# Pi-Hole in the Getumbrel node does not install, it always stays on **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [December 5, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041 "2021-12-05T21:13:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fierfek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/fierfek/32/1777_2.png) [@Fierfek](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Fierfek)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/1 "2021-12-05T21:13:33Z")
I have the Umbrel node installed, I try to install Pi-hole but it never installs ,. I’ve been like this for days, is there any method to make it install? ![Pi Hole](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/f/f012a3bc1c0b6cd6c26c0fa28bc854ffb4798ee5.png) ---
**Author:** ![zesammy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/df705f/32.png) [@zesammy](https://community.umbrel.com/u/zesammy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/2 "2021-12-13T05:40:18Z")
I am facing the same issue, did you get further ? I also notice this topic [Pi-hole stuck on installation](http://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-stuck-on-installation/3202) but we are both using a newever version so I am not sure if it applyies ---
**Author:** ![jonsyu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/jonsyu/32/1803_2.png) [@jonsyu](https://community.umbrel.com/u/jonsyu)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/3 "2021-12-13T16:37:10Z")
Hey Fierfek, sorry that Pi-hole seems stuck, have you tried just restarting the machine? (settings-\>restart). ---
**Author:** ![madara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@madara](https://community.umbrel.com/u/madara)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/4 "2022-02-12T03:52:54Z")
Do any of you happen to be running Umbrel on Linux? ---
**Author:** ![freeinanunfreeworld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@freeinanunfreeworld](https://community.umbrel.com/u/freeinanunfreeworld)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/5 "2022-02-25T15:25:17Z")
I have the same issue, and yes, I’m running Umbrel on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. ---
**Author:** ![micro23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@micro23](https://community.umbrel.com/u/micro23)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/6 "2022-03-03T01:20:50Z")
I also have the same issue, and yes, I’m running Umbrel on Ubuntu as well. Did anyone figure this out? I would love to get pihole running thru umbrel instead of installing it manually. ---
**Author:** ![DracoChartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@DracoChartin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DracoChartin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/7 "2022-03-03T16:43:21Z")
I’m having the same issue. base system is ubuntu 20.04.4. Restart does not fix it. This is what shows up in the docker compose logs after I tried to start it if I grep for `pi-hole`: ```auto docker-compose logs | grep pi-hole nginx | 10.21.21.11 - - [03/Mar/2022:16:05:55 +0000] "POST /manager-api/v1/apps/pi-hole/install HTTP/1.1" 200 5 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/98.0.4758.102 Safari/537.36" manager | ::ffff:10.21.21.2 - - [Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:05:55 GMT] "POST /v1/apps/pi-hole/install HTTP/1.0" 200 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/98.0.4758.102 Safari/537.36" ``` I’m new to Umbrel so I don’t know if this would be expected to work or not but if I try to bring up the container manually then I get the following: ```auto docker-compose --env-file .env -f apps/pi-hole/docker-compose.yml up WARNING: The APP_DATA_DIR variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. WARNING: The APP_DOMAIN variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. WARNING: The APP_PASSWORD variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. Creating network "pi-hole_default" with the default driver Recreating pi-hole_server_1 ... error ERROR: for pi-hole_server_1 user specified IP address is supported only when connecting to networks with user configured subnets ERROR: for server user specified IP address is supported only when connecting to networks with user configured subnets ERROR: Encountered errors while bringing up the project. ``` happy to provide additional diagnostics if it will help. from the umbrel log in the web UI: ```auto Pulling images for app pi-hole... Pulling server ... Pulling server ... pulling from pihole/pihole Pulling server ... digest: sha256:a02faea91d505d0bfc... Pulling server ... status: image is up to date for p... Pulling server ... done Starting app pi-hole... Starting pi-hole_server_1 ... Starting pi-hole_server_1 ... error ERROR: for pi-hole_server_1 Cannot start service server: network ba5e9913bee8c506476150519ba8e0d07d48cf0f97970ce2138bddf2a6f92c57 not found ERROR: for server Cannot start service server: network