scottslowe-learning-tools/ansible/ansible-aws/create.yml

---
- hosts: "localhost"
  connection: "local"
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    ami: "<insert AMI ID here>"
    region: "<insert AWS region here>"
    type: "t2.micro"
    sshkey: "<insert SSH keypair name here>"
    vpcid: "<insert VPC ID here>"

  tasks:
  - name: "Create a new security group"
    ec2_group:
      name: "ansible-sec-group"
      description: "New SG for Ansible-created instances"
      region: "{{ region }}"
      vpc_id: "{{ vpcid }}"
      rules:
        - proto: "tcp"
          from_port: 22
          to_port: 22
          cidr_ip: "0.0.0.0/0"
      rules_egress:
        - proto: "all"
          cidr_ip: "0.0.0.0/0"
    register: secgrp

  - name: "Provision an EC2 instance"
    ec2:
      key_name: "{{ sshkey }}"
      group_id: "{{ secgrp.group_id }}"
      instance_type: "{{ type }}"
      ec2_region: "{{ region }}"
      image: "{{ ami }}"
      wait: true
      count: 1
      instance_tags:
        tool: "ansible"
        env: "test"
    register: ec2instance