Teardown

Reverse of deployment. Back up configs first, while everything is still powered and reachable.


Step 1 — Back up all configs

ansible-playbook ansible/playbooks/backup-configs.yml

Configs are saved to ansible/backups/<date>/. Commit them before anything is powered off.


Step 2 — ISO containers

All containers are independent — power them down in parallel or sequentially as crew allows.

Repeat for each container (ISO-01 through ISO-08):

  • Disconnect user devices and printers from container switch
  • Power off AP (ap-iso-XX) — or simply let it drop when switch loses power
  • Power off container switch (sw-iso-XX)
  • Disconnect and coil cable run, label and bag

Step 3 — End-user services

  • Disconnect all display cables from video matrix (label each)
  • Power off video matrix
  • Remove and bag printers

Step 4 — Comms tent / core network

  • Disconnect all container cable runs from distribution switch
  • Power off distribution switch (dist-sw-01)
  • Power off core switch (core-sw-01)
  • Disconnect WAN uplinks (Starlink, CTE handoff, dongle)
  • Power off firewall (fw-01)
  • Power off UPS / PDUs
  • De-rack equipment

Step 5 — Post-teardown checklist

  • Configs backed up and committed to version control
  • Equipment inventory reconciled against data/devices.yaml
  • Any IP or config changes updated in data/
  • Cable runs all accounted for

Lessons learned

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