WRKLOG-2026-03-15

Summary

Weekend day. AirBnB secured for tomorrow through next Sunday. X1 Carbon installs to complete. Professional backlog continues: Monad evaluation, regex mastery training, k3s NAT verification. Documentation audit completed (pfSense → VyOS).

Yesterday’s Accomplishments (2026-03-14)

Task Result Notes

Mobile hotspot connectivity

COMPLETED

Used documented WPA2-PSK fallback procedure

AirBnB booking

COMPLETED

Saturday → Sunday next week secured

X1 Carbon bootable USB

COMPLETED

Ubuntu 25.10 ISO written to USB (5.7 GB, 105 MB/s)

WiFi operations documentation

COMPLETED

Enhanced RCA-2026-03-13-001 with nmcli reference

pfSense → VyOS docs audit

COMPLETED

5 runbooks updated (46 refs total)

Today’s Priorities (2026-03-15)

Priority Task Status Notes

P0

X1 Carbon Ubuntu installs (2 units)

[ ] IN PROGRESS

USB ready, follow CR-2026-03-12 Phase 3-6

P1

Regex Mastery Training

[ ] PENDING

Practice patterns, infrastructure drills

P1

Monad Pipeline Evaluation

[ ] PENDING

Carried over since 03-11 - 4 days

P1

k3s NAT verification

[ ] PENDING

Carried over since 03-09 - NAT rule 170

P2

Wazuh indexer recovery

[ ] PENDING

Depends on NAT working

P2

Housing search decision

[ ] PENDING

San Diego vs affordable alternative

Comprehensive Backlog Audit

Professional (CHLA) - CRITICAL

Task Details Original Date Days Carried

Monad Pipeline Evaluation

Test pipeline creation, input sources, transforms

2026-03-11

4 days

k3s NAT verification

NAT rule 170 for 10.42.0.0/16 pod network - test internet

2026-03-09

6 days

Wazuh indexer recovery

Restart pod after NAT confirmed working

2026-03-09

6 days

Vocera EAP-TLS Supplicant Fix

~10 phones failing 802.1X, missing supplicant config

2026-03-12

3 days

modestus-razer EAP-TLS fix

Add intermediate CA to client cert chain (ISE 5411 error)

2026-03-11

4 days

ISE MnT Messaging Service

Enable "Use ISE Messaging Service for UDP syslogs delivery"

2026-03-12

3 days

ISE Patch 9 upgrade

ISE 3.2 Patch 9 addresses known replication issues

2026-03-12

3 days

PacketFence VM exploration

Deploy packetfence-01 on kvm-02 for FreeRADIUS learning

2026-03-11

4 days

Completed Yesterday (2026-03-14)

Task Details

pfSense → VyOS docs audit

5 runbooks updated: kvm-02-deployment (30+ refs), freeipa-deployment (4), windows-dc-core (1), vault-ssh-ca (8), backup-all-infrastructure (3)

WiFi operations reference

Added comprehensive nmcli section to RCA-2026-03-13-001

Mobile hotspot connection

Validated documentation-first approach - 2 min setup from notes

X1 Carbon USB creation

Ubuntu 25.10 bootable USB ready for installs

AirBnB booking

Secured accommodations Saturday → next Sunday

Personal - ONGOING

Task Details Status

AirBnB

Tomorrow (Saturday) through Sunday next week

BOOKED

Housing search

San Diego vs affordable Pasadena alternative

PENDING

X1 Carbon Ubuntu installs

2 laptops, LUKS encryption

IN PROGRESS

P50 Arch to Ubuntu migration

CR-2026-03-12 approved, not started

PENDING

Regex Mastery Training

Goal: Build pattern recognition muscle memory for infrastructure tasks.

Reference: Regex Mastery

Today’s Practice Focus:

Pattern Type Examples

IPv4 addresses

\b\d\{1,3}\.\d\{1,3}\.\d\{1,3}\.\d\{1,3}\b

MAC addresses

([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}

Log timestamps

\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}

VLAN IDs

vlan\s*(\d\{1,4})

Monad Project Status

Last activity: 2026-03-11 (syslog pipeline created, netapi CLI built)

Completed: - [x] API discovery and authentication - [x] Pipeline creation via API (v2 endpoint) - [x] Syslog input creation - [x] netapi monad CLI (33 commands) - [x] Transform types documented

Pending: - [ ] Test syslog forwarding from lab ISE - [ ] Create Sentinel output (UI - trial limitation) - [ ] Build ISE → Sentinel routing pipeline - [ ] Document cost savings projection

Additional Professional Projects

Project Description Priority

Legacy Azure Cloud Migration

Migration planning and execution

P1

MSCHAPv2 Migration

Migrate to modern EAP protocols (EAP-TLS, TEAP)

P1

netapi Improvement

API testing, enhancements, general API work

P2

CISSP Certification

Study and exam preparation

P2

Red Hat Certification

RHCSA/RHCE study and exam

P2

March 2026 Worklog Inventory

Date File Status

2026-03-01

WRKLOG-2026-03-01.adoc

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2026-03-02

WRKLOG-2026-03-02.adoc

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2026-03-03

WRKLOG-2026-03-03.adoc

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2026-03-04

none

Weekend

2026-03-05

WRKLOG-2026-03-05.adoc

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2026-03-06

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2026-03-07

WRKLOG-2026-03-07.adoc

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2026-03-08

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2026-03-09

WRKLOG-2026-03-09.adoc

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2026-03-10

none

Weekend

2026-03-11

WRKLOG-2026-03-11.adoc

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2026-03-12

WRKLOG-2026-03-12.adoc

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2026-03-13

WRKLOG-2026-03-13.adoc

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2026-03-14

WRKLOG-2026-03-14.adoc

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2026-03-15

WRKLOG-2026-03-15.adoc

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2026-03-16

WRKLOG-2026-03-16.adoc

✓ Created

Total: 14 worklogs created for March 2026 (as of 03-15)

Notes

  • AirBnB secured - one less P0 item

  • Documentation audit complete - infrastructure docs now accurate for VyOS

  • Professional backlog growing - need focused Monday attack

  • Weekend: Personal tasks + regex training (low-effort skill building)