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.

Monitoring

Brandon LeeMay 21, 2023
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Netdata Agent and Cloud: Ultimate Real-Time Infrastructure Monitoring

Adding nodes to Netdata
Kubernetes

Brandon LeeMay 19, 2023
1 16,425

Mikrok8s Automated Kubernetes Install with new Portainer Feature

In case you haven’t heard, the latest release of Portainer includes an excellent new feature that allows fully automated provisioning of Microk8s Kubernetes onto existing nodes you have running in your environment. Along with this feature, Portainer 2.18 contains other…
Backup Software

Brandon LeeMay 17, 2023
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NAKIVO Backup and Replication v10.9 Beta New Features

The new edition of NAKIVO introduces new features designed to increase resilience, streamline recovery, and support the latest platforms. Let’s delve into the NAKIVO Backup and Replication v10.9 Beta new features. NAKIVO Backup & Replication v10.9 Beta New Features This…
home lab

Brandon LeeMay 16, 2023
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Top 7 Home Lab Server Tools in 2023

Lab Gopher is a great tool to find home lab hardware
Kubernetes

Brandon LeeMay 15, 2023
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Kubespray: Automated Kubernetes Home Lab Setup

Kubespray is a tool designed to simplify setting up a Kubernetes cluster. It’s an open-source project under the Kubernetes sigs, and it uses Ansible playbooks and inventory to automate cluster deployment. Table of contentsWhat is Kubernetes?Prerequisites for KubesprayInstalling AnsibleThe Easy…
Kubernetes

Brandon LeeMay 14, 2023
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Kube Bench – Secure your Kubernetes Cluster with CIS Benchmark

Let me introduce you to a tool that is hosted on github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench, kube-bench is a powerful Go application designed to evaluate whether Kubernetes is deployed according to best practices. Table of contentsWhat is kube-bench?Why run kube-bench?Installation and Configuration of kube-benchRunning…
DevOps

Brandon LeeMay 12, 2023
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Terrascan: Cloud Compliance and Security Scanner for IaC

Terrascan is a cool utility that provides a code analyzer that helps to make sure your infrastructure as code is secure and compliant. Table of contentsWhat is Terrascan?Cloud sandboxTerrascan’s Features and CapabilitiesInstalling Terrascan and Setting Up a Terrascan SandboxLeveraging Terrascan…
Security

Brandon LeeMay 11, 2023
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OpenWRT vs pfSense: Best Open Source Firewall Solution

OpenWRT console in a virtual machine
DevOps

Brandon LeeMay 10, 2023
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ArgoCD Helm Chart Install Applications

Argo CD, a GitOps continuous delivery tool, and Helm, can both work together to help admins to simplify the deployment and management process for Kubernetes clusters. We’ll explore ArgoCD helm chart install and how to deploy an application. Table of…
Security

Brandon LeeMay 9, 2023
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Top 20 Open Source Cyber Security Monitoring Tools in 2023

Let’s consider the top 25 open-source cyber security monitoring tools that are a great choice in 2023. Table of contents1. Wireshark2. Snort3. OSSEC4. Security Onion5. Nmap6. Kismet7. Suricata8. Zeek (formerly Bro)9. OpenVAS10. ClamAV: Open-Source Antivirus Engine11. Fail2Ban12. AlienVault OSSIM13. Cuckoo…