Building a Homelab DNS Server with BIND: A How-To

This blog post details the author's journey in setting up a BIND DNS server on a Raspberry Pi 4 running Fedora 42 to achieve digital sovereignty within their home network. The author meticulously guides the reader through the installation and configuration of BIND, covering the main configuration file (`/etc/named.conf`), forward zone file (`/var/named/forward.homelab.jhw`), and reverse zone files (`/var/named/reverse.homelab.jhw` and `/var/named/reverse2.homelab.jhw`). Crucially, the importance of incrementing the serial number after any zone file modifications is stressed to prevent DNS issues. The post concludes with a successful test using `nslookup`, demonstrating the resolution of hostnames within the home network.