ba5e9913bee8c506476150519ba8e0d07d48cf0f97970ce2138bddf2a6f92c57 not found Encountered errors while bringing up the project. Got signal: debug karen is getting triggered! ``` Seems like it might be related to the docker network I’ve got `pi-hole_default` appearing on my list when other apps using the default network don’t have similarly named networks not sure if that’s a by product of my attempt to start it up manually though ```auto docker network ls NETWORK ID NAME DRIVER SCOPE 6b249c8ecc35 bridge bridge local d517aed0280f compose_backend bridge local 58b22eee88a3 compose_default bridge local 82f9ded342ae compose_frontend bridge local 17a7848934bd host host local 2c9b217998d4 none null local 2f0c3b99226b pi-hole_default bridge local 63cd36a52ebe umbrel_main_network bridge local ``` ---
**Author:** ![mayank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/mayank/32/26_2.png) [@mayank](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mayank)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/8 "2022-03-03T20:17:51Z")
Hey guys. Sorry about the issue and thanks for reporting with the logs. It looks like the issue is due to Pi-hole not being able to run its DNS server on port 53. This only happens on Ubuntu because Ubuntu has `systemd-resolve` listening on port 53. [Here’s a tutorial](https://www.linuxuprising.com/2020/07/ubuntu-how-to-free-up-port-53-used-by.html) on how to free up this port, post which Pi-hole should be able to run fine. ---
**Author:** ![micro23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@micro23](https://community.umbrel.com/u/micro23)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/9 "2022-03-05T00:53:44Z")
LETS GOOOOOO!!! I’m going to test this now. Thanks Mayank!! Unfortunately it still does not install. The command shows empty now so what you linked did work, but the app still wont install. sudo lsof -i :53 Shows nothing now. Logs: Traceback (most recent call last): File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 677, in urlopen File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 392, in \_make\_request File “http/client.py”, line 1277, in request File “http/client.py”, line 1323, in \_send\_request File “http/client.py”, line 1272, in endheaders File “http/client.py”, line 1032, in \_send\_output File “http/client.py”, line 972, in send File “docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 43, in connect PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File “requests/adapters.py”, line 449, in send File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 727, in urlopen File “urllib3/util/retry.py”, line 410, in increment File “urllib3/packages/six.py”, line 734, in reraise File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 677, in urlopen File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 392, in \_make\_request File “http/client.py”, line 1277, in request File “http/client.py”, line 1323, in \_send\_request File “http/client.py”, line 1272, in endheaders File “http/client.py”, line 1032, in \_send\_output File “http/client.py”, line 972, in send File “docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 43, in connect urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: (‘Connection aborted.’, PermissionError(13, ‘Permission denied’)) During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File “docker/api/client.py”, line 214, in \_retrieve\_server\_version File “docker/api/daemon.py”, line 181, in version File “docker/utils/decorators.py”, line 46, in inner File “docker/api/client.py”, line 237, in \_get File “requests/sessions.py”, line 543, in get File “requests/sessions.py”, line 530, in request File “requests/sessions.py”, line 643, in send File “requests/adapters.py”, line 498, in send requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: (‘Connection aborted.’, PermissionError(13, ‘Permission denied’)) During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File “docker-compose”, line 3, in File “compose/cli/main.py”, line 81, in main File “compose/cli/main.py”, line 200, in perform\_command File “compose/cli/command.py”, line 70, in project\_from\_options File “compose/cli/command.py”, line 153, in get\_project File “compose/cli/docker\_client.py”, line 43, in get\_client File “compose/cli/docker\_client.py”, line 170, in docker\_client File “docker/api/client.py”, line 197, in **init** File “docker/api/client.py”, line 222, in \_retrieve\_server\_version docker.errors.DockerException: Error while fetching server API version: (‘Connection aborted.’, PermissionError(13, ‘Permission denied’)) [5097] Failed to execute script docker-compose ---
**Author:** ![mayank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/mayank/32/26_2.png) [@mayank](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mayank)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/10 "2022-03-05T13:27:18Z")
Oh this seems like a completely different error. Which command’s output is it? ---
