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.

Self hosted

Brandon LeeApril 7, 2023
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NextCloud vs ownCloud – Which self-hosted Cloud solution?

NextCloud vs ownCloud, which one is the best solution for your needs? Let’s take a look at the two private cloud solutions and which one might be best for you in your home lab. Table of contentsWhat is ownCloud project?Features…
Networking

Brandon LeeApril 6, 2023
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pfSense Force Safe Search Configuration

Safe search is a feature on firewalls that allows you to filter out search results that might not be appropriate for young ones or in certain environments. Let’s look at pfSense force safe search and how to implement it. Table…
AWS

Brandon LeeApril 5, 2023
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AWS Load Balancer Controller installation and configuration

Let’s look at an open source solution called AWS Load Balancer Controller that allows you to manage your elastic load balancers with Kubernetes ingress. Table of contentsWhat is an AWS Load Balancer?What is an AWS Load Balancer Controller?Kubernetes Ingress and…
Networking

Brandon LeeApril 5, 2023
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pfSense VLAN Cannot Access Internet – A Troubleshooting Guide

If you are new to setting up pfSense or setting up VLANs inside of pfSense, you may have issues getting traffic on your VLAN out to the Internet. Let’s see why your pfSense VLAN cannot access the Internet. Table of…
Containers

Brandon LeeApril 5, 2023
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Docker Desktop Starting Forever Windows 11 or 10 Error

If you have seen Docker Desktop starting forever Windows 11 error, we will look at workarounds to help fix Docker startup errors, including Docker Desktop is starting. Table of contentsWhat is Docker Desktop?Installing Docker DesktopRunning the installerSetting the WSL2 optionThe…
Cloud

Brandon LeeApril 4, 2023
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Amazon SES Alternative SMTP Email solutions

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a good choice for cost-effective email solutions, however, there are alternatives you should know. Table of contentsWhat is Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)?Cost-effective and reliableWhy Might an Organization Look for an Alternative to Amazon…
Windows 11

Brandon LeeApril 3, 2023
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Tiny11 OS – A Small Windows 11 Install

Tiny11 OS is a lightweight Windows 11 debloated operating system. This blog post will take a look at Tiny11 OS Table of contentsDebloat Windows 11Downloading Tiny11 ISO File and Creating a Bootable USB DriveComponents Removed in Tiny11 OSBuild the Tiny11…
Self hosted

Brandon LeeApril 3, 2023
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How to Install Pi-Hole on ProxMox

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Windows

Brandon LeeApril 2, 2023
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RDP An Internal Error Has Occurred Fix and workarounds

Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol RDP makes it easy to remotely control and administer servers and clients. However, sometimes there are issues. If you have see the RDP An Internal Error has occurred issue, this post will look at some common…
Automation

Brandon LeeApril 1, 2023
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Ansible Docker Container Management Playbooks

Ansible can be used to manage your Docker container environment and other infrastructure. Let’s see how that can be done. Table of contentsWhat is Docker?What is Ansible?Playbooks to install packagesDocker build with AnsibleDocker Installation TasksAdding Docker Image to playbooksRunning Ansible…