Can't get initial install to start services

Fresh install of pi-hole via curl | bash on Cent OS7

Disabled SE Linux before I started

Web interface and pihole status shows DNS service not running - can't make it start, has never served a request

Debug Token:

edited by moderator to make debug log private

You appear to have an instance of dnsmasq running, and this is preventing pi-hole.FTL from binding to port 53. Let's confirm - what is the output of this command from the P-hole host terminal:

sudo netstat -nltup | grep 'Proto\|:53 \|:5053 \|:5353 \|:8953 \|:67 \|:80 \|:471'

Yes, dnsmasq was on port 53 (?!?).

Don't know why - it's not a service I've ever installed or used that I remember.

I did some thrashing around on my own trying to troubleshoot this so I can't be sure I can blame it on the installer... This time I just killed the process and away it went.

Regardless, it's working this morning, and survived a reboot properly, so let's call it fixed :slight_smile:

Thanks for your help

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