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vars:
      ec2_tags: " deployment:  {{ lookup('env','ANSIBLE_DEPLOYMENT') }} "
tasks:
    - name: Launch instance
      local_action: ec2 keypair={{keypair}} instance_profile_name={{instance_profile_name}} group={{security_group}} region={{aws_region}} instance_type={{instance_type}} image={{image}} wait=yes count={{instance_count}} instance_tags="{ {{ec2_tags}}  }"
      register: ec2