Flush caching BIND (DNS cache)

All you have to do is restart bind to clear its cache:

root# /etc/init.d/named restart

You can also use rndc command as follows flush out all cache:

root# rndc restart

or

root# rndc exec

BIND v9.3.0 and above will support flushing all of the records attached to a particular domain name with rndc flushname command.

root# rndc flushname domain.name.com

It is also possible to flush out BIND views. For example, lan and wan views can be flushed using the following command:

root# rndc flush lan
root# rndc flush wan

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