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+---
+# file: create-vms/tasks/main.yml
+
+- name: Wait for uvt-kvm image to be available
+  async_status: jid={{ uvt_sync.ansible_job_id }}
+  register: uvt_sync_result
+  until: uvt_sync_result.finished
+  delay: 10
+  retries: 120
+
+- name: create Virtual Machines with uvt-kvm
+  shell: uvt-kvm create {{ item.name }} release={{ ansible_distribution_release }} \
+    --cpu={{ item.cpu }} --memory={{ item.memMB }} --disk={{ item.diskGB }} --bridge="mgmtbr"
+    creates=/var/lib/uvtool/libvirt/images/{{ item.name }}.qcow
+  with_items: "{{ head_vm_list }}"
+
+- name: Have VMs autostart on reboot
+  become: yes
+  virt:
+    name={{ item.name }}
+    command=autostart
+  with_items: "{{ head_vm_list }}"
+
+- name: wait for VM's to come up
+  wait_for:
+    host={{ item.name }}
+    port=22
+  with_items: "{{ head_vm_list }}"
+
+- name: Create /etc/ansible/hosts file
+  become: yes
+  template:
+    src=ansible_hosts.j2
+    dest=/etc/ansible/hosts
+
+- name: Verify that we can log into every VM
+  command: ansible services -m ping -u ubuntu
+
+- name: Have VM's use the apt-cache
+  command: ansible services -b -u ubuntu -m lineinfile -a "dest=/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02apt-cacher-ng create=yes mode=0644 owner=root group=root regexp='^Acquire' line='Acquire::http { Proxy \"http://{{ apt_cacher_name }}:{{ apt_cacher_port | default('3142') }}\"; };'"
+
+- name: Update software in all the VMs
+  command: ansible services -m apt -b -u ubuntu -a "upgrade=dist update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=3600"
+
+- name: Create VM's eth0 interface config file for DNS config via resolvconf program
+  template:
+    src=eth0.cfg.j2
+    dest={{ ansible_user_dir }}/eth0.cfg
+
+- name: Copy eth0 interface config file to all VMs
+  command: ansible services -b -u ubuntu -m copy -a "src={{ ansible_user_dir }}/eth0.cfg dest=/etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0.cfg owner=root group=root mode=0644"
+
+- name: Restart eth0 interface on all VMs
+  command: ansible services -b -u ubuntu -m shell -a "ifdown eth0 ; ifup eth0"
+
+- name: Verify that we can log into every VM after restarting network interfaces
+  command: ansible services -m ping -u ubuntu
+