I installed Pi-hole and i can not access the web GUI admin page

I have tried everything, i still can not access the interface!

Expected Behaviour:

It should let me in the web interface or the admin interface, nothing!

Actual Behaviour:

Not letting me in the web interface or the admin interface, nothing!

Debug Token:

https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/OPMI05aN/

What is the exact URL you are using to access Pi-hole's web interface?

Pi-hole's supported web server is lighttpd.
You are using nginx instead:

*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Ports in use
[✗] tcp:0.0.0.0:80 is in use by nginx (https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/prerequisites/#ports)
[✗] tcp:[::]:80 is in use by nginx (https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/prerequisites/#ports)

To have those webservers coexist, you could try to move lighttpd to different port.
For a Docker Pi-hole, set your container's WEB_PORT environment variable.
For a bare-metal Pi-hole, you can overwrite the port in your /etc/lighttpd/external.conf.

I can't find the commands i put in, can you tell me step by step how to? (i am new)

You seem to be running Pi-hole on top of OpenMediaVault?

How did you go about installing Pi-hole:
Via our installation script, via Docker, or via some other way?

And also:

Running pi-hole side-by-side with OpenMediaVault will cause a lot of port conflicts.

There are may options, but this is not a simple configuration.
You first need to understand how these web servers work before running them together.

  • you can change OpenMediaVault default port to 81 and use pi-hole on port 80;
  • you can use OpenMediaVault on the default port (80) and change pi-hole's port to 81;
  • you can run pi-hole in a docker container redirecting port 81 to pi-hole container;
  • you can run pi-hole in a docker container using macvlan (no changes to ports will be needed, but the initial setup will be a little more complex);

I logged into the root and then installed it via the websites guide

i have tried to change the /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf file to say server.port = 80

it just says "bash /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf: permission denied

Which guide are you referring to?
Could you share a link to it?

You need elevated rights to edit that file, but that's the wrong file anyway.

The correct file to edit is the one I referenced earlier:

Use your favourite editor to edit that file, e.g. for the nano editor:

sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/external.conf

i'm referring to the official website one

I Have uninstalled open media vault, re installed my os and i am still getting the issue

In that case, please provide a new debug token.

And also have the kindness to answer:

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