Massage therapy practice with at least two sites: Country Club (primary, all work performed here) and a Northwest (NW) site. On-premises Windows Server 2016 Essentials domain environment. Domain-joined workstations for Mara (owner/operator) and other staff. Active VPN and identity infrastructure work as of May 2026.
Profile
Contract type: Break-fix / project [unverified — no contract details found in session logs]
Key contacts:
Mara — primary point of contact; owner/operator; personal Microsoft account mara.concordia@gmail.com (OneDrive). Domain user: mara (password reset to SpiritWalk26! on 2026-05-22, PasswordNeverExpires=true).
Bridgette — staff member with home computer (BridgettePSHomeComputer); no contact details captured.
Billing rate: [unverified — not documented in session logs]
Syncro customer ID: [unverified — not found in session logs]
Active tickets: [unverified — no Syncro ticket numbers found in session logs]
Infrastructure
Servers & Services
Host
IP
Role
OS
Notes
PST-SERVER
192.168.0.2
DC, DNS, RRAS (L2TP/IPsec VPN), NPS, Enterprise Root CA (AD CS)
UniFi Cloud Gateway — perimeter router + DNAT for VPN
UniFi OS
SSH: root@98.190.129.150 (not accessible from office WAN; use UCG cloud portal or on-site). VPN termination was formerly UCG-hosted (strongSwan/xl2tpd) — abandoned 2026-05-22 in favor of RRAS on PST-SERVER.
Note: An NW (Northwest) site exists with a separate UCG that previously had an OpenVPN server at 64.139.88.249:1194 (TCP). No further NW site details are documented.
Domain & Identity
Domain: PEACEFULSPIRIT.local
Domain admins:sysadmin (password: vault) — this is the domain admin account. pst-admin is a domain user (not domain admin) with VPN dial-in permission.
AD domain SID base: S-1-5-21-1105246401-3156558273-4088333098
CA: PEACEFULSPIRIT-PST-SERVER-CA — Enterprise Root CA on PST-SERVER. Thumbprint: 56DAF43C60F246BF2C80A671EE9812C727D8C298 (valid to 3/8/2061).
OneDrive: pst-admin uses personal OneDrive (mara.concordia@gmail.com, cid: 25f0851177ceabfd). Per-machine OneDrive (v26.063.0405.0002) deployed to Maras-HP-Laptop on 2026-05-11 via /allusers install.
Email / M365: [unverified — no M365 tenant found; practice likely uses personal or third-party email]
Network
WAN IP: 98.190.129.150 (Country Club site, UCG)
LAN subnet: 192.168.0.0/24
DNS / DC: 192.168.0.2 (PST-SERVER)
VPN (current — L2TP/IPsec):
Endpoint: PST-SERVER RRAS at 192.168.0.2, exposed via UCG DNAT (UDP 500, 4500, ESP)
GPO: "Block New Outlook" — GUID {577028AF-0901-4BDF-A283-CD1156F313D9}, linked to domain root. Disables new Outlook experience across all domain machines.
Client Workstations
Machine
Role
GuruRMM Agent ID
Notes
MaraHomeNew
Mara's home desktop
c778b6a3-c646-4454-a065-8c8bdcb1578e
Domain-joined. VPN working (confirmed via rasdial 2026-05-11). Machine cert installed (D067E07B, CN=MaraHomeNew.PEACEFULSPIRIT.local, valid to 5/10/2027).
Maras-HP-Laptop
Mara's HP laptop
13cb3629-5043-4bd6-b977-6968eeccf804
Domain-joined. VPN deployed 2026-05-22 (PSK set on-site by Mike). OneDrive per-machine deployed 2026-05-11. pst-admin profile wiped and rebuilt 2026-05-11.
PST-SURFACE
Surface device
4a993b61-59b3-42f4-bdb5-d4362941f7d6
Domain-joined. VPN deployed 2026-05-22 (PSK set on-site by Mike).
BridgettePSHomeComputer
Bridgette's home PC
[unverified]
Was offline during 2026-05-22 session. VPN profile not yet deployed.
