If you&#x27;re using Ansible for orchestration, you could try using the cloud&#x27;s orchestration service instead. e.g. Rackspace Cloud Orchestration, AWS Cloudformation etc. In this specific case, you can use the orchestration api to spin up and manage the servers, and use ansible to manage the software (although there is a way to manage software as well [0]; I&#x27;m just not familiar enough with it to suggest it)<p>Disclaimer: I work in the Cloud Orchestration team at Rackspace.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;openstack&#x2F;heat-templates&#x2F;tree&#x2F;master&#x2F;hot&#x2F;software-config&#x2F;elements&#x2F;heat-config-ansible" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;openstack&#x2F;heat-templates&#x2F;tree&#x2F;master&#x2F;hot&#x2F;...</a>