Pi-hole Maintenance PRO MAX (v5.0)

This script provides a comprehensive maintenance routine for Pi-hole v6.x installations. It offers colorised output, detailed logging, and an interactive step-based workflow.

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✅ Features

• Step-by-step workflow with status summary
• Colored output with symbols and progress indicators
• System package update and cleanup via apt
• Pi-hole self-update and Gravity blocklist refresh
• Backup of adlist and domainlist using pihole-FTL sqlite3
• DNS reload and basic network diagnostics (ping, dig, port check)
• Statistics for top domains and clients
• Raspberry Pi health info (uptime, temperature, resource usage)
• Auto-logging to /var/log/pihole_maintenance_pro_<timestamp>.log
• Safe for Cron automation

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📜 Changelog

v5.0

• Step-by-step flow with colored status output
• Full logging to /var/log/pihole_maintenance_pro_<timestamp>.log
• Native backups via pihole-FTL sqlite3 for adlist & domainlist (no external sqlite3 dependency)
• Extra stats: Top domains & top clients
• Extra Raspberry Pi health info: uptime, temperature, resource usage
• Cron-ready: OS/Pi-hole updates, gravity refresh, DNS reload, ping/dig/port checks
• Backup location: /etc/pihole/backup_v6/ (if possible)
• Upgrade: Just replace the script with the latest from the repo – no setup needed
• Compatibility: v5 is a drop-in replacement for v4 with improved UX/logging and integrated SQLite backup

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🔧 Usage

Run the script with sudo or as root:

wget -O pihole_maintenance_pro.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TimInTech/pihole-maintenance-pro/main/pihole_maintenance_pro.sh && \
chmod +x pihole_maintenance_pro.sh && \
sudo ./pihole_maintenance_pro.sh


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📁 Backups

If pihole-FTL sqlite3 is available, two backup files will be saved to:

/etc/pihole/backup_v6/adlist.sql
/etc/pihole/backup_v6/domainlist.sql

Backups will be skipped if write permissions are missing.


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🧪 Tested on

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B / 3B+

Raspberry Pi OS (Bookworm, 64-bit)

Pi-hole v6.1.1 (Core), FTL 6.2.1, Web 6.2.1



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⚠️ Disclaimer

Use at your own risk. Always review any maintenance scripts before running them on production systems.


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📎 GitHub

https://github.com/TimInTech/pihole-maintenance-pro