GuruRMM Enrollment
Client name in RMM: Peaceful Spirit
Client ID:00015eae-50e5-4102-93fa-ab0fdb135c08
Site name: Country Club
Site ID:7b32983d-982a-4a5c-af07-45a23453f589
Enrolled agents:
Host
Agent ID
Enrolled
Last Known Status
PST-SERVER
6b6106a7-8515-4b6b-857d-0dc6ede53f35
2026-05-10 23:19 UTC
Active (2026-05-11 01:29 UTC)
MaraHomeNew
c778b6a3-c646-4454-a065-8c8bdcb1578e
[unverified date]
—
Maras-HP-Laptop
13cb3629-5043-4bd6-b977-6968eeccf804
[unverified date]
—
PST-SURFACE
4a993b61-59b3-42f4-bdb5-d4362941f7d6
[unverified date]
—
BridgettePSHomeComputer agent status unknown.
Access
PST-SERVER SSH:ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 sysadmin@192.168.0.2 — requires OpenVPN or L2TP VPN to Country Club site active. Win32-OpenSSH at C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\OpenSSH-Win64\. SCP paths use Unix format (/C:/path/to/file).
UCG SSH:ssh -i ~/.ssh/pst-cc-ucg root@98.190.129.150 — NOT accessible from office WAN. Requires on-site or UCG cloud portal (unifi.ui.com).
clients/peaceful-spirit/vpn.sops.yaml — VPN PSK, user credentials, network details
Patterns & Known Issues
Set-VpnConnection -L2tpPsk cannot run via RMM (SYSTEM context). Windows enforces interactive mode for PSK registration. An admin must run this command manually on each machine in an interactive session. This is a one-time setup step per machine.
NRPT instead of VPN DNS suffix push.Add-VpnConnectionTriggerDnsConfiguration fails for AllUserConnection profiles. Use Add-DnsClientNrptRule -Namespace ".peacefulspirit.local" -NameServers "192.168.0.2" instead.
cmdkey as SYSTEM for pre-login credential persistence. Machine credential store entries (cmdkey in SYSTEM context) are available at the Windows login screen; per-user cmdkey entries are not.
Stale hosts file. During 2026-05-22 on-site, MaraHomeNew (and likely other machines) had a stale hosts entry mapping PST-SERVER to 72.194.62.5 (Mara's router's bogus DNS response). This caused name resolution failures even with VPN up. A GuruRMM cleanup script was deployed; verify no residual entries if name resolution issues recur. The hosts-file path encoding bug (driverstc artifact) means the cleanup script may not have fully run on all machines.
UCG iptables DNAT required — UniFi Traffic Rules are firewall-allow only, NOT DNAT. Port-forward rules must be placed via CLI in /data/on_boot.d/10-vpn-portforward.sh for persistence across reboots.
UCG SSH unreachable from office WAN. All remote UCG administration must go through GuruRMM (for PST-SERVER) or the UniFi cloud portal (for UCG itself).
GuruRMM PowerShell invocation quirk. Running command_type: powershell fails on PST machines with "-OutputEncoding is not recognized." Use command_type: cmd and call powershell.exe explicitly within the script body.
Machine cert template (PEACEFULSPIRIT-PST-SERVER-CA / Machine template).msPKI-Certificate-Name-Flag was changed from 0x18000000 to 0x1 (ENROLLEE_SUPPLIES_SUBJECT) on 2026-05-11. This is a domain-wide template change. New machine certs will use the CSR Subject/SAN rather than the submitting machine's AD DNS identity. RRAS UserAuthProtocolAccepted now includes Certificate (added 2026-05-11).
OneDrive KFM on WSE folder-redirected profiles. Machines formerly managed by Windows Server Essentials had WSE-specific non-standard GUID variants in User Shell Folders (different from standard Known Folder GUIDs). Direct HKU writes alone do not clear the shell's internal known folder policy state — SHSetKnownFolderPath must be called with flags=0 (not 0x4000) in user session context. If KFM still fails after registry cleanup, wipe the profile and redeploy with per-machine OneDrive (/allusers).
pst-admin vs sysadmin distinction.pst-admin is a domain user (in WseRemoteAccessUsers, VPN-eligible). sysadmin is domain admin. Many early session failures were caused by using pst-admin credentials for domain admin operations.
