Pihole -v returns an error

Valiceemo · March 16, 2019, 6:53pm

I use pihole -v within a tasker task to check I'm up-to-date....started to see an error:

pi@pi-hole:~ $ pihole -v
  Pi-hole version is v4.2.2 (Latest: ERROR)
  AdminLTE version is v4.2 (Latest: ERROR)
  FTL version is v4.2.3 (Latest: ERROR)

jfb · March 16, 2019, 7:07pm

You are up to date, but Pi-Hole was unable to connect with the Github repository to get the latest version to compare to your local version.

From the Pi, run these commands and see if an IP is returned:

dig api.github.com

dig github.com

github.com

pi-hole/pi-hole/blob/master/advanced/Scripts/version.sh#L83


        awk -v bra="$branch" '$0~bra {print substr($0,0,8);exit}')
    if [[ -n "$hash" ]]; then
        echo "$hash"
    else
        echo "ERROR"
        return 1
    fi
    return 0
}

getRemoteVersion(){
    # Get the version from the remote origin
    local daemon="${1}"
    local version
    local cachedVersions
    local arrCache
    cachedVersions="/etc/pihole/GitHubVersions"

    #If the above file exists, then we can read from that. Prevents overuse of GitHub API
    if [[ -f "$cachedVersions" ]]; then
        IFS=' ' read -r -a arrCache < "$cachedVersions"

Valiceemo · March 16, 2019, 7:11pm

pi@pi-hole:~ $ dig api.github.com

; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Raspbian <<>> api.github.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 23632
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;api.github.com.                        IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
api.github.com.         2866    IN      A       192.30.253.116
api.github.com.         2866    IN      A       192.30.253.117

;; Query time: 3 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sat Mar 16 19:10:12 GMT 2019
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 75

pi@pi-hole:~ $ dig github.com

; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Raspbian <<>> github.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 34875
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 8, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1472
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;github.com.                    IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
github.com.             3600    IN      A       192.30.253.113
github.com.             3600    IN      A       192.30.253.112

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
github.com.             2829    IN      NS      ns-1283.awsdns-32.org.
github.com.             2829    IN      NS      ns-1707.awsdns-21.co.uk.
github.com.             2829    IN      NS      ns-421.awsdns-52.com.
github.com.             2829    IN      NS      ns-520.awsdns-01.net.
github.com.             2829    IN      NS      ns1.p16.dynect.net.
github.com.             2829    IN      NS      ns2.p16.dynect.net.
github.com.             2829    IN      NS      ns3.p16.dynect.net.
github.com.             2829    IN      NS      ns4.p16.dynect.net.

;; Query time: 84 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sat Mar 16 19:10:49 GMT 2019
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 291

Looks ok right?

jfb · March 16, 2019, 7:28pm

Yes. Try pihole -v again.

Valiceemo · March 16, 2019, 7:58pm

Yeah it works now?
I'm wondering if my tasker task kept trying to run the command, and hence repeated queries?
Would a lot of queries result in a short term 'ban' ?

jfb · March 16, 2019, 8:00pm

I'll defer to the devs for this answer.

DanSchaper · March 16, 2019, 9:00pm

Github will rate limit you if you hammer the API with requests.

jfb · March 16, 2019, 9:12pm

Why? Pi-Hole already checks for updates and highlights in the dashboard when an update is available.

Valiceemo · March 16, 2019, 9:24pm

That'll explain it! Thanks

Because why not?
I don't often open pihole GUI as it's setup to my liking and I have very few problems with it