Identity

Service unit: pihole-FTL.service (the DNS resolver + stats engine)
Config dir: /etc/pihole/ (setupVars.conf, pihole-FTL.conf, custom.list, etc.)
Web interface: runs on port 80 (or configured port) — http://<ip>/admin
Logs: journalctl -u pihole-FTL, /var/log/pihole/pihole.log, /var/log/pihole/FTL.log
Data/lists: /etc/pihole/gravity.db (SQLite, blocklist database)
Install: Official script: curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash (review before running)

Key Operations

Goal	Command
Check service status	`pihole status`
Update blocklists	`pihole -g` (gravity update)
Enable/disable blocking	`pihole enable` / `pihole disable`
Disable for X seconds	`pihole disable 300`
View query log	`pihole -t` (tail) or `pihole -q domain.com` (query)
Whitelist a domain	`pihole -w domain.com`
Blacklist a domain	`pihole -b domain.com`