SOLVED: After examining the output of pihole -g again I noticed [✓] Parsed 3 exact domains and 0 ABP-style domains (blocking, ignored 1467 non-domain entries)
I investigated the link ans saw I accidentally gave the github link instead of the raw file, I changed https://github.com/autinerd/anti-axelspringer-hosts/blob/master/axelspringer-hosts to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/autinerd/anti-axelspringer-hosts/refs/heads/master/axelspringer-hosts and now it works!
I set up my first pi hole yesterday! However I am running into a minor problem, some queries are not blocked.
I have two lists configured:
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first one if for blocking services related to facebook
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the second one is for blocking websites related to Axel Springer Media, which is a far right news agency in Germany
Both of them are assigned to the “Extra” group, a group which I created for known devices in my network. I did not set it to default in case guests like to access these websites.
Now, the second list Springer Media does not seem to work. I tested to access www.auto-bild.ro and also facebook.com, facebook is unable to connect, auto bild connects fine.
In the query log facebook is shown as blocked, auto bild is green. (also tested that for a couple of other adresses).
Is there something wrong with the lists? Maybe someone is able to help here.
I made sure to run pihole -g after setting up those lists and also rebooted.
Output of nslookup for both requests:
$ nslookup facebook.com
Server: 127.0.0.53
Address: 127.0.0.53#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: facebook.com
Address: 0.0.0.0
Name: facebook.com
Address: ::
Auto-Bild
$ nslookup auto-bild.ro
Server: 127.0.0.53
Address: 127.0.0.53#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: auto-bild.ro
Address: 104.21.96.28
Name: auto-bild.ro
Address: 172.67.150.160
Name: auto-bild.ro
Address: 2606:4700:3037::6815:601c
Name: auto-bild.ro
Address: 2606:4700:3034::ac43:96a0
Also, here is an excerpt of the pihole.log:
2025-04-29 11:20:40.988 query[A] www.auto-bild.ro from 192.168.178.20
2025-04-29 11:20:40.990 cached-stale www.auto-bild.ro is 172.67.150.160
2025-04-29 11:20:40.990 cached-stale www.auto-bild.ro is 104.21.96.28
2025-04-29 11:20:40.992 forwarded www.auto-bild.ro to fd00::464e:6dff:fe85:1c89
2025-04-29 11:20:40.993 query[AAAA] www.auto-bild.ro from 192.168.178.20
2025-04-29 11:20:40.994 cached-stale www.auto-bild.ro is 2606:4700:3037::6815:601c
2025-04-29 11:20:40.995 cached-stale www.auto-bild.ro is 2606:4700:3034::ac43:96a0
2025-04-29 11:20:40.996 forwarded www.auto-bild.ro to fd00::464e:6dff:fe85:1c89
2025-04-29 11:20:40.999 query[A] www.auto-bild.ro from 192.168.178.20
2025-04-29 11:20:40.999 cached-stale www.auto-bild.ro is 104.21.96.28
2025-04-29 11:20:41.000 cached-stale www.auto-bild.ro is 172.67.150.160
2025-04-29 11:20:41.001 query[AAAA] www.auto-bild.ro from 192.168.178.20
2025-04-29 11:20:41.002 cached-stale www.auto-bild.ro is 2606:4700:3034::ac43:96a0
2025-04-29 11:20:41.003 cached-stale www.auto-bild.ro is 2606:4700:3037::6815:601c
2025-04-29 11:20:41.167 reply www.auto-bild.ro is 172.67.150.160
2025-04-29 11:20:41.168 reply www.auto-bild.ro is 104.21.96.28
2025-04-29 11:20:41.171 reply www.auto-bild.ro is 2606:4700:3034::ac43:96a0
2025-04-29 11:20:41.171 reply www.auto-bild.ro is 2606:4700:3037::6815:601c
2025-04-29 11:21:13.037 query[HTTPS] facebook.com from 192.168.178.20
2025-04-29 11:21:13.039 gravity blocked facebook.com is NODATA
2025-04-29 11:21:13.040 query[A] facebook.com from 192.168.178.20
2025-04-29 11:21:13.040 gravity blocked facebook.com is 0.0.0.0
2025-04-29 11:21:13.041 query[AAAA] facebook.com from 192.168.178.20
2025-04-29 11:21:13.042 gravity blocked facebook.com is ::