# Ansible collect & translate server data

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-collect-translate-server-data/21783>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 15, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-collect-translate-server-data/21783 "2016-06-15T15:16:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ansible\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Ansible\_User](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ansible_User)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-collect-translate-server-data/21783/1 "2016-06-15T15:16:53Z")

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Ansible newbie here with a more general question. I have a large number of servers that need to be re-build from scratch (no option on this). Ideally I would (1) pull the install & config info from the servers, (2) translate that into playbooks, (3) use it to build the new servers. I think (3) will be the easy part, but any advice on 1 & 2?