**Author:** ![micro23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@micro23](https://community.umbrel.com/u/micro23)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/11 "2022-03-05T14:54:44Z")
docker-compose logs | grep pi-hole Here is the log as of now: /Desktop/Umbrel$ docker-compose logs | grep pi-hole Traceback (most recent call last): File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 677, in urlopen File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 392, in \_make\_request File “http/client.py”, line 1277, in request File “http/client.py”, line 1323, in \_send\_request File “http/client.py”, line 1272, in endheaders File “http/client.py”, line 1032, in \_send\_output File “http/client.py”, line 972, in send File “docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 43, in connect PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File “requests/adapters.py”, line 449, in send File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 727, in urlopen File “urllib3/util/retry.py”, line 410, in increment File “urllib3/packages/six.py”, line 734, in reraise File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 677, in urlopen File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 392, in \_make\_request File “http/client.py”, line 1277, in request File “http/client.py”, line 1323, in \_send\_request File “http/client.py”, line 1272, in endheaders File “http/client.py”, line 1032, in \_send\_output File “http/client.py”, line 972, in send File “docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 43, in connect urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: (‘Connection aborted.’, PermissionError(13, ‘Permission denied’)) During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File “docker/api/client.py”, line 214, in \_retrieve\_server\_version File “docker/api/daemon.py”, line 181, in version File “docker/utils/decorators.py”, line 46, in inner File “docker/api/client.py”, line 237, in \_get File “requests/sessions.py”, line 543, in get File “requests/sessions.py”, line 530, in request File “requests/sessions.py”, line 643, in send File “requests/adapters.py”, line 498, in send requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: (‘Connection aborted.’, PermissionError(13, ‘Permission denied’)) During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File “docker-compose”, line 3, in File “compose/cli/main.py”, line 81, in main File “compose/cli/main.py”, line 200, in perform\_command File “compose/cli/command.py”, line 70, in project\_from\_options File “compose/cli/command.py”, line 153, in get\_project File “compose/cli/docker\_client.py”, line 43, in get\_client File “compose/cli/docker\_client.py”, line 170, in docker\_client File “docker/api/client.py”, line 197, in **init** File “docker/api/client.py”, line 222, in \_retrieve\_server\_version docker.errors.DockerException: Error while fetching server API version: (‘Connection aborted.’, PermissionError(13, ‘Permission denied’)) [233918] Failed to execute script docker-compose ---
**Author:** ![mayank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/mayank/32/26_2.png) [@mayank](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mayank)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/12 "2022-03-05T16:16:44Z")
This looks to be an issue with how Docker is configured. Can you follow [these steps here](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/) and then try restarting your Umbrel? In case you’ve already configured Docker properly, are you seeing this error with any other apps too or just Pi-hole? ---
**Author:** ![micro23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@micro23](https://community.umbrel.com/u/micro23)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/13 "2022-03-05T17:32:49Z")
I was able to install mempool and it works fantastic. I will try a few other apps as well. Ok instructions followed. We are making progress but it still is stuck. I am running it on a mac mini but I have no idea why/how it knows that… This is a standard install of latest ubuntu desktop. Current output: docker-compose logs | grep pi-hole manager | ::ffff:10.21.21.2 - - [Sat, 05 Mar 2022 17:28:48 GMT] “POST /v1/apps/pi-hole/install HTTP/1.0” 200 - “-” “Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10\_15\_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/99.0.4844.51 Safari/537.36” nginx | 10.21.21.11 - - [05/Mar/2022:17:28:48 +0000] “POST /manager-api/v1/apps/pi-hole/install HTTP/1.1” 200 5 “-” “Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10\_15\_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/99.0.4844.51 Safari/537.36” ---
