Installing an XCore

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Supported hardware (Intel NUC BOXNUC7i5BNK + newer).
Imaging a USB installer, verifying checksum.
First boot: LUKS passphrase (Path B full-disk + clevis-tpm2), BIOS settings, boot order.
Network: static vs. DHCP, verifying outbound to cloud.xcentrix.net and frps tunnel on port 7000.
Running provision.sh: what it does (SSH keys, systemd services, docker compose stack).
Enrolling the XCore with a tenant from the cloud admin portal.
First-boot smoke tests: MQTT auth, cloud tunnel visible, dashboard shows the controller online.
Known first-boot issues — cross-reference memory/xcore-first-boot-issues.md.