Ignoring query from non-local network - pihole-FTL.conf

[bkev]

Hi
I've recently been having a problem that when I reboot my Pi v4, although Pihole starts at boot it isn't actually working. The query log is just full of PTR records, DNS cache insertions stays on 0 and the graphs don't get populated. The web GUI is all up and running though, but with the error of " Ignoring query from non-local network".
From a bit of searching, I believe that the FTL(?) might be starting before the local network is ready and then failing. My settings in Pihole is "Allow only local requests".

To fix it, I simply press the "Restart DNS resolver" button or run the command pihole restartdns

I have added the line of DELAY_STARTUP=30 into the /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf file and this seems to fix the issue.

I was wondering though, will the edit into this conf file get overwritten with any Pihole updates?

Thanks.

[Bucking_Horn]

@bkev

was wondering though, will the edit into this conf file get overwritten with any Pihole updates?

/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf will survive updates.

In case you are running Pi-hole's Docker image, you'd have to make sure that you mount the respective volumes to persist your configuration.

[bkev]

Thanks for the update. Glad to hear it will survive updates.

Pi-Hole isn't running in a Docker image, it's installed directly on the OS of the Pi.