Core: pi-hole: Can not load data from *hole: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

[tiagofreire-pt]

Home Assistant release with the issue:
0.99.2

Last working Home Assistant release (if known):
0.98.5

Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.):
Hassio

Component/platform:
Pi-hole

Description of problem:

Can not load data from *hole: xxx.xxx.xx.xxx

Problem-relevant configuration.yaml entries and (fill out even if it seems unimportant):

pi_hole:
  host: !secret pi-hole_host

Traceback (if applicable):

Can not load data from *hole: xxx.xxx.xx.xxx

Additional information:
This was working until the 0.99.2 HA upgrade.

[probot-home-assistant[bot]]

Hey there @fabaff, @johnluetke, mind taking a look at this issue as its been labeled with a integration (pi_hole) you are listed as a codeowner for? Thanks!

[mh-daedalus]

Have you tried below? I'm assuming you're using the pihole addon with hass.io

pi_hole:
  host: localhost:4865

[johnluetke]

@tiagofreire-pt please try adding :4865 to the end of the hostname

[tiagofreire-pt]

@tiagofreire-pt please try adding :4865 to the end of the hostname

No luck either.

[tiagofreire-pt]

@johnluetke, the solution is here: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/0-99-withings-device-automations-launch-home-assistant-cast-from-python/137960/175?u=redalert

Maybe the default value should be "false", as it's the standard for a default setting pi-hole installation.

[johnluetke]

Good thought. The default SSL values for the HA integration were not changed during the refactor, but this is a good place to start investigating

[fenio]

For me it still doesn't work. I'm not using addon but separate pi_hole instance on another machine.
Since upgrade to 0.99.x whatever I set in configuration.yaml I'm getting:

2019-10-02 07:58:02 ERROR (MainThread) [hole] Can not load data from *hole: 192.168.0.200:8080
2019-10-02 07:58:02 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.pi_hole] Unable to fetch data from Pi-hole

My config is:
pi_hole:
host: '192.168.0.200:8080'
ssl: false
verify_ssl: false

It worked fine before update (of course assuming it wasn't separate component but part of sensors).
What else can I check here?

[Coolie1101]

Experiencing issues as well on Hassbian, HA 0.99.3, with Pi-hole Version v4.3.2 running on a different machine.

Config

sensor:
  - platform: pi_hole
    host: 192.168.200.209:80
    verify_ssl: false

HA Log

2019-10-02 10:26:14 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Error during setup of component pi_hole
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.7/site-packages/homeassistant/setup.py", line 168, in _async_setup_component
    hass, processed_config
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.7/site-packages/homeassistant/components/pi_hole/__init__.py", line 47, in async_setup
    conf = config[DOMAIN]
KeyError: 'pi_hole'
2019-10-02 10:26:14 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Unable to prepare setup for platform pi_hole.sensor: Unable to set up component.

[johnluetke]

@Coolie1101 You'll need to change your config. See the new Pi-hole component configuration: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/pi_hole

[johnluetke]

@fenio After 5 minutes or so, the Pi-Hole component should refresh its data. Does the error occur then as well?

[Coolie1101]

All good.
Moved Pi-Hole to configuration.yaml as below.

  host: 192.168.200.209:80
  verify_ssl: false

Can we not use Pi-hole in packages?

[johnluetke]

@Coolie1101 Configuration packages? Like include_dir_named? Thats how my instance is configured and it's working.

[fenio]

Yeah it turned out that I've got that entry in log just after bootup... otherwise it actually works.
Which makes me think that maybe that component is being started before network or something like that? No idea about HA internals... just guessing ;)

[Coolie1101]

@Coolie1101 Configuration packages? Like include_dir_named? Thats how my instance is configured and it's working.

Not working for me with the following in Includes>Packages>pihole.yaml, but worked prior.

sensor:
  - platform: pi_hole
    host: 192.168.200.209:80
    verify_ssl: false

[fenio]

@Coolie1101 since HA 0.99.x pi_hole is separate component. Take a look into current configuration.

It can't be under sensor.

So instead of

sensor:
  - platform: pi_hole

it needs to be:
pi_hole:

[Coolie1101]

it needs to be:
pi_hole:

Awesome, thanks for the clarification, works great.

