Network-wide ad blocking via your own Linux hardware
Pi-hole[®](https://pi-hole.net/trademark-rules-and-brand-guidelines/)'s Web interface (based off of [AdminLTE](https://almsaeedstudio.com)) provides a central location to manage your Pi-hole and review the statistics generated by FTLDNS[™](https://pi-hole.net/trademark-rules-and-brand-guidelines/).
- **Easy-to-interpret**: simple graphs and beautiful colors make Pi-hole's stats easy to understand
- **Responsive**: looks great on desktop, tablets, and mobile devices
- **Useful**: control and configure your Pi-hole with our settings
- **Insightful**: use the query log, audit log, or long-term stats to gain insight into your networks activity
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# Installation
The Web interface is enabled by default when you install Pi-hole.
## Post-installation: access the Web interface and gain insight into your network's activity
There are several ways to [access the dashboard](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-access-pi-holes-dashboard-admin-interface/3168):
1. `http:///admin/`
2. `http:/pi.hole/admin/` (when using Pi-hole as your DNS server)
3. `http://pi.hole/` (when using Pi-hole as your DNS server)
Once logged in (forgot your password?), you can view your network stats to see things like:
- the domains being queried on your network
- the time the queries were initiated
- the amount of domains that were blocked
- the upstream server queries were sent to
- the type of queries (`A`, `AAAA`, `CNAME`, `SRV`, `TXT`, etc.)
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## Pi-hole is free, but powered by your support
There are many reoccurring costs involved with maintaining free, open source, and privacy respecting software; expenses which [our volunteer developers](https://github.com/orgs/pi-hole/people) pitch in to cover out-of-pocket. This is just one example of how strongly we feel about our software, as well as the importance of keeping it maintained.
Make no mistake: **your support is absolutely vital to help keep us innovating!**
### Donations
Sending a donation using our links below is **extremely helpful** in offsetting a portion of our monthly expenses:
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### Alternative support
If you'd rather not [donate](https://pi-hole.net/donate/) (_which is okay!_), there are other ways you can help support us:
- [Patreon](https://patreon.com/pihole) _Become a patron for rewards_
- [Digital Ocean](http://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=344d234950e1) _affiliate link_
- [Stickermule](https://www.stickermule.com/unlock?ref_id=6055890701&utm_medium=link&utm_source=invite) _earn a $10 credit after your first purchase_
- [Pi-hole Swag Store](https://pi-hole.net/shop/) _affiliate link_
- [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/pihole09-20) _affiliate link_
- [DNS Made Easy](https://cp.dnsmadeeasy.com/u/133706) _affiliate link_
- [Vultr](http://www.vultr.com/?ref=7190426) _affiliate link_
- Spreading the word about our software, and how you have benefited from it
### Contributing via GitHub
We welcome _everyone_ to contribute to issue reports, suggest new features, and create pull requests.
If you have something to add - anything from a typo through to a whole new feature, we're happy to check it out! Just make sure to fill out our template when submitting your request; the questions that it asks will help the volunteers quickly understand what you're aiming to achieve.
### Presentations about Pi-hole
Word-of-mouth continues to help our project grow immensely, and so we are helping make this easier for people.
If you are going to be presenting Pi-hole at a conference, meetup or even a school project, [get in touch with us](https://pi-hole.net/2017/05/17/giving-a-presentation-on-pi-hole-contact-us-first-for-some-goodies-and-support/) so we can hook you up with free swag to hand out to your audience!
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## Getting in touch with us
While we are primarily reachable on our Discourse User Forum, we can also be found on a variety of social media outlets. **Please be sure to check the FAQ's** before starting a new discussion, as we do not have the spare time to reply to every request for assistance.
# Features
## Mobile friendly interface
## Password protection
## Detailed graphs and doughnut charts
## Top lists of domains and clients
## A filterable and sortable query log
## An audit log
## Long Term Statistics to view data over user defined time ranges
## A built-in debugger
## Black and white lists
## The ability to easily manage and configure Pi-hole features
## ... and all the main features of the Command Line Interface!
## API
Full usage available [here](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-api/1863). can be accessed at `/admin/api.php`. With either no parameters or `/admin/api.php?summary` it returns the following JSON:
```JSON
{
"domains_being_blocked":243038,
"dns_queries_today":2385,
"ads_blocked_today":414,
"ads_percentage_today":17.35849,
"unique_domains":429,
"queries_forwarded":1537,
"queries_cached":434,
"clients_ever_seen":5,
"unique_clients":5,
"status":"enabled"
}
```
[There are many more parameters](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-api/1863), such as:
- `type & version`
- `summaryRaw`
- `summary`
- `overTimeData10mins`
- `topItems`
- `getQuerySources`
- `getForwardDestinations`
- `getQueryTypes`
- `getAllQueries`
- `enable`
- `disable`
- `recentBlocked`
Together with a token it is also possible to [enable and disable (also with a set timeout) blocking via the API](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/is-there-an-api-command-to-disable-ad-blocking/7693).
The API returns more information (in a slightly different format if `FTL` is running) - it supports a fall-back to the "old" PHP API if `FTL` is not running. Test the type and/or version of the API by using the parameter `type` and `version`.