# is it possible to set "name" of instance with ec2 module

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**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-name-of-instance-with-ec2-module/34172 "2020-11-10T01:11:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-name-of-instance-with-ec2-module/34172/1 "2020-11-10T01:11:58Z")

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Hi,

- name: Provision instance(s)  
ec2:  
key\_name: “{{ key\_name }}”  
id: “{{ id }}”  
group\_id: “{{ result\_sec\_group.group\_id }}”  
image: “{{ image }}”  
instance\_type: t2.micro  
region: “{{ region }}”  
wait: true  
count: 1

# exact\_count: 2

# count\_tag:

# Name: App

# instance\_tags:

# Name: App

tags: [‘never’, ‘create\_ec2’]

Will result in

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Any suggestions Please how can i set this during creation & hence it will get me Idempotence … else my playbook create new EC2 each time

Thanks
