BuildSetupInstallIT Field Notes

Production procedures, commands, and configurations from managed services environments. Built for sysadmins, made public.

Networking & Firewalls

Palo Alto CLI commands, static route monitoring, External Dynamic Lists, path monitoring, and pricing reference.

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Active Directory lockout troubleshooting, Hyper-V, Exchange Server PowerShell, Server Core setup, and licensing.

Open notes

systemd services, netplan and nmcli networking, disks, packages, SSH keys, logs, and live-USB rescue tasks.

Open notes

Free Linux bench tool. SMART health verdicts, data preview and carving, secure erase for HDD, SSD and NVMe, and full-read proof a drive is clean.

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Duo Auth proxy installation on Windows Server Core, MFA configuration, and SSO setup references.

Open notes

Profile repair, Windows Update full reset, Azure AD local admin, TPM queries, software inventory, and licensing.

Open notes

Polycom 8x8 VoIP phone configuration, LogMeIn remote management, and Trend Micro antivirus deployment.

Open notes

OpenCode agent on remote Ollama & llama.cpp hosts (Windows & Linux). Memory math, 128k context, and MoE expert offload.

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Wake-word assistant on a CPU-only Ubuntu box. llama.cpp, Whisper, Piper and Qwen3-TTS voices, web search and RAG, no cloud.

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