Pihole Refuses to Connect After Update

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Expected Behaviour:

_I should be able to use the web app to connect to my pihole. I'm using a Raspberry Pi 4 to run pihole.

Actual Behaviour:

_I get an error message that says that 192.168.200.115 refuses to connect. I started getting this message after I updated to the newest version of pihole using Putty.

Debug Token:

_(https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/pcsk8bi4/)

Thanks in advance for you assistance!

Thanks for your help!

I also put in a feature request, but can the upgrade script quickly test to see if 8080 is already in use before assuming it's free, and if not, prompt the user for the port number to use? I think assuming port 8080 will cause you guys a lot of havoc.

Bash:lsof -i:8080

THANKS!!!

This is not something that is done quickly. And most users won't even know which ports they still have free/can use at all.

By quickly, I mean a test in the script [lsof -i:80, etc] prior to the prompt:

psedo code for installer:

Installer script programically tests if port in use:
YES: Prompt user for ports to use:

Webserver ports 80:443 are in use. 
What ports would you like to use for the pihole webserver?[8080:8443]

If the user doesn't know what a port is or doesn't know what is available on their system, they'll just press ENTER, which gives them the default of 8080:8443. If they DO know what a port is, and what ports they have available, they can enter them, saving themselves additional configuration steps after the installation.

NO: then the script just continues on like normal, with not prompt.

Doesn't seem like all that big of an ask, which makes me think I'm not explaining my request well?

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