{"id":1015,"date":"2021-11-12T08:46:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T08:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/11\/12\/5726596-how-to-change-the-dns-resolvers-on-hostinger-vps\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:10","slug":"5726596-how-to-change-the-dns-resolvers-on-hostinger-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5726596-how-to-change-the-dns-resolvers-on-hostinger-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change the DNS Resolvers on Hostinger VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">A DNS resolver is a server that converts domain names into IP addresses. Without it, your website would not be accessible. At Hostinger, we provide our own recommended DNS resolvers for your VPS by default. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_900534c9a8\">How to change the DNS resolvers<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">While <b>not recommended<\/b>, you can still use your own DNS resolvers by navigating to the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/servers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">VPS<\/a><\/b> section and choosing <b>Manage<\/b> next to your chosen server:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/11\/03bb7fa0-56c1-474d-a7e7-edd5b53fb17e.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Then, open the <b>Settings<\/b> page:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/11\/f714cff4-f923-4bac-b75b-abcb97b764a1.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, scroll down and select <b>Change DNS resolvers<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/11\/09d40cc6-2edd-49ae-b2f2-9f6a37d50d3e.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Enter the new DNS resolvers on the <b>IP address 1<\/b> and <b>IP address 2<\/b> fields and click on <b>Save DNS resolvers<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">This feature works by automatically updating the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/man7.org\/linux\/man-pages\/man5\/resolv.conf.5.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">resolv.conf file<\/a> <\/b>on your VPS; therefore, you won&rsquo;t need to edit this file manually when specifying the new DNS resolvers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding what are DNS resolvers and how to add custom DNS resolvers for your VPS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vps-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5726596-how-to-change-the-dns-resolvers-on-hostinger-vps\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/5726596-que-son-los-resolutores-de-dns-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/5726596-que-sont-les-resolveurs-dns\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/5726596-apa-itu-dns-resolver-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/5726596-o-que-sao-resolvedores-dns\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/5726596---dns---vps--hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4108,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions\/4108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}