gce.yaml

- name: Create two new GCE instances
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    names: tmp
    type: n1-standard-1
    image: debian-7
    zone: us-central1-a
  tasks:
    - name: Launch instances
      local_action: gce instance_names={{ names }} machine_type={{ type }} image={{ image }} zone={{ zone }}
      register: gce
    - name: Wait for SSH to be available
      local_action: wait_for host={{ item.public_ip }} port=22 delay=10 timeout=60 state=started
      with_items: gce.instance_data

- name: Install apache, set a custom index.html
  hosts: gce_instances
  sudo: yes
  tasks:
  - name: Install apache
    apt: pkg=apache2 state=present
  - name: custom index.html
    copy: dest=/var/www/index.html content='Hi, I am {{ ansible_hostname }}'
  - name: set file stats on index.html
    file: path=/var/www/html/index.html owner=root group=root mode=0644
  - name: start apache
    service: name=apache2 state=started

inv.ini

[localhost]
127.0.0.1

[gce_instances]
tmp