**Author:** ![micro23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@micro23](https://community.umbrel.com/u/micro23)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/14 "2022-03-05T19:23:20Z")
I was able to add every other app I tried. Worked fantastic about 30 seconds or less each install. I tried to install one app from every category just to give it a more broad base. Hope this info helps. See attached photo. ![Screen Shot 2022-03-05 at 2.22.34 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/9/997abbf3a2042d051c779c848a572c108045388b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mayank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/mayank/32/26_2.png) [@mayank](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mayank)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/15 "2022-03-06T08:21:40Z")
Ah, got it. Can you try installing Pi-hole from the command line? In your Umbrel installation directory, run: ```auto sudo scripts/app install pi-hole ``` If the installation goes smoothly and there’s no error thrown by the above command, and if you’re still not able to access Pi-hole, can you get me Pi-hole’s logs by running: ```auto sudo scripts/app compose pi-hole logs --tail=100 ``` ---
**Author:** ![micro23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@micro23](https://community.umbrel.com/u/micro23)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/16 "2022-03-06T19:44:43Z")
> [@mayank](#): > > `sudo scripts/app install pi-hole` Setting up data dir for app pi-hole… sending incremental file list sent 138 bytes received 15 bytes 306.00 bytes/sec total size is 654 speedup is 4.27 Pulling images for app pi-hole… Pulling server … done Starting app pi-hole… Starting pi-hole\_server\_1 … error ERROR: for pi-hole\_server\_1 Cannot start service server: network 96c4aac4d294c4e6cdc145e0f073fb7788d5faa97841c7d47d3b4de05f502259 not found ERROR: for server Cannot start service server: network 96c4aac4d294c4e6cdc145e0f073fb7788d5faa97841c7d47d3b4de05f502259 not found ERROR: Encountered errors while bringing up the project. sudo scripts/app compose pi-hole logs --tail=100 Attaching to pi-hole\_server\_1 Thats it. ---
**Author:** ![mayank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/mayank/32/26_2.png) [@mayank](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mayank)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/17 "2022-03-07T19:43:09Z")
Hmm this is weird, but we’re definitely making progress. Can you try: 1. Stop Umbrel: `sudo scripts/stop` 2. Reboot your system: `sudo reboot` 3. Start Umbrel: `sudo scripts/start` 4. Uninstall Pi-hole: `sudo scripts/app uninstall pi-hole` 5. Install Pi-hole: `sudo scripts/app install pi-hole` ---
**Author:** ![micro23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@micro23](https://community.umbrel.com/u/micro23)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/18 "2022-03-08T12:41:34Z")
Hey gotta run to work, but I think we are all set!! It showed up and I was able to see the splash page. sudo scripts/app install pi-hole Setting up data dir for app pi-hole… sending incremental file list ./ docker-compose.yml data/ data/dnsmasq/ data/pihole/ sent 855 bytes received 54 bytes 1,818.00 bytes/sec total size is 654 speedup is 0.72 Pulling images for app pi-hole… Pulling server … done Starting app pi-hole… Creating pi-hole\_server\_1 … done Saving app pi-hole in DB… Successfully installed app pi-hole Once I try to launch it I get this now. I’m going to whitelist it with pihole -w when I get home. ![Screen Shot 2022-03-08 at 8.33.32 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/3/3d9c1fcce83f56d3c4b9874d095fb46cb13a8486.png) ---
**Author:** ![micro23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@micro23](https://community.umbrel.com/u/micro23)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/19 "2022-03-08T18:04:29Z")
It works perfectly on the local ip. THANK YOU! We areeeeeee liiiiiiiiiiive 🙂 ![Screen Shot 2022-03-08 at 1.03.13 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/3/3e164080040c72b061ccb166b853a3c5aad52c71.png) ---
**Author:** ![NodeUpOrShutUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/nodeuporshutup/32/151_2.png) [@NodeUpOrShutUp](https://community.umbrel.com/u/NodeUpOrShutUp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041/20 "2022-06-24T22:58:01Z")
> [@mayank](#): > > Install Pi-hole: `sudo scripts/app install pi-hole` This is what I get, even after following the two tutorials (port 53 & docker): Setting up data dir for app pi-hole… sending incremental file list ``` sent 227 bytes received 15 bytes 484.00 bytes/sec total size is 2,034 speedup is 8.40 Pulling images for app pi-hole... Pulling tor_server ... done Pulling server ... done Pulling app_proxy ... done Starting app pi-hole... Starting pi-hole_app_proxy_1 ... Starting pi-hole_server_1 ... Starting pi-hole_tor_server_1 ... error Starting pi-hole_app_proxy_1 ... error ERROR: for pi-hole_tor_server_1 Cannot start service tor_server: network 306c0b2d634e914ec5de81413b66714216f56988b4abd3564af0d3366fa1c7e5 not found Starting pi-hole_server_1 ... error 1413b66714216f56988b4abd3564af0d3366fa1c7e5 not found ``` Other thoughts on what I could try, to get pi-hole working? Other apps are working A-OK. [Next page](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi-hole-in-the-getumbrel-node-does-not-install-it-always-stays-on/5041.md?page=2)