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* [Command-line arguments](#command-line) * [Command-line arguments](#command-line)
* [Configuring upstreams](#upstreams) * [Configuring upstreams](#upstreams)
* [Specifying upstreams for domains](#upstreams-for-domains) * [Specifying upstreams for domains](#upstreams-for-domains)
* [Recursive DNS server](Unbound.md)
* [Configuring clients friendly names](#friendly-names) * [Configuring clients friendly names](#friendly-names)
* [Configuration file](#configuration-file) * [Configuration file](#configuration-file)

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# Recursive DNS server
A recursive DNS server doesn't require an upstream server to resolve a domain name (e.g. `www.hostname.com`). Instead, it starts with Root DNS servers and then recursively asks authoritative DNS servers for each part of the domain name (e.g. `com`, then `hostname.com`). Finally, it reaches the specific authoritative server which is responsible for the target domain name (e.g. `www.hostname.com`). One such recursive DNS server is `unbound`. You can read more information about it here: https://nlnetlabs.nl/projects/unbound/about/.
AdGuard Home can use a built-in unbound DNS recursor on several system configurations (currently, Linux-amd64 and Linux-arm).
## Enable recursive DNS server
To enable recursive DNS server, add `unbound` to the "Upstream DNS servers" list in UI.
If you want to use it for specific domains only, use `[/hostname/]unbound` setting.
## Configure libunbound
libunbound has many configuration settings that you can set in `AdGuardHome.yaml` file. The list of supported settings is located here: https://nlnetlabs.nl/documentation/unbound/unbound.conf/
For example, to set libunbound cache size equal to 8 megabytes, use this setting:
dns:
...
unbound_settings:
- 'msg-cache-size: 8m'