{"id":5197,"date":"2016-08-31T11:14:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T11:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=5197"},"modified":"2021-02-03T07:50:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T07:50:30","slug":"clearflush-dns-cache-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/clearflush-dns-cache-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clear\/flush DNS Cache on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you are facing trouble while accessing some websites hosted on your server,It might be your local DNS cache got corrupt.\u00a0In that kind of situation you need to restart your DNS cache service. <!--more-->Under Windows you can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/clean-your-dns-cache\/\">ipconfig command to flush dns cache<\/a>. However, Linux provides various ways to flush DNS cache.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Flush DNS cache on Linux DistRibutions.<\/h2>\n<p>Major DNS Cache server\u2019s on linux distribution are below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>nscd DNS cache<\/li>\n<li>dnsmasq dns cache<\/li>\n<li>BIND server dns cache<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>1- Flush DNS cache on UBUNTU \/ Debian \/ Linux Mint<\/h3>\n<p>Use the below command to Flush DNS cache in Ubuntu\/Debian\/Mint Systems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>\/etc\/init.d\/dns-clean start<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h3>2- Flush BIND server dns cache<\/h3>\n<p>Use the below command to Flush caching BIND server dns cache<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>\/etc\/init.d\/named restart\r\nOR\r\nservice named restart<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h3>3- Flush nscd DNS cache<\/h3>\n<p>For this Just restart nscd:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>\/etc\/init.d\/nscd restart\r\nOR\r\nservice nscd restart\r\nOR\r\nservice nscd reload\r\nOR\r\nnscd -i hosts<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h3>4- Flush dnsmasq dns cache<\/h3>\n<p>Just restart the dnsmasq service to flush out dns cache:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>\/etc\/init.d\/dnsmasq restart\r\nOR\r\nservice dnsmasq restart<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>That\u2019all to do, Please Give your opinion below if you experience any issues or to discuss your ideas and experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you are facing trouble while accessing some websites hosted on your server,It might be your local DNS cache got corrupt.\u00a0In that kind of situation you need to restart your DNS cache service. 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