Ansible Windows EC2 Provisioning Playbook

windows_ec2_provision.yml

- name: Launch {{env}}-{{service}} Instance(s)
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  vars_files:
    - group_vars/env/{{ environment }}.yml
    - group_vars/service/{{ service }}.yml
    - group_vars/admin.yml

 # Launch instances with the following parameters.  Register the output.
  tasks:
    - name: Launch instance
      local_action:
        module: ec2
        region: "{{region}}"
        image: "{{image}}"
        instance_type: "{{instance_type}}"
        instance_profile_name: "{{iam_role}}"
        group: "{{security_group}}"
        key_name: "{{key_name}}"
        vpc_subnet_id: "{{vpc_subnet_id}}"
        assign_public_ip: "{{public_ip}}"
        instance_tags:
          Name: "{{service}}"
          Environment: "{{env}}"
          stackdriver_monitor: "{{stackdriver_monitor}}"
        count: "{{count}}"
        user_data: "<powershell>
  Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force\n
  $storageDir = $pwd\n
  $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient\n
  $url = \"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1\"\n
  $file = \"C:\\Program Files\\Amazon\\Ec2ConfigService\\Scripts\\ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1\"\n
  $webclient.DownloadFile($url,$file)\n
  $VerbosePreference=\"Continue\"\n
  & $file\n
  $user=[adsi]\"WinNT://localhost/Administrator,user\"\n
  $user.SetPassword(\"{{password}}\")\n
</powershell>"
        wait: true
      register: ec2

Hello Phil, I'll be testing your playbook, can the user data also call a .ps1 file that you create?