Run arbitrary async commands

async_playbook.yml

---
- name: Run async tasks
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - name: Sleep 2 times
      shell: /bin/sleep 5
      async: 10000
      poll: 0
      with_items: [1, 2]
      register: sleep

    - debug: var=sleep

    - name: Wait tasks to finish
      async_status: jid={{ item.ansible_job_id }}
      with_items: "{{ sleep.results }}"
      register: jobs
      until: jobs.finished
      retries: 5

    - debug: var=jobs