I installed AdGuard Home in SparkBox. I go through the setup screen and created username and password. After I click on Open Dashboard. Nothing works. I reinstall AdGuard and try change port 80 to something different. I tried AdGuard Home Port Number for Admin Webpage, I tried random port numbers. Nothing work. At least Pi-hole works better in SparkBox. But, Pi-hole does not have DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Adding Blocklists and blocking certain websites/servers are not as user-friendly as AdGuard.
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tomspark wrote:
You didn't do anything wrong — this is a finicky step in AdGuard's own setup wizard that trips people up. Here's the catch: early in the wizard AdGuard asks for the 'Admin Web Interface' port and suggests 80. SparkBox's Open button expects that to be 3000, so if it's left on 80 (or set to a random number), the button can't find the page — exactly what you're seeing. Fix: run through AdGuard's setup one more time, and at that 'Admin Web Interface' step type 3000 (leave the DNS port at 53). Finish the wizard and Open Dashboard will work. If you'd rather not redo it, you can also reach it directly in your browser at http://YOUR-SERVER-IP:3054. And fair call on AdGuard over Pi-hole — its DoH and blocklist controls are nicer, so it's worth getting open.
ABOhiccups wrote:
AdGuard Home is not working after fresh install.
tomspark wrote:
Let's forget the 'Open' button for a minute — it's the part that's tripping you up, and AdGuard is almost certainly actually running. AdGuard listens on two different doors depending on a setting in its wizard, and the button only guesses one of them. So let's find yours directly. In your browser, type these two addresses one at a time (swap in your server's IP): http://YOUR-SERVER-IP:3053 http://YOUR-SERVER-IP:3054 One of those two will load your AdGuard login. That's your real AdGuard — bookmark it and use it directly, no button needed. Tell me which of the two worked (3053 or 3054) and I'll give you the one exact step to make the dashboard 'Open' button match it too. And sorry for the runaround — the two-port thing in AdGuard's own setup is genuinely confusing and we're working on making the button just figure it out for you.
ABOhiccups wrote:
The default port for AdGuard Home is 3053. Which does not run after install. 3054 takes me to AdGuard Home Setup Wizard page. After Setup Wizard is done. 3053 takes me to AdGuard Home Admin page. It's working for me now. Thanks!
tomspark wrote:
That's exactly it — nicely done. So now that setup's fully finished and your admin page lives on 3053, the dashboard 'Open' button should work too (it points at 3053), so you can use that or your 3053 bookmark, whichever you like. The whole snag was just that during the wizard AdGuard temporarily lives on 3054, so the button looked dead until you'd finished. Glad you're up — and you've now got DNS-over-HTTPS that Pi-hole couldn't give you. Enjoy!