Web interface not working about pi-hole-for-android HOT 7 CLOSED

I already tried #3, but after restarting lighttpd and making sure it's running and everything it still doesn't work. I wonder if there's anything else I should try?

Hi there, what steps did you try from #3 ?

What's the output from sudo lsof -i :80 and sudo ps -ef | grep lighttpd

Did you change the port lighttpd uses? The procedure to change the port has changed since that post. For example to use port 60080 it would be:

echo "server.port := 60080" > /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/07-port.conf

...and restart lighttpd or bounce the instance and try going to http://172.16.1.85:60080/admin

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Hi there, what steps did you try from #3 ?

I tried checking the status of lighttpd, and it was already running. I stopped it and restarted it but it was the same. I also checked the port with the sudo lsof -i :80 command but it didn't have anything so I did not change the port.

What's the output from sudo lsof -i :80 and sudo ps -ef | grep lighttpd

It gives me this:

Did you change the port lighttpd uses? The procedure to change the port has changed since that post. For example to use port 60080 it would be:

echo "server.port := 60080" > /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/07-port.conf

...and restart lighttpd or bounce the instance and try going to http://172.16.1.85:60080/admin

I tried that but it says permission denied, even if I try running it as sudo:

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Check the status of the service:
sudo service lighttpd status

Should return:
lighttpd is running.

Next, find which port lighttpd is using:
sudo ss -4 -l -p -t -n | grep light

This will return something like:
LISTEN 0 1024 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* users:(("lighttpd",pid=6036,fd=5))

In the example above, lighttpd is running on port 80.
What does yours show?

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Check the status of the service: sudo service lighttpd status

Should return: lighttpd is running.

Next, find which port lighttpd is using: sudo ss -4 -l -p -t -n | grep light

This will return something like: LISTEN 0 1024 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* users:(("lighttpd",pid=6036,fd=5))

In the example above, lighttpd is running on port 80. What does yours show?

Yeah it seems to be running fine and it's on port 80

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On the device, open a browser and try http://127.0.0.1/admin

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Checking back on this issue... as you've shown, lighttpd is running so there should be no reason you can't (at the very least) reach the web interface locally on the device. If it does work but other machines can't the web interface, perhaps your device has a firewall rule in place. Let me know the outcome when you have a chance.

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Sorry, sadly the phone I was running pihole in died two days ago, so I don't have any way of checking what it was anymore, but thank you for the help!

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