Questions after V5.0 update

[altstadt]

Is there any additional manual cleanup required after upgrading to 5.0? I see two files in /etc/pihole that look suspect.

• Has gravity.list been fully replaced by gravity.db? Can it be deleted?
• Should the entries in lan.list be entered into the Local DNS Records tab? If so, is there a document that shows how to use this tab like there is for the Group Management set of tabs? I'm not clear if I should add a list of hostnames for a single IP address, or if I should add each hostname for the same IP address separately. Do I need an entry for the FQDN: hostname.domain, or is that implicit?

[jfb]

@altstadt

Has gravity.list been fully replaced by gravity.db ? Can it be deleted?

The gravity list is no longer used. The infomation is contained in the gravity database.

@altstadt

Should the entries in lan.list be entered into the Local DNS Records tab?

This is your choice.

@altstadt

If so, is there a document that shows how to use this tab like there is for the Group Management set of tabs?

Local DNS Records is simply a web GUI to manage a hosts list - it operates the same as the existing /etc/hosts. In this case, the list is stored at /etc/pihole/custom.list. The required format is the same as a hosts list - IP followed by at least one space, then domain name.

You can enter the domains via the web GUI, or you can directly edit the file.

[altstadt]

Thank you.

With some experimentation in the Local DNS Records tab I found:

• Only one hostname (not a list) can be entered in the Domain text box.
• Multiple records can use the same IP address.
• The FQDN must be added separately.

I renamed the obsolete files and will probably delete them in a week.