TIL how to update pi-hole on Win10

POSTED ON: May 30, 2021

TAGS: raspberrypi ssh

Pi-Hole is great. It provides adblocking on a network level.

It's open-source, and run by volunteers. It's also updated pretty often with the latest and greatest.

To update -- it's such a simple command.
pihole -up

But it didn't really explain anything. I also don't remember if I set up my raspberry pi to allow for SSH, or if it was set up by default. Either way, I highly recommend doing that for ease.

Here's a better set of instructions to update your pi-hole.

1. ssh into your raspberry pi

How to get your raspberry pi's IP address

If you're already accessing the pi-hole admin portal by using 192.168.1.xxx/admin, that IP address is what you want to use.

Another method is to access your modem/router settings, and look for all the networks attached.

You can also figure it out from PowerShell, but I'm not smart enough to understand it.

In Powershell:
PS C:\> ssh pi@192.168.1.xxx

If you haven't changed your default password, it's raspberry.

2. Once you've ssh'ed into your raspberry pi, then run the command.

pihole -up

REFERENCES:
https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-update-pi-hole/249
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/windows10.md

pihole -up

how to connect to your raspberry pi and update pihole

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