1. Let's define the task for creating a Docker container:

- name: Create and start a container using Ubuntu Image
  docker_container:
    name: myfirstcontainer
    state: started
    image: ubuntu:14.04
    command: sleep infinity
  tags:
    - recipe2

2. Now, verify that the container is up and running:

$ docker ps -a

3. Let's now run a command in our Docker container:

$ docker exec myfirstcontainer ls