[joaopsys]

Having this exact issue on hassio 0.101 as well. For some reason this doesn't work (while the previous sensor structure worked flawlessly):

pi_hole:
  host: pihole-01.domain.sh
  name: pihole1
  ssl: true           
  verify_ssl: true

The server has a valid certificate, signed by a trusted CA. I can curl the pihole admin interface from hassio. Getting this error from home asssistant:

2019-11-07 00:03:29 ERROR (MainThread) [hole] Can not load data from *hole: pihole-01.domain.sh
2019-11-07 00:03:29 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.pi_hole] Unable to fetch data from Pi-hole

[joaopsys]

It seems that after leaving it for 5 minutes, it starts working on the next refresh :)

[tiagofreire-pt]

This is weird, as the pi-hole has all the the data availability from the start.

[shack31b]

Facing the same issue with HA (0.100.3) running in venv. curl commands are working on standard port 80 to communicate (disable/enable/state), sensors are showing up but no data is provided.

[pkishino]

Yeah, this is a problem that keeps coming back for me as well..I can even curl and use the pihole python lib correctly on my osx install to fetch data.. but somehow HA cannot

[johnluetke]

Thanks for the info all. I've traced this down to a race condition when HA first starts up. Like @joaopsys mentioned, it will update on the next refresh. I have another change in the pipeline right now, but will be tackling this one next

[whattheschnell]

I'm still seeing this issue even after attempted refresh.

HA v0.103.5

[dkalinai]

Just encountered the same... worked fine before now just always hitting this on hass.os restart...

[dominate4life]

I was able to fix mine by changing to port from '4865' to '80' and haven't had issue.
I am running the PiHole on a different VM. Not within my Home Assistant.

[ludipq]

Same "problem" here on 0.106.2

Getting the error on startup but after 5 minutes the entities load fine.

[lbouriez]

Hello, getting this error on the last update.
Didn't notice it before.
I have a pi_hole.yaml with the following content:

pi_hole:
  host: localhost:4865

[ochstobi]

Hello I have the same problem with HA 0.107.7

I try to integrate pi-hole to my home assistant. Just a little bit about my general setup. I’m running all services as docker container on an synology nas (HA with HTTPS, pi-hole HTTP).
To integrate pi-hole I added:

pi_hole:
  - host: http://myserver:8181
    ssl: false
    verify_ssl: false

In the HA logs I get the following error:

2020-03-24 18:21:27 ERROR (MainThread) [hole] Can not load data from *hole: http://myserver:8181
2020-03-24 18:21:27 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.pi_hole] Unable to fetch data from Pi-hole

I have tried to curl from my host network on synology
curl -X GET http://myserver:8181/admin/api.php
and then I get the informations, so I think pi-hole is working correctly and is available.

Because I have connected HA to the internet I have enabled HTTPS and gave certificates to HA. Could this be a problem? That HA runs with HTTPS and pi-hole with HTTP?

[gaving]

For anybody stumbling across this I had to explicitly set verify_ssl to false despite having certs mounted and being able to curl on the container.

pi_hole:
  - host: pihole.nuc.local
   ssl: true
   verify_ssl: false

Couldn't work out how to enable more verbose debugging, but this sorted it through trial and error!

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[NeoPolus]

Still happens on last version (0.114.0). On launch it gives this error + warning on the log (but the pi-hole sensors are available on HA afterwards):

2020-08-13 11:38:41 ERROR (MainThread) [hole] Can not load data from *hole: localhost:80
2020-08-13 11:38:41 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.config_entries] Config entry for pi_hole not ready yet. Retrying in 5 seconds

This is my config:

pi_hole:
  host: localhost:80
  ssl: false
  verify_ssl: false
  api_key: !secret pihole_api_key

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[pw-sys]

Still present in Home Assistant 0.114.4 for me.
I cannot add it via the gui nor the configuration.yaml.
Can not load data from *hole: xxxxxxxxxxxxx:80

[maurerle]

I used the Pi-Hole integration (by going to integrations-> add -> Pihole) which works very well so far.
Make sure, that you can wget the site you want to access from inside the docker container

[viktak]

I also have this error showing up in the logs on the latest version of HA (0.118.2).
However, the sensor is working fine: