10 KiB
2026-06-12 — Jim Parkinson mail migration (Neptune -> lamaddux M365) + RMM log triage + IX API token
User
- User: Mike Swanson (mike)
- Machine: GURU-5070
- Role: admin
Summary
Multi-thread session. Headline: migrated Jim Parkinson (jparkinsonaz.com, mail on on-prem
Neptune Exchange) into LeeAnn Maddux's existing lamaddux.com M365 tenant to fix shared-calendar
sync issues (Syncro #32411). Also: triaged a stale GuruRMM AI log-analysis report (filed 2 root-caused
bugs + a signal-design refinement), recovered the lost IX WHM API access method (now a vaulted full-access
token), restored the "vault every credential" CORE rule, and handled a Bardach M365 sign-in error.
Threads
1. Bardach (barbara@bardach.net) — AADSTS165000 on iPhone
Client-side session-cookie failure (Missing session context cookie). NOT password/MFA/Smart-Lockout, and
NOT caused by our 2026-06-05 Security Defaults change (she passed password + Authenticator). Gave iPhone
fix steps (full Safari not in-app webview, allow cookies, clear site data, fresh single-pass sign-in,
auto date/time). Offered Entra sign-in-log lookup for Correlation Id 71fa2d99-2607-4cfc-a032-da30b925d04d.
Tenant: bardach.net dd4a82e8-85a3-44ac-8800-07945ab4d95f.
2. GuruRMM log-analysis triage (stale report reconciliation)
Report came from GuruRMM's own /api/logs/analyze (cut over to Claude Haiku today). Reconciled vs live logs:
- Ollama unreachable = HEALED (cutover; last stray 13:27 pre-deploy).
- "1,100+ WS errors" = real (~1504/24h) but benign reconnect churn + deploy restart-storms; fleet reconnecting.
- Auth timeouts 7/24h = benign.
- 2 real bugs filed in
projects/msp-tools/guru-rmm/docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md(submodule, pushed8d5bb9d):- Hardware inventory NUL -> Postgres jsonb reject (7 Windows agents: IMC1, Seth-PC, QWM-JOHN, QWM-SHEILA,
goldstar19, SIF-SERVER, Christine-Win10). Fix: strip NUL before jsonb insert in
upsert_agent_hardware. - Update scanner execs non-.exe binaries for
--version; macOS Mach-O can't run on the Linux server ->continue-skipped -> macOS/Linux agents never offered updates. Fix: trust filename version for non-Windows. - Feature 4a refinement: alert on STATE (offline-past-budget / flapping / mass-drop) not the disconnect event; reclassify "connection reset without closing handshake" ERROR->INFO (ships standalone).
- Hardware inventory NUL -> Postgres jsonb reject (7 Windows agents: IMC1, Seth-PC, QWM-JOHN, QWM-SHEILA,
goldstar19, SIF-SERVER, Christine-Win10). Fix: strip NUL before jsonb insert in
3. IX WHM API access recovered (the ~1h time-sink)
Password+legacy json-api basic-auth to ix.azcomputerguru.com:2087 now returns 403 pre-auth (not
cpHulk/Imunify IP block — WHM login page 200s; bad creds also 403). Mike created a full-access root WHM
API token "ClaudeTools". Correct method: header Authorization: whm root:<token>, force curl -4.
Stored at vault infrastructure/ix-server credentials.whm-api-token + documented in entry notes.
Restored CORE rule in .claude/CLAUDE.md ("vault + document EVERY in-session credential, via the vault
skill"); added memories ix-whm-dns-api-access + feedback-vault-every-credential.
4. Leeann Maddux RMM onboarding
New RMM client Leeann Maddux + site Home (DARK-OCEAN-9950, site_id 7357db16-114c-4404-92be-4a587056d9e5,
client_id bd8c4027-7cbe-41c0-bc2c-c8e6c4846b62). Enrollment key vaulted clients/lamaddux/gururmm-site-home.sops.yaml.
Jim's 2 machines enrolled: DESKTOP-EDN9UDO (2b24e8de-a774-4277-bad3-689c00f9eacc) + DESKTOP-M0GBKF3
(4fdecea6-19d9-4dd0-bf6c-f2b1ab6c6c28). (jpark = logged-in user on M0G, SID ...-1014.)
