Change Nameserver on Ubuntu

There are cases where you may want to change your local nameservers to use a popular service provider like Google. I wrote an episode that details a situation where this is required titled: Why do things never work out as seen in tutorials and guides.

Changing your Nameserver

By default the Nameserver is 127.0.0.1 in the resolv.conf file. To change it is very simple, open /etc/resolv.conf and change the record to:

nameserver 8.8.8.8

Cloudflare

If you would like to use Cloudflare instead open /etc/resolv.conf and enter:

nameserver 1.1.1.1