# Use Ansible to audit server configs across life-cycle environments? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [March 9, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-ansible-to-audit-server-configs-across-life-cycle-environments/26946 "2018-03-09T17:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Len\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Len\_S](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Len_S)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-ansible-to-audit-server-configs-across-life-cycle-environments/26946/1 "2018-03-09T17:04:24Z")
Does Ansible provide the ability to effectively provide a diff of configuration files of server components across lifecycle environments? I have a requirement to be able to tell if my JVM’s and AppServers have the same configuration across acceptance and production. I know Ansible provides alot more functionality but I’m hoping someone has done a similar kind of thing… Any feedback is appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-ansible-to-audit-server-configs-across-life-cycle-environments/26946/2 "2018-03-09T17:19:24Z")
Ansible does not do this automatically, but you can use fetch/slurp/copy and diff mode to accomplish it. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Latham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Andrew\_Latham](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Latham)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-ansible-to-audit-server-configs-across-life-cycle-environments/26946/3 "2018-03-09T17:41:31Z")
You could check for a “file stat get\_md5” and register it for output to a datafile