Ubuntu 18.04 Manually set DNS server to use

This is going to be a short post explaining how to manually set a DNS server in Ubuntu 18.04.

#Edit the following configuration file:
sudo vi /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
#Add the DNS server you want to use:
[Resolve]
DNS=192.168.48.44
#Write changes and close file (:wq!)
#Restart local DNS service
sudo systemctl restart systemd-resolved.service
#Query your local DNS server
dig server-vm.example.com
...
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;server-vm.example.com.		IN	A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
server-vm.example.com.	6856	IN	A	192.168.48.44
...

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