Attempting to change pi-hole admin password

[bencarter4185]

I'm attempting to change the password required by the pihole admin dashboard, and have attempted to do so by changing the pihole-password in ~/internet-pi/config.yml, then restarting the pihole by performing following this post.

The admin dashboard, however, still appears to be using the old password. I also performed a reboot of the Pi, then ran the ansible-playbook again, but this also appeared not to update the password. Any help on the correct steps to take would be appreciated, unfortunately I'm very new to using Docker containers.

[geerlingguy]

@bencarter4185 - For Pi-hole, the admin password that is set in config.yml is only used on the first startup. After that you have to manage password changes/updates in the admin UI through a browser.

[bencarter4185]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the response—though I was worried you would say that. All I've seen online with regards to changing a pihole password through the web ui has suggested the only method is to use a pihole command in terminal, e.g. sudo pihole -a -p to remove the password outright. Obviously I assume that's impossible if the pihole is installed inside a docker container.

Unless I'm missing something obvious, I can't find anywhere in the web-ui which would allow you to change the password, and the 'forgot password' section is equally unhelpful:

I think it may be fair to assume that a workaround doesn't exist. I would add a feature request on the pi-hole Discourse, but my account is too new to do so.

[802compute]

@bencarter4185 You can run the following command on the host that's running the containers

docker exec -it <container-id> /bin/bash (replace with the container id of the Pi-Hole container)

Once you press the Enter key, you'll have a terminal prompt for the Pi-Hole container where you can then type sudo pihole -a -p

[bencarter4185]

@802compute thank you! That has worked perfectly.

[Modged]

@bencarter4185 You can run the following command on the host that's running the containers

docker exec -it <container-id> /bin/bash (replace with the container id of the Pi-Hole container)

Once you press the Enter key, you'll have a terminal prompt for the Pi-Hole container where you can then type sudo pihole -a -p

Hi I am sorry to reopen this issue but I am facing the same problem.
I have tried the above suggested solution and it didnt work for me ...
If I run docker stop and then docker start it restarts with the old password :(