Active Work
As of 2026-05-22 session end:
BridgettePSHomeComputer VPN: Was offline during 2026-05-22 on-site. When online: deploy full VPN script via RMM, then Mike must run Set-VpnConnection -L2tpPsk interactively on-site or via remote session with the user logged in as an admin.
Pre-login VPN verification: Confirmed working on MaraHomeNew via rasdial. Maras-HP-Laptop and PST-SURFACE need verification at the Windows login screen specifically.
Hosts file cleanup verification: The GuruRMM cleanup script had a path encoding bug (driverstc instead of drivers\etc) — DNS was flushed but hosts entries may not have been removed on all machines. Verify if name resolution issues recur.
PST-SERVER temp file cleanup:C:\ProgramData\: gen_certs.ps1, fix_acl.ps1, acl_result.txt, verify_acl.ps1, acl_verify.txt, and all *.inf, *.req, *.cer, *.pfx files. Also remove temporary firewall rules TEMP-CertEnroll-RPC (TCP 135) and TEMP-CertEnroll-DCOM (TCP 49152-65535).
Vault update: pst-admin and mara passwords were reset to SpiritWalk26! on 2026-05-22; vault entries need updating (clients/peaceful-spirit/vpn.sops.yaml).
Machine cert VPN path (IKEv2) — deferred. Machine certs were generated for MaraHomeNew (D067E07B), Maras-HP-Laptop (4CADDE8F, CA RequestId 66), and PST-SURFACE (197FF22A, CA RequestId 67) and PFXs (password: PstVpn2026!) were created. This IKEv2 machine-cert approach was superseded by the L2TP/RRAS decision on 2026-05-22. The certs and PFXs remain on PST-SERVER and DESKTOP-0O8A1RL — determine if IKEv2 path should be completed, abandoned, or the certs revoked.
History Highlights
Date
Event
2026-05-10
GuruRMM agent installed on PST-SERVER. UCG-PST-CC reconfigured for IKEv2 in prior (unlogged) session. IKEv2 error 812 diagnosed — NPS rejecting nonexistent user apst-admin (typo in stored credential). NPS order-0 test policy (PST-VPN-Test) added. Credential Manager corrected on DESKTOP-0O8A1RL.
2026-05-10
GuruRMM agents enrolled on MaraHomeNew, Maras-HP-Laptop, PST-SURFACE. AllUserConnection IKEv2 "Peaceful Spirit VPN" profiles deployed to all three Mara machines.
2026-05-11 AM
PST-VPN-Test NPS policy removed. AutoEnroll ACL on Machine cert template fixed (Domain Computers, sysadmin scheduled task). Catch-22 identified: machine cert enrollment requires LAN access which requires a cert. OpenVPN on MaraHomeNew chosen as bootstrap path.
2026-05-11 PM
Machine cert auth working on MaraHomeNew. Win32-OpenSSH installed on PST-SERVER. msPKI-Certificate-Name-Flag changed to 0x1 (ENROLLEE_SUPPLIES_SUBJECT). RRAS UserAuthProtocolAccepted updated to include Certificate. PFX certs generated for Maras-HP-Laptop and PST-SURFACE.
2026-05-11 PM
Maras-HP-Laptop: OneDrive KFM "Capabilities: 0x101" error troubleshooting. WSE non-standard GUID variants in User Shell Folders identified and corrected. Shell Folders cache directly updated via SYSTEM/HKU. SHSetKnownFolderPath flags=0x4000 bug identified (root cause of all prior script failures).
2026-05-11 Evening
pst-admin profile on Maras-HP-Laptop wiped entirely (WMI). Per-machine OneDrive deployed. "Block New Outlook" GPO created and linked to domain root.
2026-05-22
L2TP/IPsec VPN successfully deployed to MaraHomeNew, Maras-HP-Laptop, PST-SURFACE during on-site visit at Mara's house. UCG-hosted strongSwan/xl2tpd abandoned; RRAS on PST-SERVER became the VPN endpoint. UCG DNAT rules created for UDP 500/4500/ESP. Stale hosts file entries removed. pst-admin and mara passwords reset to SpiritWalk26!. BridgettePSHomeComputer offline — VPN pending.
Backlinks
projects/gururmm — PST-SERVER, MaraHomeNew, Maras-HP-Laptop, PST-SURFACE enrolled (site: Country Club)