ec2.yml

- name: ec2 instance
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  # user: root
  gather_facts: false

  vars:
      keypair: lostproperty
      instance_type: m1.small
      security_group: default
      image: ami-08ee0b7f
      count: 1
      region: eu-west-1

  tasks:
    - name: Launch instance
      local_action: ec2 keypair=$keypair group=$security_group instance_type=$instance_type image=$image count=$count wait=true region=$region instance_tags='{"Name":"graduates iii"}'
      register: ec2

    # - name: Itemised host group addition
    #   local_action: add_host hostname=${item.public_ip} groupname=launched
    #   with_items: ${ec2.instances}

    - name: wait for ssh to come up
      local_action: wait_for host={{item.public_dns_name}} port=22 timeout=320 state=started
      with_items: ec2.instances