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.

Windows 11

Brandon LeeJune 24, 2022
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Windows 11 22H2 Download ISO and install

Many of you may have heard the rumblings lately about Windows 11 22H2 and the new features it will bring to Windows 11. The release is set to drop in October 2022 so just a few months away. However, you…
Security

Brandon LeeJune 23, 2022
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Teleport VPN alternative for secure remote access

There is a really great VPN alternative solution in case you have not heard about it called Teleport. Teleport is an open-source solution that provides a community version of its enterprise offering. I decided to try this out in the…
Security

Brandon LeeJune 21, 2022
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Smart App Control Windows 11 22H2 Ransomware protection

In case you have not seen the news yet, Windows 11 22H2 is set to be released later this year, most likely in October 2022. The new Windows 11 22H2 release will be the first significant update to Windows 11…
Automation

Brandon LeeJune 20, 2022
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Convert Packer Variables JSON to HCL2 for automated vSphere templates

One of the tasks I have been working on lately is getting my Packer vSphere build templates converted over from JSON to the new preferred HCL2 language as of Packer 1.7.2. This is the preferred language to write your Packer…
Networking

Brandon LeeJune 17, 2022
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Twingate Download and configuration – Review of Zero trust VPN

I am constantly looking at connectivity to the home network, specifically for my home lab network as I do so much work, testing, PoCs, etc., there. With the time constraints I have, the easier a solution is to implement, manage,…
Kubernetes

Brandon LeeJune 16, 2022
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Install Harvester in VMware ESXi

I have been playing around with Harvester by Rancher which is a pretty cool project that combines Kubernetes with Virtual Machines. For those that want to play around with Harvester and may not have a physical workstation to play around…
Backup Software

Brandon LeeJune 15, 2022
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5 Server Downtime Prevention Methods

As an IT or system administrator, is it one of the phrases we do not want to hear from customers or users – the server is down. Server downtime can lead to tremendous costs for businesses that rely on technology…
Kubernetes

Brandon LeeJune 14, 2022
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Rancher Kubevirt with Harvester Virtual Machines with Kubernetes

Rancher Harvester is a product from Rancher that allows organizations to run an HCI solution in their infrastructure. Wait, isn’t Rancher about running Kubernetes? It is. However, using Rancher Harvester, you can actually use it to run virtual machines. How…
Kubernetes

Brandon LeeJune 10, 2022
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Traefik Helm install and configuration

Traefik is a great ingress controller for Kubernetes clusters allowing you to have an L7 ingress routing engine to route ingress traffic to your Kubernetes-hosted services. In this tutorial, we will look at Traefik helm install and configuration to see…
VMware

Brandon LeeJune 8, 2022
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Protect against Black Basta ESXi ransomware

We have all known that we need to employ good security tactics with our VMware vSphere ESXi servers and ensure we do our diligence to keep these secure. However, the stakes get exponentially higher when you consider the danger of…