ABMaterial; Local DNS Server; Raspberry pi

[Cableguy]

Hi Guys...

My brain is asking me to get my head around this concept/possibility!

I plan to use a Raspberry-pi 3 based NAS to run an ABMaterial app on my company's local network...
But a major issue came to mind:
How could I "simplify" the call to the NAS address in order access the webapp, instead of using the PI's address?
So the idea of a local DNS server came to mind... but I know nothing about it except for the "public" internet DNS basic description...
So, my question is, would this work? without blocking "normal" internet usage? Any hints or how-to's worth the reading?

Thanks in advance

 

[sorex]

you'll need to install a web server onto your nas (lamp?) and bind it to the IP address you want to use for it.

then add an A record to your local dns or dns hostname to your router that you point to that specific IP address.
(or put it in every clients host file if they use windows)