## Checklist

### DNS
[ ] DNS: Setup A Record
[ ] DNS: Backup DNS Entries

### vCenter / ESXi Deploy
[ ] vCenter: Deploy OVF Template — wait for Tasks to complete
[ ] vCenter: Remove VM from Inventory
[ ] ESXi: Move VM to correct folder
[ ] ESXi: Register VM
[ ] vCenter: Move VM from Discovered virtual machine
[ ] vCenter: Start VM
[ ] ESXi: Answer Question (Moved or Copied?)
[ ] vCenter: Shutdown VM
[ ] vCenter: <Server>/Configure/Virtual Machines/VM Startup/Shutdown
[ ] Snapshot (Initial deploy)

### OS / Network Configuration
[ ] sudo -i
[ ] Server: nano /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml
[ ] update-grub
[ ] Rename Host: hostnamectl set-hostname <hostname>
[ ] Rename Host: nano /etc/hosts (replace <template name> with new hostname)
[ ] shutdown -r now

### MariaDB
[ ] Stop MariaDB: sudo systemctl stop mariadb
[ ] Open config file in Nano: sudo nano /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf
      — Edit "bind address" value to: {server-ip}
[ ] Start MariaDB: sudo systemctl start mariadb

### Users
[ ] Add Users (Linux: adduser <user>; adduser <user> <group (e.g., sudo)>)
[ ] Change Administrator Password (passwd administrator)
[ ] Snapshot (LAMP & Users configured)

### OS Updates
[ ] apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt autoremove -y
[ ] Snapshot (OS Updates)