vpc_create.yml

---  
- hosts: localhost  
  connection: local  
  gather_facts: no    
  vars:  
    region: ap-southeast-2
    # prefix for naming  
    prefix: staging
    # availability zone
    az: ap-southeast-2a
  tasks:  
    - name: create vpc   
      local_action:  
        module: ec2_vpc     
        region: "{{ region }}"
        cidr_block: 10.0.0.0/16
        resource_tags: '{"Name":"{{ prefix }}_vpc"}'
        subnets:
          - cidr: 10.0.0.0/24
            az: "{{ az }}"
            resource_tags: '{"Name":"{{ prefix }}_subnet_public"}'
          - cidr: 10.0.1.0/24
            az: "{{ az }}"
            resource_tags: '{"Name":"{{ prefix }}_subnet_private"}'
        internet_gateway: yes
        route_tables:
          - subnets:
              - 10.0.0.0/24
            routes:
              - dest: 0.0.0.0/0
                gw: igw
      register: vpc
    - name: write vpc id to {{ prefix }}_vpc_info file
      sudo: yes
      local_action: shell echo "{{ prefix }}"_vpc":" "{{ vpc.vpc_id }}" 
                      > "{{ prefix }}"_vpc_info
    - name: write subnets id to {{ prefix }}_vpc_info file
      sudo: yes
      local_action: shell echo "{{ item.resource_tags.Name }}"":" "{{ item.id }}" 
                      >> "{{ prefix }}"_vpc_info
      with_items: vpc.subnets