Problems to set up nginx and pihole

[herrwusel]

Pihole is running fine and now I wanted to set up nginx but I have problems with my nginx configuration.
I get to the authentication and after that I get 404. My guess is that I set up the path wrong but I don't see where..
I have a site running under /. Here is what my www directory looks like:
www/
-------cgi-bin
-------html
-------public (a static page for other purposes)
And here is my nginx config.

Another question: I don't feel comfortable exposing pihole to the 'outside'. Can I deny all external request and only allow the local network to access pihole? A authentication wouldn't be needed then.

[jfb]

@herrwusel

I wanted to set up nginx but I have problems with my nginx configuration

The admin web GUI is served by lighttpd, which listens on port 80. Nginx cannot be running on port 80 as well.

@herrwusel

I don’t feel comfortable exposing pihole to the ‘outside’. Can I deny all external request and only allow the local network to access pihole?

If you have not opened port 53 or set up a DMZ on your router, then Pi-Hole will not be exposed to "outside." Nothing in the Pi-Hole install process opens up any ports to the internet.

If you have opened up port 53 or set up a DMZ for the Pi-Hole, you should close those immediately.

@herrwusel

A authentication wouldn’t be needed then.

There is a password on the Admin GUI page - is this what you are referring to? If you haven't opened up any ports to "outside", the Pi-Hole is only accessible from inside your network.

[herrwusel]

@jfb

The admin web GUI is served by lighttpd, which listens on port 80. Nginx cannot be running on port 80 as well.

I disabled lighttpd already.

@jfb

If you have not opened port 53 or set up a DMZ on your router, then Pi-Hole will not be exposed to “outside.” Nothing in the Pi-Hole install process opens up any ports to the internet.

If you have opened up port 53 or set up a DMZ for the Pi-Hole, you should close those immediately.

I didn't open the port - no worries. I only want to access the web gui via nginx.

@jfb

There is a password on the Admin GUI page - is this what you are referring to? If you haven’t opened up any ports to “outside”, the Pi-Hole is only accessible from inside your network.

I loosely followed this guide to make the web gui accessible via nginx and there is an authentication enabled handled by nginx.

[jfb]

Unfortunately, this is an unsupported configuration.