Comments on: How to Create HTTPS Local Domains for Your Projects

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:32:47 +0000

In reply to Juan. @Juan, Good catch, you’re absolutely right. Using .local can lead to conflicts due to mDNS behavior on macOS/Linux, which is why the project recommends avoiding it. The default use of .test is intentional and aligns with best practices for local development domains. Thanks for pointing that out, I’ll update the article to make this clearer.

By: Juan

Juan — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:54:34 +0000

Thanks for the article, it was very useful. I’ve been looking for something like this for my local services. However, the project’s README.md states: “Note: Avoid .local - it’s reserved for mDNS and can cause slow DNS resolution on macOS/Linux. By default, it creates domains with .test.

By: Øystein

Øystein — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:10:39 +0000

Using .local domains on your local network is not recommended, because .local is reserved for mDNS. Using it for internal DNS can cause resolution issues with services flapping between mDNS and standard DNS. I have done the same myself for many years, since Microsoft had this in the wizard for AD-configuration. They removed this from the wizard and stopped recommending this around 2012.