infisical/docs/documentation/platform/project-templates.mdx

---
title: "Project Templates"
sidebarTitle: "Project Templates"
description: "Learn how to manage and apply project templates"
---

## Concept

Project Templates streamline your ability to set up projects by providing customizable templates to configure projects quickly with a predefined set of environments and roles.

<Note>
    Project Templates is a paid feature.
    If you're using Infisical Cloud, then it is available under the **Enterprise Tier**. If you're self-hosting Infisical,
    then you should contact team@infisical.com to purchase an enterprise license to use it.
</Note>

## Workflow

The typical workflow for using Project Templates consists of the following steps:

1. <strong>Creating a project template:</strong> As part of this step, you will configure a set of environments and roles to be created when applying this template to a project.
2. <strong>Using a project template:</strong> When creating new projects, optionally specify a project template to provision the project with the configured roles and environments.

<Note>
  Note that this workflow can be executed via the Infisical UI or through the API.
</Note>

## Guide to Creating a Project Template

In the following steps, we'll explore how to set up a project template.

<Tabs>
    <Tab title="Infisical UI">
        <Steps>
            <Step title="Creating a Project Template">
                Navigate to the **Project Templates** tab on the Feature Settings page for the project type you want to create a template for and tap on the **Add Template** button.
                ![project template add button](/images/platform/project-templates/project-template-add-button.png)

                Specify your template details. Here's some guidance on each field:

                - <strong>Name:</strong> A slug-friendly name for the template.
                - <strong>Description:</strong> An optional description of the intended usage of this template.

                ![project template create modal](/images/platform/project-templates/project-template-create.png)
            </Step>
            <Step title="Configuring a Project Template">
                Once your template is created, you'll be directed to the configuration section.
                ![project template edit form](/images/platform/project-templates/project-template-edit-form.png)

                Customize the environments and roles to your needs.
                ![project template customized](/images/platform/project-templates/project-template-customized.png)

                <Note>
                    Be sure to save your environment and role changes.
                </Note>
            </Step>
        </Steps>
    </Tab>
    <Tab title="API">
        To create a project template, make an API request to the [Create Project Template](/api-reference/endpoints/project-templates/create) API endpoint.

        ### Sample request

        ```bash Request
        curl --request POST \
        --url https://app.infisical.com/api/v1/project-templates \
        --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        --data '{
            "name": "my-project-template",
            "type": "secret-manager",
            "description": "...",
            "environments": "[...]",
            "roles": "[...]",
        }'
        ```

        ### Sample response

        ```bash Response
        {
            "projectTemplate": {
                "id": "<template-id>",
                "name": "my-project-template",
                "description": "...",
                "environments": "[...]",
                "roles": "[...]",
                "orgId": "<org-id>",
                "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
                "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
            }
        }
        ```
    </Tab>

</Tabs>

## Guide to Using a Project Template

In the following steps, we'll explore how to use a project template when creating a project.

<Tabs>
    <Tab title="Infisical UI">
        When creating a new project, select the desired template from the dropdown menu in the create project modal.
        ![kms key options](/images/platform/project-templates/project-template-apply.png)

        Your project will be provisioned with the configured template roles and environments.
    </Tab>
    <Tab title="API">
        To use a project template, make an API request to the [Create Project](/api-reference/endpoints/projects/create-project) API endpoint with the specified template name included.

        ### Sample request

        ```bash Request
        curl --request POST \
        --url https://app.infisical.com/api/v1/projects \
        --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
        --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        --data '{
            "projectName": "My Project",
            "template": "<template-name>", // defaults to "default"
        }'
        ```

        ### Sample response

        ```bash Response
        {
            "project": {
                "id": "<project-id>",
                "environments": "[...]", // configured environments
                ...
            }
        }
        ```

        <Note>
            Note that configured roles are not included in the project response.
        </Note>
    </Tab>

</Tabs>

## FAQ

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Do changes to templates propagate to existing projects?">
    No. Project templates only apply at the time of project creation.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>