# Creating two EC2 instances with different tags

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-two-ec2-instances-with-different-tags/21670>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** aws\
**Created:** [June 6, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-two-ec2-instances-with-different-tags/21670 "2016-06-06T06:59:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-two-ec2-instances-with-different-tags/21670/1 "2016-06-06T06:59:19Z")

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I’m trying to create two different aws EC2 instances within the same play but with different tags. This has previously worked reliably, but after a few runs only the first instance will be created, and ansible will completely skip the creation of the second instance (without indicating “skipping”) even though it doesn’t exist.

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