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title: InfluxDB templates
description: InfluxDB templates are prepackaged InfluxDB configurations that contain everything from dashboards and Telegraf configurations to notifications and alerts.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/tools/influxdb-templates/
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product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
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# InfluxDB templates

InfluxDB templates are prepackaged InfluxDB configurations that contain everything from dashboards and Telegraf configurations to notifications and alerts. Use InfluxDB templates to quickly set up a fresh instance of InfluxDB, back up your dashboard configuration, or share your configuration with the InfluxData community.

**InfluxDB templates do the following:**

-   Reduce setup time
-   Facilitate secure, portable, source-controlled InfluxDB platform states.
-   Simplify sharing and using pre-built InfluxDB solutions.

## Template manifests

A template consists of a single file known as a **manifest** that defines the InfluxDB state and associated [resources](#template-resources). Template manifests support the following formats:

-   [YAML](https://yaml.org/)
-   [JSON](https://www.json.org/)
-   [Jsonnet](https://jsonnet.org/)

Template manifests are compatible with [Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRD)](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-kubernetes-api/custom-resources/custom-resource-definitions/).

The `metadata.name` field in manifests uniquely identifies each resource in the template. `metadata.name` values must be [DNS-1123](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123) compliant. If resources in the template depend on other InfluxDB resources, all dependencies must be included in the template.

*See [Create an InfluxDB template](/influxdb/cloud/tools/influxdb-templates/create/) for information about generating template manifests.*

### Template resources

Include the following **resources** in a template:

-   buckets
-   checks
-   dashboards
-   dashboard variables
-   labels
-   notification endpoints
-   notification rules
-   tasks
-   Telegraf configurations

## Stacks

**InfluxDB stacks** are stateful InfluxDB templates. When you apply a template, InfluxDB associates resources in the template with a stack. Use stacks to add, update, or remove templated resources over time.

For more information, see [InfluxDB Stacks](#influxdb-stacks) below.

### [InfluxDB templates in Cloud](/influxdb/cloud/tools/influxdb-templates/cloud/)

Install templates directly in the UI or download the `influx` CLI to apply and manage InfluxDB templates in your InfluxDB Cloud account.

### [Monitor InfluxDB Enterprise using a template](/influxdb/cloud/tools/influxdb-templates/monitor-enterprise/)

Monitor your InfluxDB Enterprise instance using InfluxDB Cloud and a pre-built InfluxDB template.

### [Use InfluxDB templates](/influxdb/cloud/tools/influxdb-templates/use/)

Use the `influx` command line interface (CLI) and the InfluxDB `/api/v2/templates` API to summarize, validate, and apply templates from file systems and URLs.

### [Create an InfluxDB template](/influxdb/cloud/tools/influxdb-templates/create/)

Use the InfluxDB UI and the `influx export` command to create InfluxDB templates.

### [InfluxDB stacks](/influxdb/cloud/tools/influxdb-templates/stacks/)

InfluxDB stacks are stateful InfluxDB templates that let you add, update, and remove templated resources over time, avoid duplicating resources when applying the same or similar templates more than once, and apply changes to distributed instances of InfluxDB OSS or InfluxDB Cloud.

[templates](/influxdb/cloud/tags/templates/)