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Configure Pi-Hole

Step 3: Configure Pi-Hole

When Pi-Hole completes installation, it will have a random password set for you to login into the web console. You can change the password by issuing the following command:

sudo pihole -a -p

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Now navigate to your Pi-Hole’s IP address in the web browser to access the web management portal. The url should be IP Address/admin.

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Click Login to the web console.

There are many things you can do once logged in. Generally, the default settings are enough for most people. The main setting you will most likely change are adding more adlist to Pi-Hole. As of May 2021, Pi-Hole comes with one adlist by default.

Select Group Management – > Adlists to manage adlists.

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