Modernize action calls and clean comments a bit

language_features/eucalyptus-ec2.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 ---
-# This playbook is an example for deploying multiple instances into EC2/Euca and "doing something" with them.
-#   - uses the ec2 and ec2_vol module.
+# This playbook is an example for deploying multiple instances into
+# EC2/Euca and "doing something" with them.
+#  
+# - uses the ec2 and ec2_vol module.
 #
-# Run this with ansible-playbook and supply the private key for your EC2/Euca user (to access the instance in the second play), e.g:
+# Run this with ansible-playbook and supply the private key for your
+# EC2/Euca user (to access the instance in the second play), e.g:
+# 
 # ansible-playbook eucalyptus-ec2-deploy.yml -v --private-key=/path/to/ec2/pri/key
+#
 
+# The play operates on the local (Ansible control) machine.
 - name: Stage instance(s)
   hosts: local
   connection: local
@@ -21,37 +27,39 @@
 
   tasks:
     - name: Launch instance 
-      local_action: ec2 keypair={{keypair}} group={{security_group}} instance_type={{instance_type}} image={{image}} wait=true count=5 
+      ec2: keypair={{keypair}} group={{security_group}}
+           instance_type={{instance_type}} image={{image}}
+           wait=true count=5 
       register: ec2
     
     # Use with_items to add each instances public IP to a new hostgroup for use in the next play.
 
     - name: Add new instances to host group
-      local_action: add_host hostname={{item.public_ip}} groupname=deploy
+      add_host: hostname={{item.public_ip}} groupname=deploy
       with_items: ec2.instances
 
     - name: Wait for the instances to boot by checking the ssh port
-      local_action: wait_for host={{item.public_dns_name}} port=22 delay=60 timeout=320 state=started
+      wait_for: host={{item.public_dns_name}} port=22 delay=60 timeout=320 state=started
       with_items: ec2.instances
 
-    # Use the ec2_vol module to create volumes for attachment to each instance. Use with_items to attach to each instance (by returned id) launched previously.
+    # Use the ec2_vol module to create volumes for attachment to each instance.
+    # Use with_items to attach to each instance (by returned id) launched previously.
 
     - name: Create a volume and attach
-      local_action: ec2_vol volume_size=20 instance={{item.id}}
+      ec2_vol: volume_size=20 instance={{item.id}}
       with_items: ec2.instances
 
-# This play targets the new host group
 
+# This play targets the new host group
 - name: Configure instance
   hosts: deploy
   user: root
-  gather_facts: True
 
   # Do some stuff on each instance ....
 
   tasks:
     - name: Ensure NTP is up and running
-      action: service name=ntpd state=started
+      service: name=ntpd state=started
    
     - name: Install Apache Web Server
-      action: yum pkg=httpd state=latest
+      yum: pkg=httpd state=latest