1}" in
   "-g" | "updateGravity"          ) updateGravityFunc "$@";;
   "-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

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 && \

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 && \

test/_centos_10.Dockerfile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream10
 # Disable SELinux
 RUN echo "SELINUX=disabled" > /etc/selinux/config
-RUN yum install -y --allowerasing curl git
+RUN yum install -y --allowerasing curl git initscripts
 
 ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
 ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole

test/_centos_9.Dockerfile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream9
 # Disable SELinux
 RUN echo "SELINUX=disabled" > /etc/selinux/config
-RUN yum install -y --allowerasing curl git
+RUN yum install -y --allowerasing curl git initscripts
 
 ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
 ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole

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 && \

test/_fedora_40.Dockerfile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM fedora:40
-RUN dnf install -y git
+RUN dnf install -y git initscripts
 
 ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
 ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole

test/_fedora_41.Dockerfile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM fedora:41
-RUN dnf install -y git
+RUN dnf install -y git initscripts
 
 ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
 ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole

test/_fedora_42.Dockerfile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM fedora:42
-RUN dnf install -y git gawk
+RUN dnf install -y git initscripts
 
 ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
 ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole

test/requirements.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-pyyaml == 6.0.2
+pyyaml == 6.0.3
-pytest == 8.3.5
+pytest == 8.4.2
-pytest-xdist == 3.6.1
+pytest-xdist == 3.8.0
 pytest-testinfra == 10.2.2
-tox == 4.26.0
+tox == 4.31.0
 pytest-clarity == 1.0.1

test/test_any_automated_install.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ 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")
+    host.run("rm -rf /sbin/apk")
     package_manager_detect = host.run(
         """
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
@@ -66,14 +67,6 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
     mock_command("dialog", {"*": ("", "0")}, host)
     # mock git pull
     mock_command_passthrough("git", {"pull": ("", "0")}, host)
-    # mock PID 1 to pretend to be systemd
-    mock_command_2(
-        "ps",
-        {
-            "--pid 1": ("systemd", "0"),
-        },
-        host,
-    )
     # mock systemctl to not start FTL
     mock_command_2(
         "systemctl",
@@ -81,15 +74,25 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
             "enable pihole-FTL": ("", "0"),
             "restart pihole-FTL": ("", "0"),
             "start pihole-FTL": ("", "0"),
-            "stop pihole-FTL": ("", "0"),
             "*": ('echo "systemctl call with $@"', "0"),
         },
         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(
@@ -98,10 +101,8 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
     export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
     umask 0027
     runUnattended=true
-    fresh_install=false
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /dev/null
     runUnattended=true
-    fresh_install=false
     main
     /opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
     """
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ 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
@@ -140,6 +141,13 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
     check_macvendor = test_cmd.format("r", "/etc/pihole/macvendor.db", piholeuser)
     actual_rc = host.run(check_macvendor).rc
     assert exit_status_success == actual_rc
+    # check readable and executable /etc/init.d/pihole-FTL
+    check_init = test_cmd.format("x", "/etc/init.d/pihole-FTL", piholeuser)
+    actual_rc = host.run(check_init).rc
+    assert exit_status_success == actual_rc
+    check_init = test_cmd.format("r", "/etc/init.d/pihole-FTL", piholeuser)
+    actual_rc = host.run(check_init).rc
+    assert exit_status_success == actual_rc
     # check readable and executable manpages
     if maninstalled is True:
         check_man = test_cmd.format("x", "/usr/local/share/man", piholeuser)
@@ -475,6 +483,7 @@ def test_package_manager_has_pihole_deps(host):
         """
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
     package_manager_detect
+    update_package_cache
     build_dependency_package
     install_dependent_packages
     """
@@ -491,6 +500,7 @@ def test_meta_package_uninstall(host):
         """
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
     package_manager_detect
+    update_package_cache
     build_dependency_package
     install_dependent_packages
     """

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

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

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