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Author: 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.
Teleport VPN alternative for secure remote access
Security

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…

by Brandon LeeJune 23, 2022December 7, 2023
Smart App Control Windows 11 22H2 Ransomware protection
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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…

by Brandon LeeJune 21, 2022January 5, 2024
Convert Packer Variables JSON to HCL2 for automated vSphere templates
Automation

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…

by Brandon LeeJune 20, 2022April 26, 2024
Twingate Download and configuration – Review of Zero trust VPN
Networking

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…

by Brandon LeeJune 17, 2022June 17, 2022
Install Harvester in VMware ESXi
Kubernetes

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…

by Brandon LeeJune 16, 2022February 12, 2024
5 Server Downtime Prevention Methods
Backup Software

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…

by Brandon LeeJune 15, 2022February 15, 2024
Rancher Kubevirt with Harvester Virtual Machines with Kubernetes
Kubernetes

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,…

by Brandon LeeJune 14, 2022January 17, 2024
Traefik Helm install and configuration
Kubernetes

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…

by Brandon LeeJune 10, 2022February 6, 2024
Protect against Black Basta ESXi ransomware
SecurityVMware

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…

by Brandon LeeJune 8, 2022June 8, 2022
Download Windows 11 Prebuilt Developer Appliance for VMware Hyper-V and VirtualBox
Windows 11

Download Windows 11 Prebuilt Developer Appliance for VMware Hyper-V and VirtualBox

Do you need a quick and easy installation of Windows 11 that comes with developer tools already installed and features and applications ready to go out of the box, like…

by Brandon LeeJune 7, 2022February 16, 2024

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