Homebridge Pi-hole

Pi-hole plugin for Homebridge.This plugin publishes a virtual switch that disables Pi-hole, making it easier to temporarily turn off the ad-blocker. Supports SSL connections and can be configured with a timer to turn Pi-hole back on.

Requirements

• Homebridge - HomeKit support for the impatient
• Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements

Installation

1. Install this plugin npm install -g homebridge-pihole
2. Update your configuration file. See sample-config.json in this repository for a sample.

See the Pi-hole installation section for more details.

Configuration

There are the following options:

• name Required. Accessory name, default is Pi-hole.

Pi-hole Configuration

• auth Pi-hole auth token.
• host Pi-hole host, default is localhost.
• port Pi-hole port, default is 80.
• ssl If the Pi-hole server should be connected to with SSL.
• rejectUnauthorized If the HTTPS agent should check the validity of SSL cert, set it to false to allow self-signed certs to work. Default is true.
• baseDirectory The directory where Pi-hole is found on the server, default is /admin/.
• time How long Pi-hole will be disabled, in seconds, default is 0 that means permanently disabled.
• reversed When set to true reverse the status of Pi-hole. When Pi-hole is off the plugin will be set to on and when Pi-hole is on the plugin will be set to off. Default is false.
• logLevel Logging level, three different levels: 0: logging disabled, 1: logs only HTTP errors, 2: logs each HTTP response. Default is set to 1.

Device Information

• manufacturer Custom manufacturer, default is Raspberry Pi.
• model Custom model, default is Pi-hole.
• serial-number Should be a 9 digit number in the string format 123-456-789.

See the sample-config.json file to see an example of how to configure the accessory. In the example the configured accessory will disable Pi-hole for a time interval of two minutes (120 seconds).

How to get a Pi-hole authentication token

1. Login into your Pi-hole Admin Console.
2. Navigate to the Settings page and then to the API / Web interface tab.
3. At the bottom of the page click on the Show API Token button, a popup window will ask for confirmation, go ahead and click on Yes, show API token.
4. A new window will open showing a QR code, copy the Raw API Token below the QR code.
5. Paste your API token in the homebridge configuration file.