Look, we can collapse this down to one line. Thanks Toshio

playbooks/groups/fedocal.yml

@@ -1,23 +1,4 @@
-# create a new fedocal server
-# NOTE: should be used with --limit most of the time
-# NOTE: make sure there is room/space for this server on the vmhost
-# NOTE: most of these vars_path come from group_vars/fedocal* or from hostvars
-
-- name: make fedocal
-  hosts: fedocal-stg;fedocal
-  user: root
-  gather_facts: False
-
-  vars_files: 
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
-   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-
-  tasks:
-  - include: "{{ tasks }}/virt_instance_create.yml"
-
-  handlers:
-  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
+- include: "/srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/include/virt-create.yml myhosts=fedocal-stg:fedocal"
 
 - name: make the box be real
   hosts: fedocal-stg;fedocal