ec2_launch.yml

---
  - name: Provision an EC2 Instance
    hosts: local
    connection: local
    gather_facts: False
    tags: provisioning
    # Necessary Variables for creating/provisioning the EC2 Instance
    vars:
      instance_type: t2.micro
      security_group: ubuntu # Change the security group name here
      image: ami-c4ae7ea7 # Change the AMI, from which you want to launch the server
      region: ap-southeast-1 # Change the Region
      keypair: ubuntu # Change the keypair name
      count: 1

    # Task that will be used to Launch/Create an EC2 Instance
    tasks:

      # - name: Create a security group
      #   local_action: 
      #     module: ec2_group
      #     name: "{{ security_group }}"
      #     description: Security Group for webserver Servers
      #     region: "{{ region }}"
      #     rules:
      #       - proto: tcp
      #         type: ssh
      #         from_port: 22
      #         to_port: 22
      #         cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0
      #       - proto: tcp
      #         from_port: 80
      #         to_port: 80
      #         cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0
      #     rules_egress:
      #       - proto: all
      #         type: all
      #         cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0


      - name: Launch the new EC2 Instance
        local_action: ec2 
                      group={{ security_group }} 
                      instance_type={{ instance_type}} 
                      image={{ image }} 
                      wait=true 
                      region={{ region }} 
                      keypair={{ keypair }}
                      count={{count}}
        register: ec2

      - name: Add the newly created EC2 instance(s) to the local host group (located inside the directory)
        local_action: lineinfile 
                      dest="./hosts" 
                      regexp={{ item.public_ip }} 
                      insertafter="[webserver]" line={{ item.public_ip }}
        with_items: ec2.instances


      - name: Wait for SSH to come up
        local_action: wait_for 
                      host={{ item.public_ip }} 
                      port=22 
                      state=started
        with_items: ec2.instances

      - name: Add tag to Instance(s)
        local_action: ec2_tag resource={{ item.id }} region={{ region }} state=present
        with_items: ec2.instances
        args:
          tags:
            Name: Ansible-webserver