The `.local` TLD exists as a zeroconf domain name for this purpose on local networks. Your homelab can advertise as `homelab.local` without setting up custom DNS servers.

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hgoel 2 days ago | parent [-]

Or .internal if you do setup your own DNS servers.

	▲	throw0101c 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		.internal is reserved by ICANN, but there is no IETF RFC ('just' a draft (for now)): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain#Reserved_doma... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special-use_domain_name * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.internal * https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-davies-internal-... Not sure how important that is.