inventory

# file: staging/main
# ec2.ini and ec2.py live in the same folder

[localhost]
localhost env=staging

playbook-example.yml

---

- name: Create s3, ec2 group, rds and ec2
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no

  # These files are automatically loaded for the "staging" inventory but need to be manually loaded when hosts: is set to localhost
  vars_files:
    - "group_vars/{{ env }}/vars.yml"
    - "group_vars/{{ env }}/vault.yml"