Brandon Lee

Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.

Mini PC & Server

Brandon LeeOctober 17, 2023
7 12,446

Acemagic S1 Mini PC Home Server with LCD Display

Home lab servers are extremely popular among enthusiasts and those who want to self-host services at home. There are now a multitude of mini PCs on the market to choose from with powerful and efficient hardware. The Acemagic S1 is…
Security

Brandon LeeOctober 16, 2023
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Security Onion Install: Awesome Open Source Security for Home Lab

Security Onion is at the top of the list if you want an excellent security solution to try in your home lab or even for enterprise security monitoring. It provides many great security tools for threat hunting and overall security…
home lab

Brandon LeeOctober 13, 2023
0 20,448

VMware Networking: 5 Concepts to Master

One of the challenges when getting into virtualization using VMware ESXi and vSphere with vCenter Server is understanding the many different networking concepts. There are a few foundational concepts in the VMware networking layer that you need to understand and…
home lab

Brandon LeeOctober 12, 2023
4 42,771

Proxmox GPU PassThrough: Step-by-step Guide

GPU passthrough provides many advantages when running a virtual machine with a GPU exposed directly to the operating system from the Proxmox host. Let’s look at GPU passthrough and how this is configured with your internal PCI GPU. Table of…
Self hosted

Brandon LeeOctober 11, 2023
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Tautulli Plex Media Server Monitoring and Statistics

More and more people are cutting the cord and using self-hosted streaming services like Plex Media Server. Plex is a great solution. However, there is a 3rd party add-on you may not know about that makes it even better. It…
DevOps

Brandon LeeOctober 10, 2023
4 30,808

GitLab CI CD Pipelines for Home Lab: A Step-by-Step Guide

If you are like me, for years, you have used scheduled tasks in the home lab and production to accomplish various tasks. However, delving into the world of CI CD opens many opportunities to learn how to use this instead…
DevOps

Brandon LeeOctober 9, 2023
4 21,414

Top 10 DevOps Containers in 2023

If you want to learn more about DevOps and building an effective DevOps stack, several containerized solutions are commonly found in production DevOps stacks. I have been working on a deployment in my home lab of DevOps containers that allows…
home lab

Brandon LeeOctober 6, 2023
6 32,308

Proxmox Homelab: First 5 Basic Configuration Steps

Proxmox VE is becoming a favorite among home lab enthusiasts or those who want to easily stand up a hypervisor host at home to play around with different types of technology. After you install Proxmox VE, what are the basic…
Security

Brandon LeeOctober 5, 2023
1 28,781

Wazuh Open Source SIEM: XDR for Enterprise and Home Lab

The cybersecurity landscape is evolving. Many commercial security platforms offer value, including SIEMs and others. However, an open-source solution called Wazuh stands out as a powerful open-source security platform, offering tools for threat detection, regulatory compliance, and much more. Let’s…
Self hosted

Brandon LeeOctober 4, 2023
4 25,937

Setting Up Nginx Proxy Manager on Docker with Easy LetsEncrypt SSL

There are many reverse proxy solutions that enable configuring SSL certificates, both in the home lab and production environments. Most have heard about Traefik reverse proxy that allows you to pull LetsEncrypt certificates for your domain name automatically. However, there…