test-ec2.yml

- name: Provision ec2 instances based on the environment
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: True

  vars_files:
#    - roles/ec2/vars/aws_creds.yml

  tasks:
  - name: Provision simple instance
    ec2:
#      ec2_access_key: "{{ ec2_access_key }}"
#      ec2_secret_key: "{{ ec2_secret_key }}"
      region: ap-southeast-2
      key_name: "{{ aws_keys }}"
      group: "{{ security_group }}"
      instance_type: t2.micro
#      image: ami-ccecf5af
#fedora      image: ami-0038f562
# RHEL      image: ami-67589505
      image: "{{ image_id }}"
      wait: true
      count: "{{ instance_count }}"
      count_tag:
        Name: "{{ instance_name }}"
      instance_tags:
        Name: "{{ instance_tags }}"
    register: ec2
  - name: Wait for machines to come up completely
    wait_for: host={{ item.public_dns_name }} port=22
    with_items: '{{ec2.instances}}'
  - name: ping to get facts
    ping: