aws-test-playbook.yml

- hosts: localhost
  name: Provision play
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars:
    - ami_id: ami-78fc7410
    - key_name: operations
    - username: jameswong
  tasks:
    - name: Provision a set of instances
      ec2:
         key_name: "{{ key_name }}"
         group: default
         instance_type: t1.micro
         image: "{{ ami_id }}"
         region: us-east-1
         wait: true
         exact_count: 2
         count_tag:
            Name: "{{ username }}_Demo"
         instance_tags:
            Name: "{{ username }}_Demo"
      register: ec2

    - name: Add all instance public IPs to host group
      add_host: hostname={{ item.public_ip }} groups=ec2hosts
      with_items: ec2.instances
    - pause: minutes=5
  tags:
    - provision


- hosts: ec2hosts
  name: Configuration play
  user: root
  gather_facts: true

  tasks:
    - name: Install NTP
      yum: pkg={{item}} state=installed
      with_items:
        - ntp
        - ntpdate
        - ntp-doc
      tags:
        - install-ntp
    - name: Check NTP service
      service: name=ntpd state=started
      tags:
        - start-ntpd
  tags:
    - config