5. Jim Parkinson mail migration (the main work)
- Tenant lamaddux.com
2f0c4c92-c608-4ee0-bdc2-87d5fd8fe929(LeeAnn Maddux) onboarded via single-consent (onboard365); all apps + roles provisioned (recorded YES in remediation-tooltenants.md). - Added + verified custom domain
jparkinsonaz.com(TXTMS=ms74863246); Mike added the domain in portal (our Tenant Admin app lacksDomain.ReadWrite.All— flagged as future automation item). - Created jim@jparkinsonaz.com (obj
387dc966-fd91-4512-9b0f-d80b125769f4) + Exchange Online Plan 1 (skuId4b9405b0-7788-4568-add1-99614e613b69; Mike bought the 2nd license). Mailbox provisioned, primary SMTP matches source. - DNS cutover on IX (token) to O365 + zone cleanup: MX
jparkinsonaz-com.mail.protection.outlook.com, SPFv=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all, autodiscover CNAME ->autodiscover.outlook.com, DKIM selector1/selector2 CNAMEs ->selector{1,2}-jparkinsonaz-com._domainkey.lamaddux.a-v1.dkim.mail.microsoft(new MS format, resolves to live keys). Removed: root A (was -> Neptune 67.206.163.124),mailCNAME, 4x CalDAV/CardDAV SRV + path TXTs, cPanel_cpanel-dcv-test-record+_acme-challenge. - PST export off Neptune:
New-MailboxExportRequest->\\NEPTUNE\PSTExport$\jim-jparkinsonaz.pst, Completed 100%, 1.776 GB, 8316 items. Mike to copy + Outlook-import himself. - Outlook autodiscover fix (Exclude365): ran undo of
C:\Users\guru\ownCloud\Toolbox\!-Utils\RegistryFixes\Exclude365-Final.regon both machines (removed exclusions + acghosting RedirectServers pins, HKLM policy + user hives incl offline). Fresh profile still hit mail.acghosting.com because root A pointed to Neptune -> root-domain autodiscover probe answered on-prem. SetExcludeHttpsRootDomain=1on both machines (interim), then removed the root A record (permanent global fix -> root probe NXDOMAIN -> falls through to autodiscover CNAME -> O365). - Set password + MFA: see Credentials.
6. Syncro #32411 (id 112542872, LeeAnn Parkinson, customer 139908)
PUT status -> In Progress, problem_type -> Server Migration; posted customer-visible (no-email) note scoping it to a mail migration to resolve calendar sync. Comment id 418758100.
Credentials (unredacted — private repo)
- jim@jparkinsonaz.com /
jP48504850$(permanent, no force-change). MFA mobile +1 520-349-2222. Vaultedclients/lamaddux/jim-parkinson-m365.sops.yaml. - IX WHM API token "ClaudeTools" (FULL-ACCESS ROOT):
HAUGCPQGJGDK3YDAMVA0B4ELR9CVNAQ6. Vaultedinfrastructure/ix-servercredentials.whm-api-token. Use: headerAuthorization: whm root:<token>,curl -4. Password basic-auth on json-api now 403s. - Leeann Maddux RMM site key: vaulted
clients/lamaddux/gururmm-site-home.sops.yaml.
Infrastructure
- IX:
ix.azcomputerguru.com= 72.194.62.5 (WHM:2087). Public NSns1/ns2.acghosting.com= 52.52.94.202 (cluster; edits auto-sync). Neptune external 67.206.163.124 / 172.16.3.11 (mail.acghosting.com, Exchange 2016). - RMM API
http://172.16.3.30:3001. (Brief.30outage mid-session — networking, Mike fixed.) - Imunify360 (cpHulk disabled) gated WHM; whitelisted our IPv4 98.97.118.217 + IPv6 2605:59c0:43a6:9710::/64.
