Lookup of own DNS entry fails

[altmetaller]

Hi,

my Pi-Hole has the IP-Adress 192.168.178.200

When i perform a nslookup, i get an answer like 127.0.1.1 (taken from the /etc/hosts of the Pi-hole following the usual "hosts,bind order"); so i can't reach the WebUI using the Hostname.

I have now created a "Local DNS Record" which points to the right IP-Adress.

I know that's a little bit weird to administrate a DNS Server using it's own Services. But Adminal Ackbar also think "It's a trap"...?!?

Greetings from Germany,
Joerg

[Bucking_Horn]

I'm not sure I understand your problem.

Your nslookup returned an IP address, so technically, it succeeded.

Why do you consider this a failure?

[altmetaller]

Hi,

yes, but it returned the localhost IP Adress.

When i enter https://mypihole.mylan.local/admin/ in my browser, i got no answer because mypihole will be resolved to 127.0.1.1.

That means, the Windows-Host i use will try to access itself instead of my Pi-Hole.

You have to set a Local DNS Record which points the Hostname mypihole to the LAN IP Adress (in my case 192.168.178.200).

Greetings from Germany,
Joerg

[Bucking_Horn]

Could you share the full output of that nslookup?

[altmetaller]

Hi,

As you see, the pihole will return it's localhost address which is taken from /etc/hosts

In this case, you cannot reach the WebUI using the host name. The http(s) Requests are send to the Client PC instead of the Pi-hole.

A good practice is to create a local entry in the WebUI which points the Hostname of the Pi-hole to it's LAN Address.

Greetings from Germany,
Joerg

[Bucking_Horn]

Thanks for the screenshot.
Now, that reveals that you are using pihole as a name.
pihole is not a name that Pi-hole creates - it's entirely up to you to correctly set up resolution for that name.

A default Pi-hole installation will create the appropriate definitions to make its web UI available at http://pi.hole/admin:

When it comes to DNS resolution of the machine that hosts your Pi-hole, you have a choice of making use of Pi-hole or some public DNS, see Correct Resolv.conf entry in pihole 5.11.