# Cannot access web interface with Docker

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-web-interface-with-docker/74870>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 1, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-web-interface-with-docker/74870 "2025-01-01T14:20:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![spirledaxis](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/spirledaxis/32/44802_2.png) [@spirledaxis](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/spirledaxis)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-web-interface-with-docker/74870/1 "2025-01-01T14:20:37Z")

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## What im using:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS  
Docker  
I used the quickstart from `https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole`. The container says its healthy. I did not change anything in the yml file. I got the ip for pihole using `docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' pihole`. I have not changed the DNS in the router because using `http://<IP_ADDPRESS_OF_YOUR_PI_HOLE>/admin/` is supposed to work without changing the DNS: [How do I access Pi-hole's Dashboard admin interface?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-access-pi-holes-dashboard-admin-interface/3168)

## Expected Behaviour:

Be able to enter the pihole web interface

## Actual Behaviour:

Timeout when using pihole ip, and This site can’t be reached when using `http://pi.hole`

## Debug Token:

[https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/5jqrNsxl/](https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/5jqrNsxl/)

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**Author:** ![rdwebdesign](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/rdwebdesign/32/51363_2.png) [@rdwebdesign](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/rdwebdesign)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-web-interface-with-docker/74870/2 "2025-01-01T14:39:12Z")

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Please post the `docker run` command or compose file used to start the container.

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**Author:** ![spirledaxis](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/spirledaxis/32/44802_2.png) [@spirledaxis](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/spirledaxis)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-web-interface-with-docker/74870/3 "2025-01-02T01:03:09Z")

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I used docker compose up -d with the yml file in the github:

```auto
# More info at https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/ and https://docs.pi-hole.net/
services:
  pihole:
    container_name: pihole
    image: pihole/pihole:latest
    # For DHCP it is recommended to remove these ports and instead add: network_mode: "host"
    ports:
      - "53:53/tcp"
      - "53:53/udp"
      - "67:67/udp" # Only required if you are using Pi-hole as your DHCP server
      - "80:80/tcp"
    environment:
      TZ: 'America/Chicago'
      # WEBPASSWORD: 'set a secure password here or it will be random'
    # Volumes store your data between container upgrades
    volumes:
      - './etc-pihole:/etc/pihole'
      - './etc-dnsmasq.d:/etc/dnsmasq.d'
    # https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole#note-on-capabilities
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN # Required if you are using Pi-hole as your DHCP server, else not needed
    restart: unless-stopped

```

^ I used this exact yml file

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**Author:** ![rdwebdesign](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/rdwebdesign/32/51363_2.png) [@rdwebdesign](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/rdwebdesign)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-web-interface-with-docker/74870/4 "2025-01-02T01:10:58Z")

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Try to start a new container adding the [recommended environment variable](https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/?tab=readme-ov-file#recommended-variables) `FTLCONF_LOCAL_IPV4` to your compose file:

```yml
    environment:
      TZ: 'America/Chicago'
      FTLCONF_LOCAL_IPV4: '<IP_ADDPRESS_OF_YOUR_PI_HOLE>'

```

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**Author:** ![spirledaxis](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/spirledaxis/32/44802_2.png) [@spirledaxis](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/spirledaxis)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-web-interface-with-docker/74870/5 "2025-01-02T06:44:52Z")

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This worked, thank you. For anyone else looking at this I also added a password enviroment variable, probably doesn't affect this issue, but adding just in case.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/c/7c8792f649eeb921c5d2b4c41564ffa873d9a2b8.png) [@system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-web-interface-with-docker/74870/6 "2025-01-23T06:45:35Z")

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