- name: Create ec2 instance
  hosts: some-group # getting this value would need to be determined
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - name: create instances
      local_action: ec2
      args:
        key_name: mykey
        instance_type: t2.micro
        image: ami-123456
        wait: yes
        group: webserver
        count: 3
        vpc_subnet_id: subnet-29e63245
        assign_public_ip: yes

    - name: wait for ssh to come up
      local_action: wait_for
      args:
        host: "{{ ansible_ssh_host }}"
        state: started
        delay: 10
        timeout: 300
        port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port | default(22) }}"
        search_regex: OpenSSH

    - name: gather facts, now that we can connect to instance
      setup:
        gather_subset: all

    # should be able to continue on