7. Continued (post-/scc): autodiscover, DNS cleanup, DKIM, sharing, calendar, contacts
- IX WHM API token recovered the lost access (see thread 3): full-access root token "ClaudeTools"
HAUGCPQGJGDK3YDAMVA0B4ELR9CVNAQ6vaultedinfrastructure/ix-servercredentials.whm-api-token; header authAuthorization: whm root:<token>,curl -4. Used the ACG ComputerGuru-Management app (0df4e185..., tenant ce61461e, Application.ReadWrite.All, vaultmsp-tools/computerguru-management) to patch app registrations. Claude-MSP-Access secret is INVALID (AADSTS7000215) — rotate. - Outlook autodiscover fix on Jim's 2 machines (DESKTOP-EDN9UDO
2b24e8de, DESKTOP-M0GBKF34fdecea6): undidC:\Users\guru\ownCloud\Toolbox\!-Utils\RegistryFixes\Exclude365-Final.reg(HKLM policy + user hives); setExcludeHttpsRootDomain=1; ROOT CAUSE =jparkinsonaz.comroot A pointed to Neptune so the root-domain autodiscover probe answered on-prem. Removed root A + all cPanel junk (mail CNAME, CalDAV/CardDAV SRV, DCV/ACME) -> zone is O365-only -> permanent global fix. DKIM selector1/selector2 CNAMEs published (...lamaddux.a-v1.dkim.mail.microsoft, new MS format, resolves to live keys) — Mike to flip "Enable" in Defender. - Mailbox sharing:
jim@granted FullAccess (AutoMapping on) + Send-on-Behalf onleeann@lamaddux.com(EXO adminapi). - Calendar reconciliation: found Jim's events inviting LeeAnn that weren't on her calendar; only 8 genuine
(Jim-organized one-off appts, mostly medical) — created them on her calendar (48 others were her own recurring/
birthday noise, left alone). Enabler: added
Calendars.ReadWrite+Contacts.ReadWrite(Graph) to the Exchange Operator app (objIdbae27250...), consented in lamaddux, scoped via ApplicationAccessPolicy RestrictAccess to mail-enabled groupapp-calscope@lamaddux.onmicrosoft.com(jim@+leeann@ only). Used a Graph-scoped token for the Exchange Operator app (its client_secret). Forward route failed (needs Mail.Send) -> direct-create instead. - Contacts: Jim's 355 contacts clean of X500/on-prem; created
LeeAnn Maddux <leeann@lamaddux.com>, removed junk "Audible Leeann@lamaddux.com". Autocomplete cache may still hold legacy X500 for LeeAnn (clear in Outlook).
8. Wolkin — Julie Guda MFA/profile (tenant rswolkin.com ceb6dbe7-82c8-4d8f-9c6b-49aa26208e9b)
Removed Julie Guda (julie@rswolkin.com, id acaeb49c...) cell 702-624-3765 from directory mobilePhone
(was GAL-visible); retained ONLY as MFA phone method +1 7026243765. Sign-in unaffected (password + Windows Hello too).
9. Syncro #32411 billed
2.0h remote (1190473 @ $150) = $300, invoice 1650664905, ticket -> Invoiced. Customer LeeAnn Parkinson (139908,
not prepaid). Resolution comment on-ticket, no customer email.
Wiki updated this session
- CREATED
wiki/clients/lamaddux.md(household client + full migration). - UPDATED
wiki/clients/wolkin.md(Julie MFA/profile note). - UPDATED
wiki/systems/ix-server.md(WHM API token access + Imunify + jparkinsonaz O365 zone).
Pending / next
- Mike: copy PST + Outlook-import on M0G/EDN9; confirm Outlook connects to Microsoft; clear Jim's autocomplete (legacy X500 for LeeAnn).
- Mike: Enable DKIM signing for jparkinsonaz.com in Defender (CNAMEs live).
- After import confirmed: final delta export + decommission
jparkinsonaz.comon Neptune; then close #32411. Optional: remove stales1/defaultDKIM TXT; remove now-redundantExcludeHttpsRootDomainreg value. - Rotate the invalid Claude-MSP-Access app secret (vault
msp-tools/claude-msp-access-graph-api). - GuruRMM: 2 bugs + Feature 4a filed (ROOT-CAUSED) — await build decision.
- Future: add
Domain.ReadWrite.Allto Tenant Admin app to automate domain-adds. - Bardach: Barbara to retry per iPhone steps; sign-in-log lookup on standby.