Set up BIND on DNS server for local home server

[Richard Carter]

Hi

I'm currently trying to set up a dns server for home server system, such that I can visit external websites as normal, but when I visit '

http://example.local'

on any device in the network it redirects to my home server IP. I know I can use a hosts file to achieve this, but there are limitations to that method which mean it's not an ideal solution.

So far I have managed to set up BIND on a Raspberry Pi I am using as a dns server. However, I have been struggling for a few days now to work out how to set up zones correctly to mean that '

http://example.local'

will point to my development server.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. If you need any more information let me know, I didn't want to just dump a load of contents of files if the content is irrelevant.

Thanks