[michaelbuckbee]

Here is what I do:

1. Switch off DNS from PiHole to ISP DNS (or Google/CF, whatever non blocking DNS)

2. Reload page in Chrome with uBlock Origin and selectively allow domains to load until the page loads.

3. Whitelist domain in PiHole

This works b/c both uBlock Origin and PiHole out of the box use basically the same blocklists (or you can force them to).

[ProAm]

How often do you find yourself doing this? Probably hard to determine, how frequent when you first set it up, vs after a month of use? Thanks

[natch]

Thanks. Can you expand on what you mean in step 2?

What is involved in selectively allowing domains to load?

Could you do it if the domain is a completely unrelated string to whatever site you are visiting? (Say for site example.com, it requires something from whwehkhsfasfs.com in order to load)... how does step 2 work exactly in this case? Are you being prompted for a small subset of domains that the page is trying to load, for example?

[michaelbuckbee]

So, PiHole has a web interface to blacklist/whitelist items, but it's hard to use for debugging as what it "sees" are just a bunch of DNS requests come through (they aren't grouped by page/user - at least in the version I had going).

But in Chrome with uBlock Origin - it very clearly tells you what's happening and you can selective unblock domains until the page starts working and then turn around and add that domain to the whitelist.

I'm making this sound harder than it actually is, it's honestly just a couple mouse clicks and page refreshes in Chrome with uBlock origin going.

[erikbye]

I've always found it trivial to know what to whitelist.

Pi-hole admin -> Query log -> Show all -> Search filter <domain>

Whitelist whatever necessary.