Hi Michael, I have seen Github randomly not show certain parts of repos unless logged-in with credentials. Too much AI bot traffic triggers the gating I suspect.
Lonnie > On Sep 3, 2026, at 9:27 AM, Michael Keuter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Lonnie, > > thanks for the doku. > Just to be clear: I had this issue on 3 different locations (all around > Hamburg, Germany) with at least 2 different ISPs. All these Pi-holes were > running fine for years (they are running Debian 11 underneath). > Yesterday I wasn't able to create a new Pi-hole container with Debian 12, but > Debian 13 worked. Today I tested again and now it worked. I have a script > that does the same as you did, so no typos are possible. Very strange. > > Michael > > https://mksolutions.info > > >> Am 03.09.2026 um 15:19 schrieb Lonnie Abelbeck <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> I had no issue creating a working pi-hole LXC in AstLinux. Only change from >> the docs was to add 'git' to the 'apt install'. (I updated wiki) >> >> The host was a MeLE QuieterDL CPU N100 >> >> <Screenshot 2026-09-03 at 8.10.34 AM.png> >> >> Detailed install at the end of this message. >> >> I added a NAT forward: >> >> <Screenshot 2026-09-03 at 8.05.17 AM.png> >> >> Accessed with: http://minipc.priv.abelbeck.com:8888/admin/ >> >> <Screenshot 2026-09-03 at 8.04.18 AM.png> >> >> >> Detailed install below: >> >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> minipc ~ # lxc-create -t download -n pi-hole -- -d debian -r bookworm -a >> amd64 --no-validate >> ... >> >> minipc ~ # service lxc restart >> Stopping LXC container... >> Starting LXC container... >> >> minipc ~ # lxc-attach pi-hole >> root@pi-hole:/# passwd >> New password: >> Retype new password: >> passwd: password updated successfully >> >> root@pi-hole:/# apt update >> ... >> All packages are up to date. >> >> root@pi-hole:/# apt install openssh-server iputils-ping curl git >> ... >> >> root@pi-hole:/# vi /etc/ssh/ssh_config >> root@pi-hole:/# exit >> exit >> >> minipc ~ # lxc-attach pi-hole >> root@pi-hole:/# cd >> root@pi-hole:~# mkdir install >> root@pi-hole:~# cd install/ >> root@pi-hole:~/install# curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash >> >> [✓] Root user check >> >> .;;,. >> .ccccc:,. >> :cccclll:. ..,, >> :ccccclll. ;ooodc >> 'ccll:;ll .oooodc >> .;cll.;;looo:. >> .. ','. >> .',,,,,,'. >> .',,,,,,,,,,. >> .',,,,,,,,,,,,.... >> ....''',,,,,,,'....... >> ......... .... ......... >> .......... .......... >> .......... .......... >> ......... .... ......... >> ........,,,,,,,'...... >> ....',,,,,,,,,,,,. >> .',,,,,,,,,'. >> .',,,,,,'. >> ..'''. >> >> [i] SELinux not detected >> [✓] Update local cache of available packages >> [✓] Building dependency package pihole-meta.deb >> [✓] Installing Pi-hole dependency package >> >> [i] IPv4 address: 192.168.99.194/24 >> [i] Unable to find IPv6 ULA/GUA address >> [i] IPv6 address: >> [i] Using upstream DNS: Google (ECS, DNSSEC) (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) >> [i] Installing StevenBlack's Unified Hosts List >> [i] Query Logging off. >> [i] Using privacy level: 0 >> [✗] Check for existing repository in /etc/.pihole >> [i] Clone https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git into /etc/.pihole...HEAD is >> now at f47b8ed v6.4.3 (#6618) >> [✓] Clone https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git into /etc/.pihole >> >> [✗] Check for existing repository in /var/www/html/admin >> [i] Clone https://github.com/pi-hole/web.git into /var/www/html/admin...HEAD >> is now at b2a4078 Web v6.6 (#3808) >> [✓] Clone https://github.com/pi-hole/web.git into /var/www/html/admin >> >> [✗] Checking for group 'pihole' >> [✓] Creating group 'pihole' >> [✓] Creating user 'pihole' >> >> [i] FTL Checks... >> >> [✓] Detected x86_64 architecture >> [✓] Downloading and Installing FTL >> [✓] Installing scripts from /etc/.pihole >> >> [i] Installing configs from /etc/.pihole... >> >> [✓] Installing latest Cron script >> >> [✓] Installing latest logrotate script >> [i] man not installed >> [i] Testing if systemd-resolved is enabled >> [✓] Disabling systemd-resolved DNSStubListener >> [i] Restarting services... >> [✓] Enabling pihole-FTL service to start on reboot... >> [✓] Restarting pihole-FTL service... >> [✓] DNS resolution is available >> >> [✗] Migrating the