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networking - BIND9 cannot resolve local domain

I've been struggling for a few days to configure bind9 to resolve my local domain so I can access it from inside my LAN.


Details:


DNS SERVER: 192.168.178.46

WEBSERVER (apache2): (A virtualbox machine, bridged) 192.168.178.36
VM HOST MACHINE: 192.168.178.26

LOCAL DOMAIN: acme.local

I can successfully access all the machines by IP. All the clients are configured with my internal DNS. I can access my local website by IP address.


The bind daemon is succesfully running without errors. Also the webserver is running and the virtualhost is configured and enabled.


Goal: access my local webserver by domain name (acme.local) without changing my /etc/hosts file.


On my DNS server (192.168.178.46)


Content of /etc/bind/named.conf.options:


options {
    directory "/var/cache/bind";

    // If your ISP provided one or more IP addresses for stable 
    // nameservers, you probably want to use them as forwarders.  
    // Uncomment the following block, and insert the addresses replacing 
    // the all-0's placeholder.

    // I dont need to forward to other name server. so dont use this.
    // forwarders {
    //  0.0.0.0;
    // };

    dnssec-validation auto;
    auth-nxdomain no;    # conform to RFC1035
    listen-on-v6 { any; };
};

Content of /etc/bind/named.conf.local:


// Just to be sure, internal network only.
acl internals  {
    192.168.178.0/24;
        127.0.0.0/8;
};

// Create a view for the internal ACL.
view "internals" {
    // Match the ACL
    match-clients { internals; };
    // Configure the domain:
    zone "acme.local" {
        type master;
        // point out to the zone file.
        file "/etc/bind/zones/db.acme.local";
    };
};

/etc/bind/zones/db.acme.local:


@   IN      SOA     ns1.acme.local. admin.acme.local. (
                              5         ; Serial
                         604800         ; Refresh
                          86400         ; Retry
                        2419200         ; Expire
                         604800 )       ; Negative Cache TTL
;

; Name servers
; create a name for the DNS.
acme.local.    IN      NS      ns1.acme.local.

; A records for name servers
; Point the created name for the DNS to the machine itself.
ns1             IN      A       127.0.0.1

; Other A records
; Point to the web-server:
@               IN      A       192.168.178.36
www             IN      A       192.168.178.36

DiG information (done on one of the internal clients)


This is what dig tells me, I am new to this DNS thing, but it seems to me it finds acme.local on 192.168.178.36. but still Chrome tells me:


acme.local’s server DNS address could not be found.
ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

Dig info:


; <<>> DiG 9.9.5-9+deb8u9-Debian <<>> acme.local
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44847
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;; acme.local.          IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
acme.local.     604800  IN  A   192.168.178.36

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
acme.local.     604800  IN  NS  ns1.acme.local.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.acme.local. 604800  IN  A   192.168.178.46

;; Query time: 3 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.178.46#53(192.168.178.46)
;; WHEN: Fri Jan 20 23:14:04 CET 2017
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 91

Question:


Can you see what I am doing wrong or give me some advice on how to achieve my goal by using bind9?


Thanks anyway!


EDIT / UPDATE:


One part is solved, thanks to @Barmar I was pointed out it the right direction. DNS seemed fine. for my debian laptop I had the change the order of values in /etc/nsswitch.conf from hosts: files myhostname mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns to hosts: dns files myhostname mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return]. I am not sure why this worked but it worked. But...


I would also like to access my local domain with my mobile devices (android) connected to my WiFi. And that still doesn't work. However I configured the wifi connection with the DNS on each device...

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