# question about secondary server

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-about-secondary-server/27678>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Created:** [May 31, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-about-secondary-server/27678 "2018-05-31T21:46:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frank\_Dias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Frank\_Dias](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Frank_Dias)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-about-secondary-server/27678/1 "2018-05-31T21:46:17Z")

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I am wanting to build a second server.

1. can one just dump the DB on the first and restore on the second?
2. can one setup the second server as a replicated slave of the first?

think of this as a hot standby