list's cache directory to new location >> [i] Creating new gravity database >> [i] Migrating content of /etc/pihole/adlists.list into new database >> [✓] Deleting existing list cache >> [i] Neutrino emissions detected... >> >> [✓] Preparing new gravity database >> [✓] Creating new gravity databases >> [✓] Pulling blocklist source list into range >> [i] Using libz compression >> >> [i] Target: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts >> [✓] Status: Retrieval successful >> [✓] Parsed 78609 exact domains and 0 ABP-style domains (blocking, ignored 1 >> non-domain entries) >> Sample of non-domain entries: >> - fe80::1%lo0 >> >> [✓] Building gravity tree >> [✓] Building antigravity tree >> >> [i] Number of gravity domains: 78609 (78609 unique domains) >> [i] Number of antigravity domains: 0 (0 unique domains) >> [i] Number of exact denied domains: 0 >> [i] Number of regex denied filters: 0 >> [i] Number of exact allowed domains: 0 >> [i] Number of regex allowed filters: 0 >> >> [✓] Optimizing database >> [✓] Swapping databases >> [✓] The old database remains available >> [✓] Cleaning up stray matter >> >> [✓] Done. >> >> [i] You may now configure your devices to use the Pi-hole as their DNS server >> [i] Pi-hole DNS (IPv4): 192.168.99.194 >> [i] If you have not done so already, the above IP should be set to static. >> [i] View the web interface at http://pi.hole:80/admin or >> http://192.168.99.194:80/admin >> >> [i] Web Interface password: >> [i] This can be changed using 'pihole setpassword' >> >> [i] To allow your user to use all CLI functions without authentication, >> refer to >> our documentation at: https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/post-install/ >> >> >> [i] The install log is located at: /etc/pihole/install.log >> [✓] Installation complete! >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> >> Lonnie >> >> >> >>> On Sep 3, 2026, at 7:13 AM, Michael Keuter <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> good point! >>> >>> I was able to create a working Pi-hole container on Proxmox 8 ( Linux >>> 6.8.12-43-pve) with a Debian 12 template (which doesn't work for me on >>> AstLinux). >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> https://mksolutions.info >>> >>>> Am 02.09.2026 um 19:43 schrieb David Kerr <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> Have you tried in an LXC container on a different host (non-AstLinux)? >>>> Just to narrow down if the problem is AstLinux or something else. >>>> >>>> Does Pi-hole 6 require a specific kernel version? One of the "features" >>>> of containers like LXC is that they build upon the kernel of the host. >>>> AstLinux is on a 5.x kernel, so if Pi-hole needs something from a newer >>>> kernel then it might not work. >>>> >>>> David. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM Michael Keuter <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> Hi list, >>>> >>>> when I today tried to update a running Pi-hole 6 installation running in a >>>> LXC container on AstLinux, I was asked for my github username and password: >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> [i] SELinux not detected >>>> [✓] Update local cache of available packages >>>> [✓] Building dependency package pihole-meta.deb >>>> [✓] Installing Pi-hole dependency package >>>> >>>> [i] IPv4 address: 192.168.99.46/24 >>>> [i] Unable to find IPv6 ULA/GUA address >>>> [i] IPv6 address: >>>> [i] Using upstream DNS: Google (ECS, DNSSEC) (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) >>>> [i] Installing StevenBlack's Unified Hosts List >>>> [i] Query Logging on. >>>> [i] Using privacy level: 0 >>>> [✗] Check for existing repository in /etc/.pihole >>>> [i] Clone https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git into >>>> /etc/.pihole...Username for 'https://github.com': ^C >>>> ---- >>>> >>>> I tried out different things for quite some time. >>>> >>>> But I ended up creating a new LXC container with Debian 13 Trixie, >>>> installed Pi-hole and imported the "Teleporter" export I created before I >>>> started the update. >>>> The same error appeared on a newly created Debian 12 container :-(. All on >>>> the latest AstLinux 1.5.15-dev version. >>>> >>>> Michael > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > [email protected]. _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
