options { directory "/tmp"; forwarders { 8.8.8.8; 8.8.4.4; }; forward only; dnssec-enable yes; auth-nxdomain no; // run bind on the local loopback interface only and listen on port 2053 listen-on port 2053 { 127.0.0.1; }; listen-on-v6 port 2053 { ::1; }; filter-aaaa-on-v4 yes; allow-query { any; }; // If running a on a public IP allow-recursion { any; }; // If running a on a public IP allow-query-cache { any; }; // If running a on a public IP }; Enable BIND9 at boot /etc/init.d/named enable And start it /etc/init.d/named start