--- - hosts: localhost gather_facts: False vars_files: - ./vars/digitalocean_vault.yml - ./vars/digitalocean_vars.yml tasks: - name: Create a Droplet digital_ocean_droplet: state: present name: oliverdavies-uk oauth_token: '{{ digitalocean_api_key }}' size: 1gb region: lon1 image: ubuntu-16-04-x64 wait_timeout: 500 register: droplet - debug: var=droplet