I tried with the following playbook and its not working. Not sure what I am missing here.
hosts: localhost connection: local gather_facts: no vars_files: - vars/azure.yml tasks: - name: create VM azure: name: '{{ vm_name }}' role_size: '{{ role_size }}' image: '{{ image_name }}' location: '{{ location }}' user: '{{ username }}' password: '{{ password }}' subscription_id: '{{ subscription_id }}' management_cert_path: '{{ certificate_path }}' storage_account: '{{ storage_account_name }}' virtual_network_name: '{{ virtual_network_name }}' wait: yes with_items: - { name: "{{ vm_names_list }}" } register : azure - name : Debug Azure output debug : var : azure I have mentioned my vm_names_list like this : vm_names_list: - "loferVM123" - "loferVM234" It does not do what I expect. I expected it to create three VMs. But it creates only one VM. In the debug output it gives me the items in the list but only creates one VM. This is the debug output: "virtual_network_name": "myVirtualNetwork" }, "invocation": { "module_args": "", "module_name": "azure" }, "item": { "vm_name": [ "loferVM123", "loferVM234" ] }, "public_dns_name": "lofervm175.cloudapp.net" My variable file: subscription_id: "ID" certificate_path: "/path/to/certs/mycert.pem" image_name: "5112500ae3b842c8b9c604889f8753c3__OpenLogic-CentOS-67-20150815" storage_account_name: "mystorageacc" virtual_network_name: "myVirtualNetwork" username: "user" password: "password" vm_name: "lophani" vm_names_list: - "loferVM123" - "loferVM234" role_size: "Small" location: "Central US" data_disk_size: "100" commitlog_disk_size: "10" This is the output from azure-cli vm show data: DNSName "lofervm234.cloudapp.net" data: Location "Central US" data: VMName "loferVM234" data: IPAddress "10.0.2.6" data: InstanceStatus "ReadyRole" data: InstanceSize "Small" data: Image "5112500ae3b842c8b9c604889f8753c3__OpenLogic-CentOS-67-20150815" data: OSDisk hostCaching "ReadWrite" data: OSDisk name "loferVM234-loferVM234-0-201510262116050841" data: OSDisk mediaLink "http://portalvhdskswbj32fl5cx8.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/loferVM234-loferVM234-2015-10-26.vhd" data: OSDisk sourceImageName "5112500ae3b842c8b9c604889f8753c3__OpenLogic-CentOS-67-20150815" data: OSDisk operatingSystem "Linux" data: OSDisk iOType "Standard" data: DataDisks 0 hostCaching "None" data: DataDisks 0 label "loferVM234-loferVM234-loferVM234-0" data: DataDisks 0 name "loferVM234-loferVM234-0-201510262116380749" data: DataDisks 0 logicalDiskSizeInGB 100 data: DataDisks 0 mediaLink "https://portalvhdskswbj32fl5cx8.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/loferVM234-b73613825dfb0bcb.vhd" data: DataDisks 0 iOType "Standard" data: DataDisks 1 hostCaching "None" data: DataDisks 1 label "loferVM234-loferVM234-loferVM234-1" data: DataDisks 1 name "loferVM234-loferVM234-1-201510262117180308" data: DataDisks 1 logicalUnitNumber 1 data: DataDisks 1 logicalDiskSizeInGB 100 data: DataDisks 1 mediaLink "https://portalvhdskswbj32fl5cx8.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/loferVM234-cf18946abcbfe4c8.vhd" data: DataDisks 1 iOType "Standard" data: ReservedIPName "" data: VirtualIPAddresses 0 address "104.43.202.234" data: VirtualIPAddresses 0 name "loferVM234ContractContract" data: VirtualIPAddresses 0 isDnsProgrammed true data: Network Endpoints 0 localPort 22 data: Network Endpoints 0 name "TCP-22" data: Network Endpoints 0 port 22 data: Network Endpoints 0 protocol "tcp" data: Network Endpoints 0 virtualIPAddress "104.43.202.234" data: Network Endpoints 0 enableDirectServerReturn false data: Network Endpoints 0 idleTimeoutInMinutes 4 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/685cd4de-999c-4113-8fa2-fa629051b644%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.