- name: launch ec2 instance ec2: instance_type: m3.medium key_name: "{{ec2_key}}" group: web image: "{{ec2_ami}}" vpc_subnet_id: subnet-8c16c0d5 instance_tags: Name: "{{ec2_hostname}}" exact_count: 1 count_tag: Name: "{{ec2_hostname}}" region: eu-west-1 wait: yes assign_public_ip: yes aws_access_key: "{{aws_access_key}}" aws_secret_key: "{{aws_secret_key}}" #state: running register: ec2 always_run: yes